Bill Text: CA AB1796 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Introduced

California Assembly Bill 1796 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: Pupil instruction: course offerings: parental notification.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 7-0)

Status: (Passed) 2024-07-18 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 143, Statutes of 2024. [AB1796 Detail]

Download: California-2023-AB1796-Introduced.html

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 1796

Introduced by Assembly Member Alanis

January 04, 2024

An act to add Section 51229.1 to the Education Code, relating to pupil instruction.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 1796, as introduced, Alanis. Pupil instruction: course offerings: parental notification.

Existing law requires the governing board of a school district to annually notify parents or guardians of minor pupils of specified rights and responsibilities of the parent or guardian and of specified school district policies and procedures. Existing law requires, as part of the annual notification, a school district offering any of grades 9 to 12, inclusive, to provide the parent or guardian of each minor pupil enrolled in any of those grades in the school district with written notification that includes, among other things, a brief explanation of college admission requirements and a brief description of what career technical education is, as provided.

This bill would require a school district, county office of education, or charter school serving pupils in any of grades 9 to 12, inclusive, to annually inform parents of specified course offerings that may be available at their child’s school, as provided. By imposing additional duties on local educational agencies, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.

The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.

This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.

Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: YES

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

Section 51229.1 is added to the Education Code, immediately following Section 51229, to read:

51229.1.

(a) At the beginning of the first semester or quarter of the regular school term, local educational agencies offering any of grades 9 to 12, inclusive, shall inform the parent or guardian of each minor pupil enrolled in any of those grades of Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate, dual enrollment, or career technical education course offerings that may be available at their child’s school.

(b) For purposes of this section, a “local educational agency” means a school district, county office of education, or charter school.

SEC. 2.

If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code.