Bill Text: CA SB616 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Public schools: Asian Lunar New Year's Day.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 11-5)

Status: (Failed) 2016-11-30 - From Assembly without further action. [SB616 Detail]

Download: California-2015-SB616-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: SB 616	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  JANUARY 4, 2016

INTRODUCED BY   Senators Huff and Nguyen
   (Principal coauthors: Assembly Members  Kim  
Harper,   Kim,  and Wilk)
   (Coauthors: Senators Bates, Cannella, Hall,  Leno,  
Liu,  Nielsen, and Vidak)
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Chang, Dodd, Maienschein, and
Waldron)

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2015

   An act to add Section 37222.19 to the Education Code, relating to
public schools.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 616, as amended, Huff. Public schools: Asian Lunar New Year's
Day.
   Existing law designates particular days each year as having
special significance, and encourages all public schools and
educational institutions to observe those days and to conduct
suitable commemorative exercises on those days.
   This bill would express legislative findings and declarations
relating to the Asian Lunar New Year. The bill would  require the
Governor, each year, to  designate the date corresponding with
the start of the Asian lunar calendar  each year  as
Asian Lunar New Year's Day, a day having special significance. The
bill would also encourage all public schools and educational
institutions to conduct exercises observing the Asian Lunar New Year
with appropriate  ceremonies, activities,  
activities  and programs.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  The Legislature finds and declares all of the
following:
   (a) February 19, 2015, will mark the beginning of the Asian Lunar
New Year, which is celebrated in many Asian communities around the
world, including the United States, and especially California.
   (b) California is home to over six million Asian and Pacific
Islander Americans of Bangladeshi, Cambodian, Chinese, Filipino,
Hmong, Indian, Indonesian, Iu-Mien, Japanese, Korean, Laotian,
Malaysian, Pakistani, Sri Lankan, Taiwanese, and Vietnamese descent.
   (c) The Asian and Pacific Islander American community has
contributed to the social, cultural, civic, economic, and academic
success of California.
   (d) The Asian Lunar New Year is predominantly celebrated by the
over 2.5 million Californians of Chinese, Korean, and Vietnamese
descent, and is a time of feasting and the renewing of family ties.
  SEC. 2.  Section 37222.19 is added to the Education Code, to read:
   37222.19.  (a) Each year, the  Governor shall designate 
 the  date corresponding with the start of the Asian lunar
calendar  is designated and set apart  as Asian
Lunar New Year's Day,  which shall be designated and set apart as
 a day having special significance pursuant to Section 37222.
   (b) On Asian Lunar New Year's Day, all public schools and
educational institutions are encouraged to conduct exercises
observing the Asian Lunar New Year with appropriate 
ceremonies, activities,   activities  and programs.