Education.

(1) Existing law gives the Secretary for Education duties with respect to various child care and development, school, and education programs, including, among others, serving on advisory bodies, receiving reports, and consulting on various matters. This bill would eliminate the secretary's duties with regard to specified programs, including, among others, the Child Care Facilities Revolving Fund, the Advisory Committee on Before and After School Programs, the Healthy Start Support Services for Children program, the California Longitudinal Teacher Integrated Data Education System, the Quality Education Investment Act of 2006, and the California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System advisory board. The bill would transfer certain of these duties to the President of the State Board of Education. (2) Existing law establishes the Education Technology Grant Program to provide one-time grants to school districts and charter schools for purposes of acquiring computers for instructional purposes at public schools and requires the Office of the Secretary for Education to administer the application process for the award of grants. Existing law establishes the Digital High School Education Technology Grant Program with the objective of providing all high school pupils with basic computer skills. The Governor's Office of Child Development and Education is required to provide input on grant application criteria. This bill would transfer to the President of the State Board of Education the duties of the Governor's Office of Child Development and Education and the Office of the Secretary for Education under these programs. (3) Existing law establishes the Industry-Based Certification Incentive Grant Program for the purpose of awarding grants to selected school districts, county offices of education, and regional occupational centers and programs to establish industry-based certification programs within their career technical programs. Existing law requires the State Department of Education, in consultation with the Secretary for Education, to administer the program. This bill would repeal the program. (4) Existing law establishes the Governor's Reading Award Program, a grant program for school districts that maintain kindergarten or any of grades 1 to 8, inclusive, and requires the Secretary for Education to administer the program on behalf of the Governor. Existing law requires the Secretary for Education, subject to the availability of funding, to contract for the development and establishment of a public involvement campaign to inform Californians that promoting reading in the public schools as a key to success in life is the responsibility of all Californians. This bill would repeal the Governor's Reading Award Program and the requirement that the secretary contract for the public involvement campaign. (5) Existing law governing special education programs contains references to mental retardation. This bill would change those references to intellectual disability. (6) This bill would make technical and conforming changes and would repeal some obsolete provisions.