This measure would declare the support of the Legislature for the expansion of sensory-friendly movie screenings and similar programs for people with autism, and would encourage families to attend a sensory-friendly movie screening during April 2019, which is National Autism Awareness Month.
This measure would proclaim the week of June 1 through June 9, 2019, as California Fishing and Boating Week.
This measure would proclaim the week of May 20, 2019, to May 26, 2019, inclusive, to be Emergency Medical Services Week in California.
This measure would designate the month of May 2019 as California Fairgrounds Appreciation Month and would extend the Legislature's warmest regards and appreciation to the thousands of volunteers, fair directors, staff, business supporters, and sponsors who keep the network of California state fairgrounds strong, vibrant, relevant, and successful.
This measure would acknowledge the Muslim holy month of Ramadan and express the Legislature's respect to Muslims across California and throughout the world on this occasion.
Existing law authorizes a pupil with a moral objection to dissecting or otherwise harming or destroying an animal to refrain from participation in an educational project that involves the harmful or destructive use of animals. Existing law authorizes a pupil who chooses to refrain, with the approval of the teacher, to complete an alternative education project in order to obtain the knowledge, information, or experience required by the course of study in question. This bill would prohibit a pupil in any California private or public school in kindergarten and grades 1 through 12, from performing dissection. The bill would define dissection as the viewing of the, or act of, dismembering or otherwise destructive use of an invertebrate or vertebrate animal, as specified, in the study of biological sciences, excluding fixed histological samples of any species. The bill would also add items that may be included as an alternative education project for the purpose of demonstrating knowledge if a pupil has a moral objection to participating in an education project involving the harmful or destructive use of animals.
This measure would proclaim the month of May 2019 as Lyme Disease Awareness Month.
This measure would recognize that hunger is an issue affecting too many Californians and would commend the California citrus industry for its effort to raise awareness about food insecurity by observing May 15, 2019, as Citrus Stride Day at the State Capitol.
