Existing law provides that "vocational-technical education" has the same meaning as "career technical education." This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to that provision.
The Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 2011 designates the Public Utilities Commission as the state authority responsible for regulating and enforcing federal law with respect to intrastate gas pipeline transportation and pipeline facilities, including the development, submission, and administration of a state pipeline safety program certification for natural gas pipelines. Existing law defines various terms for purposes of the act. This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to that provision.
Existing law establishes the California State University, under the administration of the Trustees of the California State University, the California Community Colleges, under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, and the University of California, under the administration of the Regents of the University of California, as the 3 segments of public postsecondary education in this state. Existing law, known as the Donahoe Higher Education Act, among other things, sets forth the missions and functions of these 3 segments. This bill would express legislative findings and declarations relating to the costs of public postsecondary education. The bill would require that the amount of tuition charged to eligible students of the California State University, and the amount of the enrollment fee charged to eligible students of the California Community Colleges, not be increased from the amounts that were charged as of December 31, 2016, until the completion of the 2019–20 academic year. Notwithstanding this provision, the bill would not be operative in a fiscal year for which the Governor has issued a proclamation declaring a fiscal emergency pursuant to a specified provision of the California Constitution. The bill would define "eligible students" as students exempt from payment of nonresident tuition either because they are California residents, as defined, or are exempted from payment of nonresident tuition pursuant to any of several specified provisions of existing law. The bill would also urge the regents to adopt policies that are consistent with this provision.
Existing law authorizes the governing boards of 2 or more school districts to enter into an agreement, for a term not to exceed 5 school years, for the interdistrict attendance of pupils who are residents of the school districts. Existing law, regardless of whether there is an agreement or permit, prohibits a school district of residence from prohibiting the transfer of a pupil who is a child of an active military duty parent to the school district of proposed enrollment if the school district of proposed enrollment approves the application for transfer. This bill would also prohibit a school district of residence from prohibiting the transfer of a pupil who is an English learner, eligible for a free or reduced-price meal, or a foster youth.
Existing law establishes the Instructional School Gardens Program for the promotion, creation, and support of instructional school gardens through the allocation of grants, and through technical assistance provided, to school districts, charter schools, and county offices of education. Existing law authorizes a school district, charter school, or county office of education to apply to the Superintendent of Public Instruction for funding for a 3-year grant under this program in a manner determined by the Superintendent, in order to develop and maintain an instructional school garden. Existing law requires a school district, charter school, or county office of education, as a condition of receiving funding, within 6 months of the final expenditure of the instructional school garden funds received, to report to the Superintendent, in a manner prescribed by the Superintendent, in conjunction with the interagency working group, regarding the use of the funds and the manner in which the instructional school garden or gardens are used to complement the academic program of the participating school or schools. This bill would extend the timeframe to submit that report from 6 months to 7 months. The bill also would make a conforming change to another provision.
Under existing law, to assist with the identification of common interest developments, each common interest development association, whether incorporated or unincorporated, is required to submit to the Secretary of State, on a form, certain information concerning the association and the development that it manages. Existing law requires every limited liability company and every foreign limited liability company registered to transact intrastate business in this state to deliver to the Secretary of State for filing within a specified period after the filing of its original articles of organization or registering to transact intrastate business and biennially thereafter a statement of information on a form prescribed by the Secretary of State. This bill would authorize these statements of information to be submitted online.
Existing law, as amended by Proposition 21 as approved by the voters at the March 7, 2000, statewide primary election and by Proposition 83 of the November 7, 2006, statewide general election, classifies certain felonies as violent felonies for purposes of various provisions of the Penal Code. Existing law imposes an additional one-year term for a felony and a 3-year term for a violent felony for each prior separate prison term served for a violent felony. Existing law, as added by Proposition 184, adopted November 8, 1994, and amended by Proposition 36, adopted November 6, 2012, commonly known as the Three Strikes Law, also imposes additional years of imprisonment in state prison on a person who commits a violent felony and has been convicted of, or who has a prior conviction for, a violent felony. The Legislature may amend the above-specified initiative statutes by a statute passed in each house by a 23 vote. This bill would additionally define as violent felonies child abduction, providing a child under 16 years of age for purposes of a lewd act, abduction of a minor for purposes of prostitution, child abuse, sodomy with a minor, oral copulation of a minor, contact with a minor to commit specified offenses, arranging a meeting with a minor for lewd purposes, employing a minor to produce sexual matter, elder and dependent adult abuse, false imprisonment of an elder or dependent adult, and animal abuse, as specified, thereby amending Proposition 36 by adding to the list of violent felonies that can be prosecuted as a 3rd strike. By changing the definition of a crime, this 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 no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
Existing law authorizes a human resource agency, as defined, or an employer to request from the Department of Justice records of all convictions or any arrest pending adjudication for specified offenses for a person who applies for a license, employment, or volunteer position, in which he or she would have supervisory or disciplinary power over a minor or any person under his or her care. Existing law defines "human resource agency" for those purposes as a public or private entity, excluding specified licensing agencies, responsible for determining the character and fitness of a person who is applying for a license, employment, or as a volunteer within the human services field, as specified, or applying to be a volunteer who transports individuals impaired by drugs or alcohol, or applying to adopt a child or be a foster parent. Existing law requires the department to furnish the information to the agency or employer and to send a copy of the information to the applicant. Existing law exempts a nonprofit organization from the fee otherwise charged by the department for processing those requests. This bill would exempt a human resource agency tracking volunteer information provided to community-based organizations, as defined, from the fee otherwise charged by the department for processing a request for those records. The bill would revise the definition of "human resource agency" for those purposes to include a public or private entity responsible for tracking information related to a person who is applying as a volunteer within the human services field that involves the care and security of children, the elderly, the handicapped, or the mentally impaired, and includes a 3rd-party organization that tracks volunteer-related information that is provided to community-based organizations. The bill would authorize these newly described human resource agencies to request subsequent arrest notification from the department for those volunteers, and would define "community-based organization" for those purposes.
