Asm. Kevin McCarty

This measure would proclaim October 7, 2023, as Ostomy Awareness Day.

This measure would designate May 9, 2023, as National Fentanyl Awareness Day.

This measure would designate the month of September 2023 as Service Dog Appreciation Month.

This measure would designate the month of June 2023 as Healthy Homes Awareness Month.

This measure would recognize August 15, 2023, as India's Independence Day and urge all Californians to join in celebrating India's independence.

This measure would recognize the 50th anniversary of hip hop on August 11, 2023, as a time of celebration, pride, and nostalgia for the citizens of California.

(1) Existing law requires a school district to admit a child to a kindergarten maintained by the school district if the child will have their 5th birthday on or before September 1, as provided. Existing law authorizes the governing board of a school district to admit to a kindergarten a child having attained the age of 5 years at any time during the school year, as provided. This bill would make the above provisions applicable to a charter school or a governing body of a charter school, as provided. To the extent this bill would add new requirements on a charter school, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. (2) Existing law authorizes a school district or charter school to maintain a transitional kindergarten program. Existing law requires a school district or charter school to, as a condition of receipt of apportionment for pupils in a transitional kindergarten program, commencing with the 2025–26 school year, and for each year thereafter, maintain an average of at least 1 adult for every 10 pupils for transitional kindergarten classrooms. This bill would require, commencing with the 2025–26 school year, that any adult, with certain exceptions, assigned to a transitional kindergarten classroom be provided, or begin to be provided, at least 48 hours of professional development, as specified, and would require the school district or charter school to provide this professional development, as provided. The bill also would make conforming changes. (3) 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.

Existing law authorizes the Judicial Council to dispose of surplus court facilities pursuant to a specified process that requires, among other things, the Judicial Council to consult with the county where the court facility is located, offer the facility to the county at a fair market value before offering it to another state or local government agency, and deposit the funds received from a sale into the State Court Facilities Construction Fund. The California Constitution requires the proceeds from the sale of surplus state property to be deposited into the Special Fund for Economic Uncertainties, a continuously appropriated fund. This bill would, notwithstanding any other law, specifically authorize the Judicial Council to sell various properties, including, among others, the Gordon D. Schaber Sacramento County Courthouse, if the sale complies with certain requirements. The bill would require the net proceeds from the sale of the courthouse to be deposited into the State Court Facilities Construction Fund. The bill would state that the disposition of this property is not a sale or other disposition of surplus state property within the meaning of the California Constitution. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.