(1) Existing law requires the State Department of Social Services to notify the local director of social services and the probation officer of the county in which a community care facility is located whenever the license, registration, or special permit issued to the community care facility is suspended, revoked, temporarily suspended, forfeited, canceled, or expired. Existing law requires the Department of Justice to notify a school district if it discovers that an individual who is an applicant for employment for a position requiring certification qualifications has been convicted of specified offenses and requires a school district employer to request subsequent arrest service from the Department of Justice, as specified. This bill would require a school district, as part of the hiring process, to request an applicant for a classified or certificated position, including a temporary or substitute position, to provide, in writing, information regarding a currently or previously held license, registration, or special permit issued under provisions governing community care facilities and regarding current or prior employment in a licensed community care facility. The bill would require an employee of a school district to provide similar information by July 1, 2013. The bill would require an employee of a school district to notify the school district, as provided, if the employee obtains a license, registration, or special permit issued under provisions governing community care facilities or is hired to work in a licensed community care facility. The bill would require a school district that receives information that an applicant for employment or an employee currently holds or previously held such a license, registration, or special permit or is currently employed or was previously employed in a licensed community care facility to submit the applicant's or employee's name, birth date, and driver's license or Department of Motor Vehicles identification number to the State Department of Social Services. The bill would require the State Department of Social Services to include the contact information for the employing school district in the record of an individual holding a license, registration, or special permit and in the record of the employee of a community care facility and would require a school district employee to update that information at least annually. If the individual's license, registration, or special permit is revoked, suspended, forfeited, canceled, or surrendered on the grounds that the holder engaged in conduct inimical to the health, morals, welfare, or safety of an individual either residing in or receiving services from the community care facility or has an exclusion on those grounds, the bill would require the State Department of Social Services to notify the employing school district within 10 days of receipt of that information or within 10 days of the revocation, suspension, forfeiture, cancellation, surrender, or exclusion, whichever is applicable. The bill would require the State Department of Social Services to notify a school district when an employee of the school district is granted a license, registration, or special permit issued under provisions governing community care facilities or is granted authorization to be employed in a community care facility licensed by the department. The bill would require the school district to notify the State Department of Social Services if an employee of a school district who holds a license, registration, or special permit for a community care facility or is employed in a licensed community care facility is dismissed on the basis of endangering the safety of a pupil. To the extent that these requirements would operate to impose new duties on school districts, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. (2) 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 these statutory provisions.
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Existing law, the Local Health Care District Law, authorizes a local health care district to generate revenue through an annual assessment on real and personal property within the district. This bill would require a health care district to spend at least 95% of the revenue derived from an annual general tax levy on current community health care benefits, as specified. The bill would expressly exclude from the definition of community health care benefits the salaries paid and benefits provided to staff of the districts and benefits provided to board members, among other items. By increasing the duties of local officials, 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, 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 these statutory provisions.
Existing law provides for the administration and operation of public schools in juvenile halls, juvenile homes, day centers, juvenile ranches, juvenile camps, regional youth educational facilities, and certain group homes. The public schools or classes offered in these facilities are known as juvenile court schools. Existing law states that the Legislature encourages each county superintendent of schools or governing board of a school district, as specified, and the county chief probation officer to enter into a memorandum of understanding or equivalent mutual agreement to support a collaborative process for meeting the needs of wards of the court who are receiving their education in juvenile court schools with the purpose of developing a collaborative model that will foster an educational and residential environment that nurtures the whole child and consistently supports services that will meet the educational needs of the pupils. This bill would establish the Transitioning Youth for Success Program for the purpose of prioritizing the use of specified federal funds for neglected, delinquent, or at-risk pupils. The bill would require a county office of education or a school district to submit an application to the State Department of Education to receive funding under this program. Participating school districts and county offices of education would provide programs and services that focus on the special needs of youth who are or have been confined to a facility where a juvenile court school or classes are authorized to be offered. The purpose of the programs and services would be to ensure that these youth make a successful transition from the juvenile facility to further schooling or employment and are provided a support system to ensure their continued education. The bill would require a comprehensive transition plan to be developed and implemented for pupils served by the program. The bill would require the Superintendent of Public Instruction, in consultation with the Board of Corrections and county offices of education, by December 1, 2013, to develop consistent measures by which to evaluate the success of programs and services funded under this program. The bill would require the State Board of Education to amend California's consolidated state application for the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, as necessary, so that the application adequately reflects the requirements and provisions of the program.
The existing Bill of Rights for State Excluded Employees prescribes various rights and terms and conditions of employment for excluded employees, defined as certain supervisory, managerial, and confidential state employees. This bill would enact the Public Employees' Bill of Rights Act that would apply to state employees other than excluded employees. The stated purpose of this act would be to inform public employees of their rights and terms of employment in order to promote harmonious personnel relations between public employees and their employers. This bill would, among other things, provide that state employees shall be entitled to priority over contractors in filling permanent, overtime, and on-call positions. This bill would also prescribe certain rights for employees who are required to maintain a professional license and would authorize the formation of a peer review committee for those licensed professionals, if there are no management or supervisory professional staff employed by the employer, to provide input regarding workplace operations. Existing law requires notice of any adverse action against any state employee for any cause for discipline based on any civil service law to be served within 3 years after the cause for discipline, upon which the notice is based, first arose. Existing law provides that an adverse action based on fraud, embezzlement, or the falsification of records is valid if notice of the adverse action is served within 3 years after the discovery of the fraud, embezzlement, or falsification. This bill would require notice of the adverse action to be served and the investigation to be completed within one year after discovery of the cause for discipline in order for an adverse action to be valid against any state employee for any cause for discipline based on any civil service law of this state. The bill also would provide that an adverse action based on fraud, embezzlement, or the falsification of records is valid if notice of the adverse action is signed within one year after the discovery of the fraud, embezzlement, or falsification.
Existing law generally requires any person planning to conduct an excavation to contact a regional notification center prior to excavation, and, if practical, to delineate the areas to be excavated. Existing law authorizes the Attorney General, a district attorney, or the state or a local agency that issued a permit to excavate to bring an action for the enforcement of a civil penalty against an operator or excavator who negligently or knowingly and willfully violates these and related provisions. This bill would increase the maximum amounts for civil penalties that may be assessed for negligent or knowing and willful violations, and would specify what are separate violations for purposes of assessing civil penalties. The bill would authorize, upon receipt of an investigation report prepared by the Public Utilities Commission or an operator, the Attorney General or the district attorney to bring an action in the name of the people of the State of California for the enforcement of those civil penalties. The bill would also authorize the Public Utilities Commission or an operator to provide an investigation report to the local or state agency that issued the permit to excavate, and would authorize the local or state agency to take action to assess those penalties. The bill would require the commission to include a summary of any damage reported to the commission and of any investigation undertaken in a specified annual report to the Governor and the Legislature. Under existing law, a violation of the Public Utilities Act or any order, decision, rule, direction, demand, or requirement of the commission is a crime. Because the provisions of this bill are within the act and require action by the commission to implement its requirements, a violation of these provisions would impose a state-mandated local program by creating a new crime. 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.
This measure would designate May 2012 as Foster Care Month in California.
This measure would designate the week of April 15 to 21, 2012, as "National Multicultural Cancer Awareness Week," and would encourage the promotion of policies and programs that seek to reduce cancer disparities and improve cancer prevention, detection, treatment, and followup care for all Californians.
This measure would designate the second full week in April as California Public Safety Telecommunicators Week.
This measure would proclaim May 6, 2012, to May 12, 2012, inclusive, to be California Charter Schools Week, and would state that the Legislature joins the California Charter Schools Association in congratulating charter schools for the accomplishments and contributions they have made to public education.
This measure would designate April 18, 2012, as DMV/Donate Life California Day in the State of California, and April 2012 as DMV/Donate Life California Month in the State of California, and would encourage all Californians to be organ, tissue, and blood donors.