Existing law requires an owner or operator of a motor vehicle to maintain liability insurance coverage for the named insured and any other person using the vehicle with permission in the amount of $15,000 for the bodily injury or death of any one person, $30,000 for the bodily injury or death of all persons, and $5,000 for damage to the property of others resulting from any one accident. Existing law defines "proof of financial responsibility" for purposes of provisions requiring an owner or operator of a motor vehicle to maintain proof of financial responsibility in these amounts, as specified. Under existing law, a violation of the Vehicle Code is a crime. This bill would increase the amount of liability insurance coverage an owner or operator of a motor vehicle is required to maintain to $30,000 for bodily injury or death of one person, $60,000 for bodily injury or death of all persons, and $25,000 for damage to the property of others as a result of any one accident. This bill would make conforming changes to the definition of "proof of financial responsibility" for purposes of the provisions described above. This bill would, beginning on January 1, 2026, and every 5 years thereafter, adjust the amount of required liability insurance coverage by any increase in the California Consumer Price Index, as specified. Because this bill would expand the application of an existing crime, it 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.
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Existing law, the Dental Practice Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of dentists and dental assistants by the Dental Board of California. The act, prior to January 1, 2020, required the board to approve foreign dental schools based on specified standards, and required a foreign dental school seeking approval to submit an application to the board, including, among other things, a finding that the educational program of the foreign dental school is equivalent to that of similar accredited institutions in the United States and adequately prepares its students for the practice of dentistry. Existing law required the foreign dental school to submit a specified registration fee and to pay the board's reasonable costs and expenses to conduct an approval survey. Existing law also required an approved institution to submit a renewal application every 7 years and to pay a specified renewal fee. Existing law, beginning January 1, 2020, prohibits the board from accepting new applications for approval of foreign dental schools and instead requires foreign dental schools seeking approval to complete the international consultative and accreditation process with the Commission on Dental Accreditation of the American Dental Association (CODA) or a comparable accrediting body approved by the board. Existing law requires previously approved foreign dental schools to complete the CODA accreditation by January 1, 2024, to remain approved. This bill would repeal the provisions that, beginning January 1, 2020, prohibit the board from accepting new applications for the approval of foreign dental schools, and would instead require the board to approve foreign dental schools in the same manner as prior to January 1, 2020.
Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges, under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, as one of the segments of public postsecondary education in this state. Existing law establishes community college districts throughout the state that employ faculty and provide instruction at the community college campuses they operate. Existing law requires, at least 2 business days before an academic employee of a community college is placed on involuntary paid administrative leave related to an allegation or allegations of misconduct, that the employee be provided with the general nature of the accusations related to the proposed involuntary paid administrative leave and notification in writing of the general nature of the allegation or allegations upon which the decision to place the employee on involuntary paid administrative leave is based, as specified. Existing law provides that the employer should complete its investigation of the accused misconduct and initiate disciplinary proceedings against, or reinstate, the academic employee within 90 days of placing the employee on involuntary paid administrative leave. This bill would specify that the 90-day period for the employer to complete its investigation of the accused misconduct and initiate disciplinary proceedings against, or reinstate, the academic employee is a 90-working-day period, would exclude from the calculation of that period any vacation days of the employee that were authorized by the employer before placing the employee on involuntary paid administrative leave, and would provide that the period of paid administrative leave may be extended by agreement of the parties, as specified.
Existing law establishes a system of public elementary and secondary schools in this state and authorizes local educational agencies throughout the state to operate schools and provide instruction to pupils in kindergarten and grades 1 to 12, inclusive. Existing law requires the Commission on Teacher Credentialing to, among other duties, establish standards for the issuance and renewal of credentials, certificates, and permits. Existing law requires the commission to issue an authorization for a teacher who meets specified requirements to provide instruction to English learners. Existing law establishes the Bilingual Teacher Professional Development Program, administered by the State Department of Education in consultation with the Commission on Teacher Credentialing, for teachers seeking to provide instruction in bilingual and multilingual settings. Existing law requires the department to issue a minimum of 5 grants to applicants through a competitive process and to allocate grant funding to eligible local educational agencies for purposes of providing professional development services to teachers or paraprofessionals. Existing law provides that a teacher or paraprofessional is eligible for professional development services funded by a grant if the teacher possesses a teaching credential or an education specialist credential authorizing the holder to teach pupils with exceptional needs and the teacher possesses an authorization to teach English learners or seeks that authorization, and meets other specified requirements, as provided. Existing law requires grant recipients to report specified information related to the program to the department by January 1, 2021. This bill would delete the requirement that the department issue a minimum of 5 grants. The bill would require a teacher or paraprofessional, to be eligible for professional development services funded by a grant, to possess a teaching credential or an education specialist credential authorizing the holder to teach English learners, instead of pupils with exceptional needs, and to meet those other same requirements. The bill would delay the reporting by grant recipients of specified information to the department to January 1, 2025. The bill would establish the Licensed Child Development Teacher Professional Development Program, administered by the department, for child development permitholders to acquire and improve their knowledge, skills, and abilities to support dual language learners enrolled in child development programs. The bill would require the department to allocate grant funding to eligible child development providers that operate a child development program for purposes of providing professional development services to administrators, teachers, and staff who possess a child development permit issued by the Commission on Teacher Credentialing. The bill would specify eligibility criteria and would require the department to ensure that grant recipients, to the maximum extent possible, are balanced with regard to geographic regions and urban and rural settings. The bill would require a grant recipient to submit a specified report to the department on or before January 1, 2025.
This measure would designate the week of February 24, 2020, to March 1, 2020, as Eating Disorders Awareness Week.
Existing law provides aid and services to children placed in out-of-home care through various social service programs, including California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) , Aid to Families with Dependent Children-Foster Care (AFDC-FC) , Kinship Guardianship Assistance Payment Program (Kin-Gap) , and the Adoption Assistance Program. Under existing law, a person continues to be eligible for those programs as a nonminor dependent until 21 years of age if, among other requirements, the person is under the jurisdiction or transitional jurisdiction of the juvenile court and, when the person attained 18 years of age, they were under an order of foster care placement by the juvenile court. This bill would require each county to collaborate with the Department of Housing and Community Development, among other entities, to form a multidisciplinary team to serve nonminor dependents, and would require each county to submit an annual report to the State Department of Social Services that includes documentation of those collaborative efforts and specified status information for each nonminor dependent under its jurisdiction, including the educational and housing status. The bill would require the department to submit an annual report to the Legislature on the status of nonminor dependents and recommendations to improve foster care services for nonminor dependents, as specified, to post that report on its internet website, and to annually present the information from the annual report at appropriate child welfare conferences, forums, and other events. The bill would also require the department, in consultation with the California Youth Connection, among others, to establish a working group to, by January 1, 2022, develop curricula for child welfare professionals and providers who work with nonminor dependents and ensure that all of the existing system tools and requirements for the provision of foster care to nonminor dependents are functioning with fidelity and in the best interest of each nonminor dependent. By imposing new duties on counties, the 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.
(1) Existing law requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to contract with entities organized to operate family childcare home education networks that support educational objectives for children in licensed family childcare homes that serve families eligible for subsidized care. Existing law requires the family childcare home education network programs to include certain components, including an assessment of each family childcare home provider to ensure that services are of high quality and are educationally and developmentally appropriate. This bill would require that tools used to make these assessments be appropriate to family childcare home settings, and would require a family childcare home education network program to maintain of a developmental portfolio for each child, as provided, and include opportunities for parent involvement. (2) Existing law imposes various requirements on family childcare home education network contractors, including ensuring that a developmental profile is completed for each child. This bill would impose additional requirements on those contractors, including that the developmental profiles specified above be completed in accordance with the provider's observations, and that those contractors conduct site visits and offer training and technical assistance, as specified. The bill would also impose various duties on family childcare home education network providers, including requiring those providers to adopt and use a curriculum and to provide age-appropriate and developmentally appropriate educational activities for children. (3) This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact future legislation relating to the compensation of family childcare home education networks and the establishment of a supportive system pilot program for family childcare home education networks, as provided.
This measure would state that the Legislature should stop speaking of climate change and instead speak of the climate crisis.
This measure would proclaim the second week of March each year as Interfaith Awareness Week to celebrate the rich culture, community benefit, and spirit of interfaith dialogue and interfaith associations, and also celebrate individuals from all faiths who have supported and enhanced their communities across the state.
The California Constitution prohibits the state, including any political subdivision or government instrumentality of or within the state, from discriminating against, or granting preferential treatment to, any individual or group on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin in the operation of public employment, public education, or public contracting. Existing law establishes in state government various commissions and committees, including, among others, the California Commission on Disability Access, the Healthy California for All Commission, the Commission on the Status of Women and Girls, and the Committee on Revision of the Penal Code to study and recommend reforms on certain topics, including issues related to equality and justice. This bill would establish in state government, the California Commission on Human Rights, as an advisory commission, and would require it to, among other things identify and evaluate California's successes and failures in protecting human rights of individuals living within the state, determine statutory, regulatory, or budgetary solutions to better protect human rights, and report, at least annually, on the status of human rights to the Legislature and the Governor with statutory and regulatory recommendations. The bill would require the commission to consist of 17 members, including, among others, members of the Assembly and the Senate. The bill would make related findings and declarations.