Sen. Susan Eggman

This measure would declare the month of March 2018 as Endometriosis Awareness Month.

This measure would proclaim April 2018 as Distracted Driving Awareness Month in California and call for awareness of the distracted driving problem and support for programs and policies to reduce the incidence of distracted driving.

This measure would proclaim the month of April 2018 as Donate Life/DMV Partnership Month in California and would encourage all Californians to register with the Donate Life California Organ and Tissue Donor Registry.

This measure would recognize the week of March 18, 2018, to March 24, 2018, inclusive, as Dual Enrollment Week in California and would encourage colleges and universities to visit high schools and take action to help pupils register in dual enrollment courses.

This measure would declare the last week of March every year as Latino Education and Advocacy Week, a statewide week of advocacy for Latino education.

This measure would designate April 1, 2018, to April 7, 2018, inclusive, as California Diversity in STEM and Tech Week and would encourage all citizens and community organizations to support the observance of California Diversity in STEM and Tech Week by encouraging and celebrating diversity in the STEM fields and in California's technology and innovation economy.

Existing law requires every person, firm, association, partnership, or corporation offering or conducting private school instruction on the elementary or high school level to annually file with the Superintendent of Public Instruction an affidavit or statement, under penalty of perjury, by the owner or other head setting forth specified information relating to the school. Existing law requires the Superintendent to prepare and publish a list of private elementary and high schools that includes the names and addresses of the schools and the names of the school owners or administrators. This bill would provide that a "person, firm, association, partnership, or corporation" includes, but is not limited to, conventional or traditional private schools, private school satellite programs, private online or virtual schools, parents, guardians, or other individuals who operate a private home school, and certified nonpublic, nonsectarian schools. The bill would require information on the nature, or a description of the nature, of the private school to be included in the affidavit or statement, and would require this information or description to be included on the list of private schools prepared and published by the Superintendent. The bill would specify that the list of private schools prepared and published by the Superintendent is required to include every person, firm, association, partnership, or corporation that is required to file an affidavit or statement with the Superintendent.

Existing law generally requires each person between 6 and 18 years of age to attend the public full-time day school or continuation school in the school district in which the residency of his or her parent or legal guardian is located. Existing law provides various exemptions to this requirement, including an exemption for children who are being instructed in a private full-time day school by persons capable of teaching, as specified. Existing law requires every person, firm, association, partnership, or corporation offering or conducting private school instruction on the elementary or high school level to file with the Superintendent of Public Instruction an affidavit or statement, under penalty of perjury, by the owner or other head setting forth specified information relating to the private school, as provided. This bill would require the Superintendent to establish a broadly representative and diverse advisory committee to advise the Superintendent and the State Board of Education on all appropriate matters relative to home schools, which the bill would define. The bill would require the advisory committee, on or before July 1, 2020, to make recommendations to the Superintendent and state board on the appropriateness and feasibility of imposing additional requirements, as provided, on home schools. The bill would require the Superintendent and state board, on or before January 1, 2021, in consultation with the advisory committee, to make recommendations to the Legislature and the Governor relating to imposing additional requirements on home schools. The bill would require the State Department of Education to provide staff for the advisory committee. The bill would repeal these provisions on January 1, 2022.