Signed by Governor Gavin Newsom

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to concur with House amendments and pass a bill that appropriates funding for the state education omnibus budget in California.

Highlights:

• Appropriates funding for the state education omnibus budget in California to fund various programs and actions made by the department of education (Sec. 1). 

• Requires the department of education to assess whether the local educational agency has provided certificated school employees who serve pupils in any of grades 7-12 information on existing school and community resources related to the support of pupils who may face bias or bullying on the basis of those characteristics (Sec. 1). 

• Requires the department of education to assess whether the local educational agency has prominently and conspicuously displayed the policy regarding bullying at each school site and local educational agency office and on the local educational agency’s internet website (Sec. 1). 

• Prohibits the governing board of a school district, a county board of education, or the governing body of a charter school from adopting or approving the use of any textbook, instructional material, supplemental instructional material, or curriculum if its use would subject a pupil to unlawful discrimination (Sec. 1). 

• Authorize any person to file a complaint of an alleged violation with the local educational agency using the uniform complaint process or directly with the Superintendent of Public Instruction (Sec. 1). 

• Appropriates $547,513,000 from the General Fund to the Superintendent of Public Instruction for purposes of the A–G Completion Improvement Grant Program to provide additional supports to local educational agencies to help increase the number of California high school pupils (Sec. 1). 

• Requires a comprehensive school safety plan of a school district, county office of education, or charter school to include an instructional continuity plan to establish communication with pupils and their families and provide instruction to pupils when in-person instruction is disrupted due to an emergency such as an earthquake (Sec. 1). 

• Appropriates funds for other school projects and purposes (Sec. 1).

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to amend and pass a bill that appropriates funding for the state education omnibus budget in California.

Highlights:

• Appropriates funding for the state education omnibus budget in California to fund various programs and actions made by the department of education (Sec. 1). 

• Requires the department of education to assess whether the local educational agency has provided certificated school employees who serve pupils in any of grades 7-12 information on existing school and community resources related to the support of pupils who may face bias or bullying on the basis of those characteristics (Sec. 1). 

• Requires the department of education to assess whether the local educational agency has prominently and conspicuously displayed the policy regarding bullying at each school site and local educational agency office and on the local educational agency’s internet website (Sec. 1). 

• Prohibits the governing board of a school district, a county board of education, or the governing body of a charter school from adopting or approving the use of any textbook, instructional material, supplemental instructional material, or curriculum if its use would subject a pupil to unlawful discrimination (Sec. 1). 

• Authorize any person to file a complaint of an alleged violation with the local educational agency using the uniform complaint process or directly with the Superintendent of Public Instruction (Sec. 1). 

• Appropriates $547,513,000 from the General Fund to the Superintendent of Public Instruction for purposes of the A–G Completion Improvement Grant Program to provide additional supports to local educational agencies to help increase the number of California high school pupils (Sec. 1). 

• Requires a comprehensive school safety plan of a school district, county office of education, or charter school to include an instructional continuity plan to establish communication with pupils and their families and provide instruction to pupils when in-person instruction is disrupted due to an emergency such as an earthquake (Sec. 1). 

• Appropriates funds for other school projects and purposes (Sec. 1).

Full Bill Text