Legislation Action Report

June 15, 2006

Legislation Action Report

The California State PTA Legislation Action Committee met June 13, 2006. At this meeting, 16 bills were considered and positions were taken on the 14 bills listed below:

AB 476 (Baca), Student financial aid: Assumption Program of Loans for Education
Support---Education

AB 1137 (Dymally), Child care centers: child, pupil, and staff health: asthma and anaphylactic emergencies
Position moved from Seek Amendments to Oppose —Health

AB 1433 (Emmerson), Pupil Health: oral health assessment
Support—Health

AB 1857 (Garcia), Teacher credentialing: internship programs
Oppose—Education

AB 1985 (Daucher), Instructional programs: the Online Classroom Program
Support—Education

AB 2423 (Wyland), Instruction: science
Support—Educaiton

AB 2722 (Canciamilla), Instructional materials: adoption and use
Support—Education

AB 2881 (Mullin), State Preschool programs
Support—Parent Involvement

AB 2937 (Pavley), Pupils: California High School Exit Examinations
Support—Education

SB 472 (Alquist), Instructional programs: Mathematics and Reading Professional Development Program
Support—Education

SB 845 (Scott), Postsecondary education: College Opportunity Act of 2006
Support—Education

SB 1078 (Simitian), Pupil attendance: electronic monitoring
Support—Community Concerns

SB 1471 (Kuehl), Sex education programs: requirements
Support—Health

SB 1655 (Scott), Teachers: voluntary transfers
Support—Education

For a complete listing of positions on current legislation, please go to http://www.capta.org/sections/advocacy/current-legislation.cfm.


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