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Topic	Bill number	Author	Interest position	Became law
	SB 1643 (2003-2004)	Murray	Support	Yes
This bill requires the governor to proclaim February as Black History Month each year.
Comprehensive sexual health and HIV/AIDS prevention instruction.	AB 950 (2003-2004)	Haynes	Oppose	No
This bill makes changes to the California Comprehensive Sexual Health and HIV/AIDS Prevention Education Act. It increases notification and makes it easier for students to opt out of sexual education.
Contracting for noninstructional services.	AB 1646 (2003-2004)	Benoit	Oppose	No
This bill authorizes school districts, county offices of education and community college districts to contract for the provision of any non-instructional services of any type.
School finance.	AB 1419 (2003-2004)	Hancock	Support	No
This bill makes statutory changes necessary to implement the Governor's 2003-04 budget proposal for K-12 education.
School restrooms.	SB 892 (2003-2004)	Murray	Support	Yes
Requires every public and private school to comply with restroom maintenance standards.
School-parent compacts.	SB 16 (2003-2004)	Soto	Support	No
This bill requires each school district to establish a process whereby each parent is given the opportunity to enter into a school-parent agreement that will commit them to assist with the education of their child.
Teacher Preparation and Professional Development Program Evaluation.	AB 2559 (2003-2004)	Diaz	Support	No
This bill requires school districts and county offices of education to meet to establish an opportunity for educators to evaluate and make recommendations for the improvement of educator training programs.
The California Childhood Obesity Prevention Act.	SB 677 (2003-2004)	Ortiz	Support	Yes
This bill expands restrictions on the sale of certain beverages in schools by expanding restrictions on the types of beverages allowed to be sold in middle and junior high schools and eliminating a requirement that funds be appropriated for certain programs.
Academic materials: preparation, sale, or distribution of academic work.	AB 2800 (2003-2004)	Mountjoy	Support	No
This bill prohibits the advertisement, preparation, sale or distribution of academic work to be submitted for academic credit at a postsecondary, elementary, and secondary education.
Administrative Procedure Act: small business.	SB 1505 (2003-2004)	McClintock	Oppose	No
This bill revises the Administrative Procedure Act, which governs the filing, publication, review and adoption of proposed regulations.
Adult education.	SB 823 (2003-2004)	Karnette	Support	No
This bill states the intent to subsequently amend the bill to implement recommendations related to adult education made by the Joint Legislative Committee to Develop a Master Plan of Education.
Adult education: funding.	SB 1309 (2003-2004)	Karnette	Support	No
Modifies growth caps on adult education programs operated by K-12 districts so that unused units of attendance may be reallocated to districts that are fully utilizing their allowances.
Alcohol: fee: youth alcohol recovery and prevention.	AB 216 (2003-2004)	Chan	Support	No
This bill collects a fee from alcohol manufacturers and importers and establishes youth alcohol treatment centers in every county.
Apprenticeship education.	AB 546 (2003-2004)	Diaz	Support	No
This bill establishes that excess state apportionments to school districts and community college districts for student apprenticeship education programs shall be allocated in specified ways.
Average daily attendance.	AB 2382 (2003-2004)	Mullin	Support	No
Allows school districts to calculate their average daily attendance (ADA).
Banks: cashing of paychecks.	SB 1904 (2003-2004)	Florez	Support	No
This bill prohibits a bank from assessing a charge or fee to cash a paycheck for a person who does not have an account at the bank if the paycheck was issued by the bank for a business client of the bank that provides the paychecks to its employees.
BB guns: prohibition.	AB 1864 (2003-2004)	Negrete McLeod	Support	No
Includes instruments that expel metallic projectiles (BB guns) in the list of weapons banned from public places, airports and schools.
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka Advisory Commission.	AB 648 (2003-2004)	Dymally	Support	Yes
This bill establishes the Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka Advisory Commission to develop community and educational awareness programs.
California Community Colleges: employment of faculty.	SB 1432 (2003-2004)	Burton	Support	No
This bill requires that the establishment of standards for offers and assignments on the basis of seniority and shall be a mandatory subject of negotiation between community college districts and temporary or part-time faculty.
California State Lottery: revenues.	SB 329 (2003-2004)	Soto	Oppose	No
This bill increases the percentage of lottery revenue allocated to prizes from 50 percent to no more than 60 percent and decreases the percentage of revenue allocated to public education from 34 percent to at least 26 percent.
California State Lottery: revenues.	AB 2938 (2003-2004)	Plescia	Split	No
Enlarges the percentage of lottery revenue that goes to the winner and decreases the amount that goes towards education.
California State University: disability benefits.	AB 978 (2003-2004)	Negrete McLeod	Support	Yes
This bill makes California State University employees eligible for disability benefits.
California State University: employees.	AB 1144 (2003-2004)	Pavley	Support	Yes
Requires the California State University (CSU) Trustees to provide CSU employees who are appealing notices of adverse actions with procedural rights similar to those granted to some civil service employees.
California State University: police.	SB 1445 (2003-2004)	Dunn	Support	No
This bill requires the California State University headquarters and each CSU campus to establish a police department and to maintain a minimum number of police on each campus.
California State University: whistleblower protection.	AB 2637 (2003-2004)	Diaz	Support	No
This bill requires the California State University to employ an independent investigation on all complaints relative to whether or not an employee has suffered a reprisal, retaliation, threat, coercion, or similar improper act by another employee after filing a written complaint.
California Tax Court.	AB 2472 (2003-2004)	Wolk	Support	No
Establishes the California Tax Court (CTC) to replace the Board of Equalization (BOE) as the forum to hear and determine taxpayer appeals.
Certificated school employees.	AB 2154 (2003-2004)	Daucher	Oppose	No
Eliminates pay for compulsory leave of absence if employee is charged with possession controlled substances and those charges are dismissed upon completion of a drug diversion program.
Charter schools: authorization.	AB 1464 (2003-2004)	Bates	Oppose	No
This bill authorizes, notwithstanding any other provision of law, specific public servants or institutions to approve a petition submitted to establish a charter school within the county in which that person or entity is located or maintains a campus.
Charter schools: facilities: grants.	SB 1726 (2003-2004)	Ashburn	Oppose	No
This bill expands eligibility for participation in the Charter School Facility Grant Program (CSFGP), and expands the purposes for which these funds may be used.
Charter schools: operation.	SB 1531 (2003-2004)	Knight	Oppose	No
This bill deletes the restriction on the number of charter schools that are authorized to operate in California each year and makes technical non-substantive changes.
Charter schools: operation.	AB 2781 (2003-2004)	Benoit	Oppose	No
Deletes the restriction on the number of charter schools that are authorized to operate in California each year
Class size reduction.	SB 837 (2003-2004)	Alarcon	Oppose	No
This bill creates the Class Size Reduction Flexibility Alternative Program (CSRFA).
Class size reduction.	AB 228 (2003-2004)	Leslie	Oppose	No
This bill raises the maximum teacher to student ratio in grades K-3 from 20:1 to 22:1.
Class size.	SB 556 (2003-2004)	Sher	Support	No
This bill modifies the current penalties associated with a school district's failure to comply with the K-3 Class Size Reduction (CSR) Program pupil-to-teacher ratio of 20 to 1.
Classified employees.	AB 918 (2003-2004)	Chan	Support	Yes
This bill specifies that classified school employees, who are working outside of their regular assignments, are to receive compensation and benefits for the additional assignment at the regular classified pay rate for the position.
Classified employees: notice of layoff.	AB 290 (2003-2004)	Firebaugh	Support	Yes
This bill requires school and community college districts to provide classified school employees and administrators with 45 days notice of layoff, instead of 30, and to require short-term employees to be given layoff notices first.
Commission on Teacher Credentialing.	AB 791 (2003-2004)	Pavley	Split	No
This bill requires the Legislative Analyst to conduct a study regarding the Commission on Teacher Credentialing.
Community college facilities: building standards.	SB 242 (2003-2004)	Knight	Oppose	No
This bill allows a community college joint-use building, after January 1, 2004, to be built according to either the Field Act or the California Building Standards Code.
Community college fees.	AB 174 (2003-2004)	Calderon	Support	No
This bill places a 10 unit cap per semester on the enrollment fee charges for community college students.
Community colleges: classified service.	AB 2239 (2003-2004)	Runner	Oppose	No
Allows part-time community college students who are not in work-study or work experience programs to work on campus.
Community colleges: community college district governing boards.	SB 346 (2003-2004)	Scott	Oppose	No
This bill repeals a provision in current law that authorizes referendums in order to reject the action of a local community college board to increase the compensation of locally elected governing board members.
Community colleges: enrollment fees: Community Colleges Instructional and Student Services Augmentation Fund.	AB 554 (2003-2004)	Daucher	Oppose	No
This bill changes the way Community College fees are distributed.
Community colleges: facilities.	SB 1175 (2003-2004)	Denham	Oppose	No
Allows community college buildings to be built in accordance with the Field Act or the California Building Standards Code. The Field Act requires a building to withstand an earthquake and allow occupants to exit safely while the Califronia Building Standards Code requires only that the occupants be able to exit safely in an earthquake.
Community colleges: faculty.	AB 654 (2003-2004)	Berg	Support	Yes
This bill expresses the intent of the Legislature and various policy preferences of the Legislature with respect to part-time community college faculty.
Community colleges: nursing programs.	AB 2177 (2003-2004)	Jackson	Oppose	No
Creates merit-based admissions criteria for community colleges with nursing education.
Community colleges: temporary employees.	SB 955 (2003-2004)	Burton	Support	Yes
This bill exempts service in ancillary professional activities, including governance, staff development, grant writing, and advising student organizations, from counting toward the calculation of eligibility for contract or regular status for part-time temporary employees at California Community Colleges.
Community colleges: temporary and part-time faculty.	AB 1620 (2003-2004)	Nunez	Support	No
This bill authorizes a temporary employee or any part-time faculty member to challenge a decision made by a community college district not to reappoint them to the same teaching position for the next academic year.
Compton Unified School District: Cal Grants for Kids Program.	AB 349 (2003-2004)	Haynes	Oppose	No
This bill establishes the Cal Grants for Kids Pilot Program, whereby low-income parents can receive certificates good for educational services at participating private and public schools.
Confidentiality of medical records: offshore transcribing.	AB 2163 (2003-2004)	Leslie	Oppose	No
Requires anyone hired to transcribe medical records to disclose all contractors or subcontractors used and whether any of the records will be sent to another country.
Content standards: review.	AB 642 (2003-2004)	Mullin	Support	No
This bill requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to conduct a periodic review of the content standards and adopt or reject changes to those standards.
Contracting for noninstructional services.	SB 790 (2003-2004)	Johnson	Oppose	No
This bill repeals existing provisions of the Education Code that govern the conditions under which California school districts and community college districts may enter into personal service contracts for services currently or customarily performed by classified school employees.
Corporation tax: "S" corporation.	SB 259 (2003-2004)	Romero	Support	Yes
This bill authorizes school and community college districts to pay lost salary and benefits to all employees who have been called to active military duty.
Courses of study: nutrition education.	AB 975 (2003-2004)	Mullin	Support	No
This bill requires the establishment of a standardized written summary regarding nutrition education.
Curriculum: foreign languages.	SB 5 (2003-2004)	Karnette	Support	Yes
This bill requires the State Department of Education, on or before June 1, 2009, to adopt content standards for teaching foreign languages in kindergarten and grades 1 to 12.
Curriculum: labor relations.	AB 581 (2003-2004)	Chu	Support	No
This bill requires a labor relations curriculum to be included in history-social sciences courses for grades 7-12.
Disability compensation: family temporary disability insurance.	SB 1829 (2003-2004)	Knight	Oppose	No
This bill repeals the paid family leave statute of the state disability insurance program.
Discrimination.	AB 196 (2003-2004)	Leno	Support	Yes
This bill imports the definition of gender from anti-hate crime law into the Fair Employment and Housing Act, thus making it illegal to discriminate based on a personÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s gender identification.
Education finance.	SB 1129 (2003-2004)	Johnson	Support	No
Authorizes a school district to sell, lease or leaseback surplus real property, and related personal property, and deposit the net proceeds into the local general fund to use for any one-time general fund purpose.
Education finance.	SB 588 (2003-2004)	Johnson	Support	No
This bill authorizes a school district to sell, lease, or leaseback certain surplus real and personal property owned by the district for a specified length of time, and use the proceeds from this transaction for any one-time general fund purpose.
Education in state prisons.	AB 1914 (2003-2004)	Montanez	Support	No
Creates a statewide system, governing board and standards for inmate education.
Education: curriculum.	AB 1537 (2003-2004)	Wyland	Support	Yes
This bill finds and declares that current state-adopted academic content standards already include instruction on the Korean and Vietnam Wars, and encourages this instruction to include the personal testimony of those involved in these wars.
Education: curriculum.	AB 78 (2003-2004)	Reyes	Support	Yes
This bill expresses the encouragement of the Legislature for social science instruction of grades 7 through 12 to contain instruction on the Vietnam War, including the "Secret War" in Laos, and the role of Southeast Asians in that war. The bill additionally expresses the encouragement of the Legislature that the instruction include a component drawn from personal testimony of Southeast Asians who were involved in the Vietnam war and those who contributed to the war effort on the homefront.
Education: foster children.	AB 490 (2003-2004)	Steinberg	Support	Yes
This bill expands and stipulates authority for school records of foster, homeless, and incarcerated youth.
Education: pupil testing.	AB 356 (2003-2004)	Hancock	Support	No
This bill revises the state testing program to change school and staff rewards programs to be only non-monetary awards, to provide for diagnostic assessment but not standardized testing in grade 2, and to delay the requirement to pass the exit exam for high school graduation.
Education: school attendance requirements.	SB 140 (2003-2004)	Denham	Support	Yes
This bill extends authorization for specified forms of interdistrict transfer for pupils.
Education: sexual health and HIV/AIDS prevention instruction.	SB 71 (2003-2004)	Kuehl	Support	Yes
This bill establishes the California Comprehensive Sexual Health and HIV/AIDS Prevention Education Act which revises existing law related to sex and HIV/AIDS prevention education.
Education: certified school employees.	SB 124 (2003-2004)	Knight	Oppose	No
This bill establishes a four-year probationary period for certificated school employees who begin their probationary employment during or after fiscal year 2004-05.
Electronic monitoring of employees.	SB 1841 (2003-2004)	Bowen	Support	No
This bill requires employers to give their employees clear and conspicuous notice of the fact that they engage in electronic monitoring of their employees.
Employee bargaining units: salary deductions.	AB 310 (2003-2004)	Kehoe	Support	Yes
This bill requires a school employer to transmit money collected or deducted from an employee's salary for employee organization dues or fair share fees to transmit the money to the employeeÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s organization within specified periods.
Employment discrimination.	AB 2889 (2003-2004)	Laird	Support	No
This bill would make the employer liable for sexual harassment of employees by non-employees if the employer knew or should have known of the harassment.
Employment law.	SB 1010 (2003-2004)	Poochigian	Oppose	No
Repeals specific employment laws relating to wages and mandated benefits, including daily overtime pay and recent worker's compensation benefit increases.
Environmental education: content standards.	AB 907 (2003-2004)	Pavley	Oppose	No
This bill requires school history/social science and science to incorporate environmental education content.
Gender discrimination.	AB 358 (2003-2004)	Jackson	Support	No
This bill requires various state departments to research and report to the legislature about the role of women, to ensure that women are not being discriminated against.
Gender pay equity.	AB 2317 (2003-2004)	Oropeza	Support	No
Increases the amount of damages due to employees who are paid unfairly in violation of laws against gender discrimination.
Health care and insurance benefits.	AB 2208 (2003-2004)	Kehoe	Support	Yes
Requires group health plans, health insurance, and all forms of insurance to provide equal coverage to registered domestic partners, the California Insurance Equality Act.
Health care applications.	SB 1196 (2003-2004)	Cedillo	Support	Yes
This bill authorizes the sharing of the National School Lunch Program application for purposes of determining eligibility for the Healthy Families Program and any other county- or local-sponsored health insurance program when the child does not meet eligibility requirements for Medi-Cal.
Health care: accelerated enrollment.	SB 24 (2003-2004)	Figueroa	Support	Yes
This bill creates the Prenatal Gateway and the Newborn Hospital Gateway to simplify enrollment of prenatal women and certain newborn infants into the Medi-Cal program.
High Priority Schools Grant Program for Low Performing Schools.	AB 500 (2003-2004)	Diaz	Support	No
This bill expresses legislative intent to increase funding for the High Priority Schools Grant Program for Low Performing Schools within the Public Schools Accountability Act, and requires participating schools to collaborate with teachers on development plans.
High School Remediation Funding Flexibility Program.	AB 2647 (2003-2004)	Chavez	Support	No
This bill provides funding for remediation instruction for high school students in grades 9-12.
Higher education labor relations: University of California: service contractors.	SB 160 (2003-2004)	Alarcon	Support	No
This bill prohibits the University of California from using non-represented service contractors at any new facility to perform services traditionally performed by represented UC employees.
Home rule .	AB 86 (2003-2004)	Daucher	Oppose	No
This bill authorizes a school district or county office of education to become a home rule school district or county office of education if the governing board of the school district, at a public hearing, adopts a resolution by a majority vote. It also covers the regulation of such districts.
Home-to-school transportation.	AB 2462 (2003-2004)	Parra	Support	No
Requires that state funding for home-to-school transportation be increased annually by the percentage cost-of-living adjustment provided to school district revenue limits and the percentage change in K-12 enrollment.
In-home supportive services: direct deposit wage payments.	AB 1470 (2003-2004)	Vargas	Support	Yes
This bill requires the Department of Social Services and the State Controller to arrange for direct deposit with one or more financial institutions in order to allow In-Home Supportive Services workers to choose to receive payments for services to be directly deposited into their personal accounts with financial institutions.
Income and corporation tax credits: carryovers.	SB 1354 (2003-2004)	Escutia	Support	No
This bill allows certain credits to be used to reduce income or corporation tax liability by no more than 50 percent of the taxpayer's total liability.
Instruction: grade point average.	SB 801 (2003-2004)	Vasconcellos	Support	Yes
This bill repeals a provision which prohibits high schools from assigning extra weighting for courses required for college or university admission when computing grade point averages.
Instructional materials: labor history.	AB 1872 (2003-2004)	Nakano	Support	No
Requires instructional materials for social science, history, or civics education to contain information related to California's labor history.
Instructional materials: requirements of publishers and manufacturers: prices.	AB 2455 (2003-2004)	Canciamilla	Support	No
Price requirements for publishers and manufacturers for instructional materials for core areas (English Language Arts, mathematics, science, and history/social science) in grades K-8.
Instructional strategies: subject matter projects.	SB 611 (2003-2004)	Ducheny	Support	Yes
This bill adds English language development assessments and standards to those elements to be considered in the development and evaluation of the California Subject Matter Projects.
Labor Code Private Attorneys General Act of 2004.	SB 1809 (2003-2004)	Dunn	Support	Yes
This bill amends the Labor Code Private Attorneys General Act of 2004.
Life insurance: corporate-owned policies.	AB 226 (2003-2004)	Vargas	Support	Yes
This bill prohibits the issuance of corporate-owned life insurance policies (COLIs).
Life science companies: tax credits.	AB 2230 (2003-2004)	Corbett	Oppose	No
Authorizes a tax credit for life science companies that invest in California.
Life science companies: tax credits.	SB 1572 (2003-2004)	Alpert	Oppose	No
This bill provides a tax credit for biotech companies which increase employment and real and personal property in California.
Local educational agencies: officers.	AB 745 (2003-2004)	Berg	Support	No
This bill requires a county superintendent of schools, the governing board of a school district, and the governing board of a community college district to annually report all compensation received for certain administrative, certificated, and classified personnel.
Master Plan for Pupil Support Services.	AB 660 (2003-2004)	Corbett	Support	No
This bill requires the State Department of Education to convene a voluntary working group for the purpose of developing a master plan for pupil support services.
Medi-Cal: administrative claims.	AB 2270 (2003-2004)	Chan	Support	No
Requires the Department of Health Services (DHS) to administer a Medi-Cal Administrative Activities (MAA) claiming process for local educational agencies (LEA).
Medi-Cal: Native Americans.	SB 308 (2003-2004)	Figueroa	Support	Yes
This bill authorizes Native American Indian tribes to participate in the Medi-Cal Administrative Claiming process.
No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.	AB 1846 (2003-2004)	Berg	Support	No
Designates the Superintendent of Public Instruction as the state education official responsible to carry out the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 and would vest the SPI with the power and authority to perform all acts necessary to receive the benefits and to allocate the funds provided by NCLBA.
Personal income tax: rates.	AB 1815 (2003-2004)	Chan	Support	No
Reinstates 10% and 11% personal income tax brackets for high-income taxpayers which increases taxes for high income earners.
Pharmacy benefits management.	AB 1960 (2003-2004)	Pavley	Support	No
Requires pharmacy benefit managers to make various disclosures to purchasers and prospective purchasers of their services.
Physical education.	SB 1798 (2003-2004)	Torlakson	Oppose	No
This bill adds new physical education training requirements to the individual professional growth requirement a teacher must meet to renew his or her credential and makes other changes related to physical education.
Political Reform Act of 1974: conflicts of interest.	AB 1197 (2003-2004)	Wiggins	Support	No
Specifically includes under the definition of designated employee, for purposes of the conflict of interest law, any board member, chief business officer, superintendent, assistant superintendent, deputy superintendent, associate superintendent, chief personnel officer, and general counsel (or their equivalents) of a public school district or county office of education.
Postsecondary education: production and pricing of college textbooks.	AB 2477 (2003-2004)	Liu	Support	Yes
Urges textbook publishers to reduce the cost of college textbooks and encourages faculty to give consideration to the least costly practices in assigning textbooks.
Postsecondary education: textbook rental services.	AB 2678 (2003-2004)	Koretz	Support	No
This bill creates a process for the establishment of textbook rental services at public colleges and universities.
Public contracts: prescription drugs.	SB 1144 (2003-2004)	Burton	Support	No
Allows the state to contract with Canadian sources for prescription drugs.
Public contracts: services: domestic workers.	AB 1829 (2003-2004)	Liu	Support	No
Prohibits state and local agencies from using state funds to contract for services unless the contractor can certify that the work will be performed within the United States.
Public Employees' Retirement System: pharmaceutical purchasing consortium.	AB 1958 (2003-2004)	Frommer	Support	No
Authorizes the Board of Administration of the California Public Employees' Retirement System to establish or enter into a pharmaceutical purchasing consortium with private or public entities.
Public employees' retirement: early retirement incentives.	AB 457 (2003-2004)	Negrete McLeod	Support	No
This bill provides early retirement benefits for public employees.
Public employees' retirement: preretirement death benefits.	SB 1602 (2003-2004)		Support	No
This bill would provide the PERS pre-retirement death benefit to surviving spouses of active local agency and school members whose death occurs on or after January 1, 2005.
Public employees' retirement: retirement benefit enhancement.	AB 719 (2003-2004)	Negrete McLeod	Support	Yes
This bill allows various California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) members to be eligible to purchase up to five years of non-qualified service in CalPERS.
Public pension systems: investments.	SB 1632 (2003-2004)	Figueroa	Support	No
This bill would require the public pension systems within the state to obtain specified information from a corporation if the stock of the corporation is held by the system, to report to the Legislature regarding that information and to make that information available to the public.
Public postsecondary education: admissions policies.	AB 2387 (2003-2004)	Firebaugh	Support	No
Authorizes the University of California (UC) and the California State University (CSU) to consider factors other than grade point average and test scores in admissions.
Public postsecondary education: nonresident admissions criteria.	SB 1503 (2003-2004)	McClintock	Oppose	No
This bill excludes students without legal immigration status from provisions of current law that exempt a non-resident student meeting specified criteria from paying non-resident tuition at the California State University (CSU) and the California Community Colleges (CCC).
Public school employers: unlawful acts.	AB 109 (2003-2004)	Dymally	Support	Yes
This bill makes it unlawful for a public school employer to provide inaccurate or misleading information regarding the employer's finances to an exclusive representative during labor negotiations
Pupil assessment data: electronic resources.	SB 1384 (2003-2004)	Scott	Support	Yes
This bill specifies that the State Superintendent of Public Instruction establish review criteria and a process for the identification and review of electronic learning assessment resources.
Pupil assessment.	AB 2413 (2003-2004)	Diaz	Support	No
Requires the State Department of Education to develop or adopt primary language assessments for reading/language arts and mathematics for pupils with limited English proficiency.
Pupil attendance: precinct board membership.	AB 1944 (2003-2004)	Hancock	Support	No
Allows a pupil enrolled in a history or social science course who serves as a member of a precinct board for an election to receive school attendance credit for that service for purposes of computing average daily attendance.
Pupil health: self-administration of asthma medication.	AB 2132 (2003-2004)	Reyes	Support	Yes
Authorizes a pupil to carry and self-administer medication or to receive assistance from school personnel if the school district receives written statement from a physician.
Pupil health: vision appraisal.	SB 606 (2003-2004)	Vasconcellos	Support	No
This bill requires schools to send home a notice and questionnaire related to eye symptoms, vision and school performance.
Pupil preparation.	SB 1795 (2003-2004)	Alarcon	Oppose	No
This bill authorizes the Superintendent of Public Instruction to convene an advisory panel to develop a challenging standards-based curriculum including career technical education.
Pupil testing: English learners.	AB 921 (2003-2004)	Firebaugh	Support	No
This bill requires the State Board of Education to seek a waiver from those federal provisions that require assessment of the reading and writing skills of kindergarten and grade 1 English learners, and extends the STAR program and testing of pupils in grades 2-11.
Pupil Volunteer Award Program.	AB 2017 (2003-2004)	Bermudez	Support	No
Establishes the Pupil Volunteer Award Program (award program) to recognize certain high school pupils who obtain a specified number of valid community service hours.
Pupils: interrogation.	AB 1012 (2003-2004)	Steinberg	Support	No
Enacts specific statute for interrogation of a minor by police in a school setting.
Quality Education Model: school funding.	SB 712 (2003-2004)	Alpert	Support	Yes
This bill revises the charge to the Quality Education Commission requiring the Commission to determine "adequate base funding" levels for elementary, middle and high schools.
Quality Education Model: school funding.	AB 2776 (2003-2004)	Bates	Support	No
This bill requires the advantages and disadvantages of giving funds to school districts on the basis of enrollment, rather than average daily attendance, to be examined.
Reading First Plan.	AB 2416 (2003-2004)	Berg	Support	No
Authorizes use of Reading First Program funds to purchase supplemental instructional materials that are aligned with state adopted reading/language arts content standards.
Sales and use taxes: uniformity.	SB 157 (2003-2004)	Bowen	Support	Yes
This bill creates the Streamlined Sales Tax Project.
Sales, use, income, and corporation taxes: manufacturer's investment.	SB 47 (2003-2004)	Ackerman	Oppose	No
This bill gives tax breaks for manufactures' investments in equipment.
School Accountability Report Card: requirements.	AB 165 (2003-2004)	Chan	Support	No
This bill requires the School Accountability Report Card to include information on school nurses.
School accountability: Opportunity to Learn Index.	SB 495 (2003-2004)	Vasconcellos	Support	No
This bill provides for the development of the Opportunities for Teaching and Learning index as a component of the Public School Accountability Program in order to measure the opportunity for K-12 pupil learning in a way that permits statewide comparison of schools.
School and community college classified employees.	SB 1377 (2003-2004)	McPherson	Oppose	No
This bill repeals certain guidelines that specify how school districts determine cost savings for the purpose of entering into personal services contracts for services currently or customarily performed by classified school employees, and establishes new guidelines for this purpose.
School and community college districts: contracting.	AB 2992 (2003-2004)	McCarthy	Oppose	No
This bill would make it easier for schools to enter into contracts for outside, non-instructional services in order to save money.
School and community college districts: contracting.	AB 2415 (2003-2004)	Garcia	Oppose	No
Repeals provisions of SB 1419 (Alarcon) Chapter 894, Statutes of 2002 and sets new contracting provisions.
School credentials: emergency permits.	SB 1658 (2003-2004)	Karnette	Support	Yes
This bill permits the Commission on Teacher Credentialing to issue or reissue emergency permits for less than one year, but not to exceed one year.
School curriculum: personal financial management.	AB 707 (2003-2004)	Correa	Oppose	No
This bill establishes that the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the Department of Consumer Affairs must establish a Personal Financial Management Curriculum Task Force.
School district governing boards: pupil members.	AB 1897 (2003-2004)	Reyes	Support	No
Requires each school district with one or more high schools to appoint a preferential voting pupil member to the governing board of the school district.
School districts: four-day school week.	SB 1138 (2003-2004)	Hollingsworth	Support	Yes
This bill authorizes six school districts to operate one or more schools on a four-day school week.
School districts: reorganization.	AB 780 (2003-2004)	Harman	Support	Yes
This bill authorizes Fresno, Humboldt and Ventura Counties to locally approve school district unifications without receiving the further approval of the State Board of Education.
School employee organizations.	AB 503 (2003-2004)	Kehoe	Support	No
This bill permits the use of school district or community college district facilities for the distribution or posting of written materials (paid for by employee organizations), which urge the support or defeat of any ballot measure or candidate, in a location that is not open or accessible to the general public.
School employees.	AB 1918 (2003-2004)	Montanez	Support	No
Allows a school employee to use up to six weeks of the five-month period during which the employee receives differential pay to take time off work to care for a seriously ill child, spouse, parent, domestic partner, or to bond with a new child.
School facilities maintenance and repair.	AB 1124 (2003-2004)	Nunez	Support	Yes
Requires that certain specified funds be used, as a first priority, for the maintenance of school restroom facilities.
School facilities.	AB 1395 (2003-2004)	Lowenthal	Support	No
This bill requires every school district, by January 1, 2005, to develop a plan to address the problems associated with school restrooms
School facilities.	AB 225 (2003-2004)	Frommer	Support	No
This bill authorizes construction grants to remodel or reconstruct schools.
School facilities: new construction and modernization: small high schools.	AB 1465 (2003-2004)	Negrete McLeod	Support	Yes
This bill sets aside $20 million in state school bond funding for a pilot program allowing school districts to receive an increased amount of funding when constructing or reconfiguring small high schools.
School facilities: sprinkler systems.	AB 2343 (2003-2004)	Nation	Support	No
Requires an automatic fire sprinkler system to be installed in school facility modernization projects.
School facility maintenance costs.	SB 409 (2003-2004)	Hollingsworth	Support	Yes
This bill requires school districts that received funding under the State School Facilities Program to deposit, in a maintenance of facilities account, an amount equal to two percent of the school district's general fund expenditures.
School finance: categorical education programs.	AB 931 (2003-2004)	Richman	Support	No
This bill allows a school district to transfer unused funds from a previous year for use in current year programs.
School finance: weighted per pupil funding.	AB 2373 (2003-2004)	Berg	Support	No
Requires the California Quality Education Commission (CQEC) to make recommendations on school districts allocating funds to schools based on a weighted per pupil formula.
School programs.	AB 560 (2003-2004)	Berg	Support	Yes
This bill allows year-round school scheduling of as few as 163 days per year, with specifications.
School safety plans.	AB 1954 (2003-2004)	Vargas	Support	No
Requires a school's comprehensive safety plan to include a uniform lock-down plan approved by the local law enforcement agency.
School safety.	SB 719 (2003-2004)	Kuehl	Support	Yes
This bill makes primarily minor and nonsubstantive changes to the provisions of the 1985 School Safety Act.
School safety.	AB 115 (2003-2004)	Jerome Horton	Support	Yes
This bill allows a complaint of non-compliance with safety codes to be filed against a school district. It also increases the penalty for non-compliance to $2,000
Schools: environmental and endangerment assessments.	AB 2485 (2003-2004)	Chan	Support	Yes
Allows the governing board of a school district to request information necessary or useful to assess and determine the safety of a proposed school site or an addition to an existing school site.
Schools: food and beverage nutrition standards.	SB 1566 (2003-2004)	Escutia	Support	No
This bill establishes nutrition standards for food served in public schools outside the federal meal program starting with the 2005-2006 school year.
Schools: military recruiting access: federal law.	SB 198 (2003-2004)	Hollingsworth	Oppose	No
This bill restates what constitutes a violation of federal law regarding school district on-campus access for military recruiting purposes and authorizes the Governor to take a specified action.
Schools: National School Lunch Program.	AB 2686 (2003-2004)	Jackson	Support	No
This bill encourages school districts that participate in the National School Lunch Program to limit the amount of fat and saturated fat in entrees served as part of the NSLP and to make nutritional information available to pupils and their parents.
Schools: pupil immunizations.	AB 1822 (2003-2004)	Chan	Support	No
Makes various technical changes to statue in relation to immunization requirements for hepatitis B and the mumps.
Schoolsites: sources of pollution.	SB 352 (2003-2004)	Escutia	Support	Yes
This bill prohibits a local educational agency from approving the acquisition of a schoolsite within 500 feet of a busy roadway unless the air quality at the site does not pose a health risk to pupils or staff.
Secondary school courses of study: economics of higher education.	AB 1278 (2003-2004)	Jerome Horton	Support	No
This bill requires high school districts to prescribe curriculum in existing courses of study on the economics of higher education.
Sexual harassment: training and education.	AB 1825 (2003-2004)	Reyes	Support	Yes
Requires employers of 50 or more employees to provide training on sexual harassment to supervisors once every two years.
Staff development.	AB 1282 (2003-2004)	Hancock	Support	No
This bill authorizes school districts to receive full average daily attendance (ADA) reimbursement for up to three additional days of staff development.
State Auditor: drugs.	AB 1959 (2003-2004)	Chu	Support	Yes
Requires the State Auditor to conduct an audit of the states procurement and reimbursement practices related to the purchase of drugs for or by state agencies.
State economy: suspension of statutes.	SB 789 (2003-2004)	Johnson	Oppose	No
This bill suspends statute related to personal services contracting and prevailing wage requirements for two years from the effective date of the bill and allows a school district that achieves specified levels on the Academic Performance Index (API) the authority to use funds it receives pursuant to specified law for purposes other than those for which they were appropriated.
State employees' retirement: contributions and benefits.	AB 2903 (2003-2004)	Campbell	Oppose	No
Requires an increase in state employee retirement contributions and the creation of a lower retirement benefit tier for new state employees.
State employees: compensation.	AB 2750 (2003-2004)	Steinberg	Support	No
This bill specifies the process for the State Controller in determining which classes of state employees should be paid during any period in which the Budget Act has not been enacted prior to the new fiscal year.
State teachers' retirement benefits.	AB 1586 (2003-2004)	Yee	Support	Yes
This bill makes minor changes to the benefit programs administered by the California State Teachers' Retirement System.
State Teachers' Retirement Law: part-time community college faculty.	AB 3076 (2003-2004)	Yee	Support	Yes
Excludes community college faculty members who are classified as temporary employees from mandatory membership in the State Teachers' Retirement System Defined Benefit Program.
State teachers' retirement.	AB 1852 (2003-2004)	Mullin	Support	Yes
Authorizes a member of the California State Teachers' Retirement System to earn a longevity bonus and makes various changes to a early retirement incentive program.
State teachers' retirement.	AB 2233 (2003-2004)	Yee	Support	Yes
Makes technical non-substantive changes to Teachers' Retirement Law (TRL).
State teachers' retirement: early retirement incentive.	AB 2753 (2003-2004)	Corbett	Support	No
This bill revises post-retirement provisions of the State Teachers Retirement System early retirement incentive program.
State teachers' retirement: longevity bonus.	AB 2036 (2003-2004)	La Suer	Support	No
Applies a State Teachers' Retirement System longevity bonus to community college instructors who retire concurrently from STRS and the Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS).
State teachers' retirement: postretirement earnings.	AB 2554 (2003-2004)	Pavley	Support	Yes
Would modify the existing State Teacher Retirement System exemptions to the post-retirement earnings limitation for certain teaching positions.
State teachers' retirement: retirement incentive.	AB 1207 (2003-2004)	Corbett	Support	Yes
Makes available to school and community college districts two Golden Handshake options to offer employees who are members of the California State Teachers' Retirement System as early retirement incentives.
State teachers' retirement: retirement incentive.	AB 212 (2003-2004)	Maze	Support	No
This bill provides a retirement benefit incentive for teachers who retire prior to a specified date.
State teachers' retirement: service credit.	SB 102 (2003-2004)	Burton	Support	Yes
This bill allows members of the State Teachers Retirement System (CalSTRS) to count up to two-tenths of one year of unused sick leave in determining eligibility for career-based enhancements.
Student financial aid: eligibility.	AB 153 (2003-2004)	Calderon	Support	No
This bill requires California State Universities and Community Colleges to enable students who are exempt from paying non-resident tuition to participate in aid programs.
Student financial aid: Ortiz-Pacheco-Poochigian-Vasconce llos Cal Grant Program: high school grade point average: nontraditional, returning, and older adult students.	SB 680 (2003-2004)	McPherson	Support	Yes
This bill requires the Student Aid Commission to convene an existing advisory committee to review the existing formula for calculating high school grade point averages under the Ortiz-Pacheco-Poochigian-Vasconcellos Cal Grant Act.
Student financial aid: Ortiz-Pacheco-Poochigian-Vasconcel los Cal Grant Program.	SB 728 (2003-2004)	Scott	Support	Yes
This bill simplifies the Cal Grant application form for a selected category of applicants.
Surplus school property: use of proceeds.	AB 264 (2003-2004)	Mullin	Support	Yes
This bill gives more operational and fiscal flexibility to local schools.
Taxes: personal property: exemption.	AB 1789 (2003-2004)	Corbett	Oppose	No
Authorizes a county to exempt from tax certain personal property used by a life science entity.
Teacher credentialing: district interns.	SB 1621 (2003-2004)	Machado	Support	Yes
This bill requires the Commission on Teacher Credentialing (CTC) to participate in a pilot program to provide teacher preparation programs for teachers of pupils with disabilities in special education classes (beyond mild/moderate). This bill would also authorize CTC to issue district intern credentials authorizing participants in the programs to provide classroom instruction to pupils with disabilities in special education classes (beyond mild/moderate).
Teacher development: intolerance and hatred prevention.	AB 1250 (2003-2004)	Laird	Support	Yes
Adds intolerance and hatred prevention as a category of training permitted under the Instructional Time and Staff Development Reform Program for teachers.
Teacher training: cultural competency.	AB 54 (2003-2004)	Oropeza	Support	Yes
This bill requires that the Commission on Teacher Credentialing contract with an independent evaluator to conduct a study of the availability and effectiveness of cultural competency training for teachers and administrators.
Teachers' Retirement Board: elections.	AB 419 (2003-2004)	Yee	Support	Yes
This bill changes the membership composition of the Teachers' Retirement Board.
Teachers' Retirement System: retirement board.	SB 1137 (2003-2004)	Burton	Support	No
Requires that the retiree member of the State Teachers' Retirement System Board be elected by retired and disabled STRS members to a four-year term, beginning January 1, 2006.
Teachers' Retirement System: surviving spouse.	AB 106 (2003-2004)	Corbett	Support	Yes
If a deceased teacher and their spouse were married less than a year, this bill would allow the spouse to receive survivor's benefits under certain conditions.
Teachers: state basic skills proficiency test.	SB 45 (2003-2004)	Vincent	Support	No
This bill exempts retired teachers from passing the California Basic Education Skills Test (CBEST) if the teacher has taught for at least 15 years.
Teachers: instructing deaf pupils: salaries.	AB 2394 (2003-2004)	Dutra	Oppose	No
Applies all the criteria for hiring employees for the California School for the Deaf (CSD) to all school districts.
The Healthy Schools Act of 2004.	AB 1006 (2003-2004)	Chu	Support	No
Bans certain highly toxic pesticides at schools.
The Holocaust and genocide.	AB 1175 (2003-2004)	Koretz	Support	Yes
Moves the Center for Excellence on the Study of the Holocaust, Genocide, Human Rights, and Tolerance to a program of the California State University system, rather than a pilot program at CSU-Chico.
Unemployment and disability compensation.	AB 2322 (2003-2004)	Bates	Oppose	No
Authorizes workers to opt out of making contributions to the family temporary disability insurance program.
Unemployment compensation: reasonable assurance.	AB 2730 (2003-2004)	Dymally	Support	No
Clarifies that an individual is not considered to have a reasonable assurance of employment unless the offer of employment or assignment made by the educational institution is in writing and signed by both parties.
Unemployment insurance: Unemployment Fund.	AB 2320 (2003-2004)	Bates	Oppose	No
The weekly benefit amount for new unemployment insurance (UI) claims may not exceed $410 until the Unemployment Fund meets the federal minimum reserve requirement levels.
Unemployment insurance: false information: penalty.	AB 2412 (2003-2004)	Yee	Support	Yes
Amends the Unemployment Insurance Code to require a penalty for academic employers who provide false information or fail to report a material fact concerning a claimant's reemployment.
Unemployment insurance: unemployment compensation benefits: temporary employees of a community college.	AB 237 (2003-2004)	Bermudez	Support	No
This bill requires that the Employment Development Department study its process of granting unemployment insurance benefits to temporary employees of the community colleges.
Unsafe handguns.	SB 269 (2003-2004)	Soto	Support	Yes
This bill allows the California Public Employees' Retirement System and California State Teachers' Retirement System Boards of Administration to set salary levels and performance standards for the positions of Chief Executive Officer, System Actuary, Chief Investment Officer and investment managers.
Victims of crime: work absences for judicial proceedings.	SB 478 (2003-2004)	Dunn	Support	Yes
This bill enables employees who are crime victims, the immediate family members of crime victims, the registered domestic partners of crime victims, and the children of the registered domestic partners of crime victims to be absent from work to attend scheduled judicial proceedings.
Workers' compensation.	SB 1141 (2003-2004)	Johnson	Oppose	No
Clarifies that the use of workers' compensation costs, in the calculation of profits for purposes of an employee bonus program, is not a deduction from the earnings of an employee.
California State University: disability ret	AB 908 (2003-2004)	Chan	Support	Yes
This bill establishes that the California State University Trustees must provide temporary disability allowances to its employees forced into disability retirement in a manner similar to what existing law requires of other state employers.
Chronic Care Integration (CCI) program and pilot project.	AB 43 (2003-2004)	Daucher	Support	No
Requires the Department of Health Services (DHS) to administer the Long-Term Care Integration (LTCI) program as an ongoing program.
Class size reduction.	AB 1129 (2003-2004)	Berg	Oppose	No
Specifies the conditions by which an individual schoolsite may qualify for the Class Size Reduction program based on the annual Academic Performance Index ranking.
Classified school employees: reclassificatio	AB 1070 (2003-2004)	Laird	Support	Yes
This bill reduces, from three to two years, the minimum time period of employment within a class to be eligible for reclassification in the civil service.
High-priority schools.	AB 96 (2003-2004)	Bermudez	Support	Yes
This bill labels formerly "low performing" schools as "high priority" schools.
Public employees' retirement: home loan prog	AB 475 (2003-2004)	Correa	Support	Yes
This bill allows public retired employees to be loaned up to 100% of a homeÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s value to assist them in the home purchase.
School safety: hazing.	AB 1411 (2003-2004)	Wolk	Support	Yes
This bill expands the definition of hazing to include any initiation or pre-initiation into a student body, as well as a student group, that poses an emotional or physical danger. This bill also adds hazing to the list of suspendable offenses.
Schools: Irradiated foods.	AB 1988 (2003-2004)	Hancock	Support	No
Prohibits a school from serving irradiated foods, unless specified conditions regarding those sales are met.
Specific public utilities.	SB 1230 (2003-2004)	Morrow	Support	No
This bill would reform the regulation of specific categories of public utilities.
State contracts: acquisition of goods or services.	AB 17 (2003-2004)	Kehoe	Support	Yes
Would prohibit state contractors who discriminate in the provision of benefits between employees with spouses and employees with domestic partners.
West Fresno Elementary School District.	AB 38 (2003-2004)	Reyes	Support	Yes
This bill provides emergency financial assistance, in the form of a loan, to the West Fresno Elementary School District.