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Adoption by the Board of Education of District's Position, as stated, on the proposed State Legislative Bills - Assembly and Senate - named herein, as of June 12, 2024:
Student Health and Safety
AB 2583 (Berman) School zones and walk zones.
Recommended Position: Support
Summary: The Planning and Zoning Law requires the legislative body of a city or county to adopt a comprehensive general plan that includes various elements, including a circulation element to plan for transportation routes. This bill would require, upon any substantive revision of the circulation element on or after January 1, 2025, the legislative body of a city or county, to identify and establish school walk zones for all schools located within the scope of the general plan.
Student Achievement
SB 333 (Cortese) Homeless pupils: California Success, Opportunity, and Academic Resilience (SOAR) Guaranteed Income Program.
Recommended Position: Support
Summary: Would, subject to an appropriation by the Legislature for this purpose, require the State Department of Social Services to establish the California Success, Opportunity, and Academic Resilience (SOAR) Guaranteed Income Program. The program would award public school pupils who are in grade 12 and are homeless children or youths, as defined, a guaranteed income of $1,000 each month for 4 months from May 1, 2025, to August 1, 2025, inclusive, as provided. The bill would establish the California SOAR Guaranteed Income Fund as the initial depository of all moneys appropriated, donated, or otherwise received for the program, and upon appropriation by the Legislature, would provide moneys in the fund to counties that opt in to the program for distribution to eligible participants.
AB 3089 (Jones-Sawyer) Chattel slavery: formal apology.
Recommended Position: Support
Summary: This bill would provide that the State of California recognizes and accepts responsibility for all of the harms and atrocities committed by the state, its represe...
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