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ASSEMBLY BILL 1261 (LENO – 2005)

CHAPTER 639, STATUTES OF 2005, AB 1261

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As enacted, Assembly Bill 1261 amended sections of the Education Code and the Welfare and Institutions Code relating to the education of foster children.  (See Exhibit #1g)  Assembly Member Leno introduced this legislation on February 22, 2005 at the request of the Children’s Law Center of Los Angeles.  (See Exhibits #1a; #3, page 2; and #7, page 1)

Assembly Bill 1261 was assigned to the Assembly Committee on Education, the Committee on Human Services, Senate Committee on Education, and the Senate Committee on Judiciary where policy issues raised by the bill were considered.  (See Exhibits #2, #3, #7, and #9)  The fiscal ramifications of the bill were considered by the Assembly Committee on Appropriations and the Senate Committee on Appropriations.  (See Exhibits #5 and #11)  Five amendments were made to Assembly Bill 1261 during the legislative process.  (See Exhibits #1b through #1f, and #2)  Subsequent to legislative approval, Governor Schwarzenegger signed the bill on October 7, 2005, and it was recorded by the Secretary of State on that same date as Chapter 639 of the Statutes of 2005.  (See Exhibits #1g and #2)

The Concurrence in Senate Amendments Analysis, dated as Assembly Bill 1261 was last amended, gave the following digest of the legislation:
 

SUMMARY:  Clarifies provisions related to the education of foster youth in areas of educational placement, coursework credit, records transfer, and educational programs offered to foster youth, and revises the definition of “nonpublic, nonsectarian schools” and makes changes to some provisions in the Education Code relating to nonpublic, nonsectarian schools.
(See Exhibit #14b, page 1)