Existing law, the Uniform Supervision of International Student Exchange Visitor Placement Organizations Act of 1994, requires international student exchange visitor placement organizations to register with the Attorney General, as specified, and to provide certain information to participating students, host families, and school districts. Existing law authorizes a school district to require proof of registration with the Attorney General from any organization seeking to place an international student exchange visitor, as defined, in the school district as a condition to agreeing to enroll that student.

This bill would require the Superintendent of Public Instruction to develop and implement a plan to help achieve the objectives in a specified agreement between the United States and Japan providing for the educational exchange of high school pupils. The bill would state the intent of the Legislature that the plan be developed and implemented no later than June 1, 1997. The bill would require costs of the plan to be funded through donations from the private sector. The bill would prohibit the appropriation of state funds to the State Department of Education for the purpose of developing and implementing the plan.