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AB-2169 Pupil discipline.(1999-2000)



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AB2169:v95#DOCUMENT

Assembly Bill No. 2169
CHAPTER 225

An act to amend Section 48900.6 of, and to repeal Section 48900.6 of, the Education Code, relating to pupil discipline.

[ Filed with Secretary of State  August 23, 2000. Approved by Governor  August 22, 2000. ]

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


AB 2169, Campbell. Pupil discipline.
Existing law authorizes school officials to require a pupil to perform community service on school grounds during nonschool hours as an alternative to imposing other disciplinary actions, unless suspension or expulsion is required.
Existing law defines “community service” to include work performed on school grounds in the areas of outdoor beautification, campus betterment, and teacher or peer assistance programs.
This bill would also authorize school officials, with written permission from the parent or guardian of the pupil, to require a pupil to perform community service in the community, as part of, or instead of, disciplinary action.
The bill would broaden the definition of “community service” to also include work performed in the community in the area of outdoor beautification, community betterment, and youth assistance programs.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:


SECTION 1.

 Section 48900.6 of the Education Code, as amended by Chapter 972 of the Statutes of 1995, is amended to read:

48900.6.
 As part of or instead of disciplinary action prescribed by this article, the principal of a school, the principal’s designee, the superintendent of schools, or the governing board may require a pupil to perform community service on school grounds or, with written permission of the parent or guardian of the pupil, off school grounds, during the pupil’s nonschool hours. For the purposes of this section, “community service” may include, but is not limited to, work performed in the community or on school grounds in the areas of outdoor beautification, community or campus betterment, and teacher, peer, or youth assistance programs. This section does not apply if a pupil has been suspended, pending expulsion, pursuant to Section 48915. However, this section applies if the recommended expulsion is not implemented or is, itself, suspended by stipulation or other administrative action.

SEC. 2.

 Section 48900.6 of the Education Code, as added by Section 1 of Chapter 212 of the Statutes of 1993, is repealed.