CTA-sponsored and co-sponsored legislation for 2003

TEST ALIGNMENT

Hancock, Mullin
AB 356

Would align California's Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR) program with federal guidelines by exempting pupils in second grade from the testing requirement; would delay passage of the California High School Exit Exam as a state requirement for high school graduation until 2006; and would delete the rewards provisions in the Public Schools Accountability Act.(Amended 8/26)

Status: Senate floor

DUE PROCESS FOR PART-TIMERS
Nunez
AB 1620

Would give all part-time faculty and contract employees of community college districts due process rights in retention of their contracts.

Status: Assembly Appropriations suspense file*

Would require community college districts to offer Social Security coverage to part-time
faculty. (Amended 5/12)

Status: Senate Appropriations suspense file*

COURSE LOAD FOR PART-TIMERS
Burton
SB 955

Would provide that paid professional and faculty development ancillary activities will not
be part of the part-time faculty 60 percent load nor count toward tenure or full-time
employment. (Amended 4/9)

Status: Signed into law

Would require the state to pay back over time the money it has decided not to contribute to STRS this year for its special fund for increasing the purchasing power of pensions to counteract inflation. (Amended 7/22)

Status: Senate Appropriations suspense file*

Would provide military service credit for STRS members called to active duty since Sept. 11, 2001, and would allow a limited number of unused sick days to count in qualifying for STRS bonuses. (Amended 4/29)

Status: Senate Appropriations suspense file*

* The suspense file is where Senate and Assembly Appropriations Committees hold bills with financial impact pending an assessment of the state's ability to pay for them.

Letters to legislators and the Governor can be mailed c/o State Capitol, Sacramento, CA 95814. A legislator can always co-author a bill even if it is not yet before him or her for a vote. For an up-to-date picture of a bill's progress, check CTA's website [www.CTA.org], and click on Politics and Legislation.