CTA-sponsored and co-sponsored legislation for 2004

STRS Bonuses - Burton

Bill #: SB 102

Would allow some unused sick days to count in qualifying for STRS bonuses.

(Amended 8/26) (Co-sponsored bill)

Status: Sent to Governor for signature

Rehire Rights For Part-Timers - Burton

Bill #: SB 1432

Would require community college districts to bargain part-time faculty rehiring rights, including the right of first refusal.

(Amended 4/16)

Status: Died in Senate Education

STRS Enhancements - Mullin

Bill #: AB 265

Would require the state to pay back over time $500 million in deferred STRS contributions to a special STRS fund that provides retirees with a purchasing power guarantee.

(Amended 7/22/03)

Status: Died in Senate Appropriations

Test Alignment - Hancock

Bill #: AB 356

Would align the California Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR) program with federal guidelines by exempting pupils in second grade from the testing requirement, effective July 1, 2005; would delay use of the California High School Exit Exam as a state requirement for graduation until 2005-06; would delete the monetary rewards provisions in the Public Schools Accountability Act.

(Amended 2/18)

Status: Died on Senate floor

STRS Defined Benefit - Mullin

Bill #: AB 1852

Would remove the minimum age (60) for taking a STRS pension in a partial lump sum; would allow districts to hire educators who retired under a retirement incentive from another district before the one-year sit-out period has passed.

(Amended 8/26)

Status: Sent to Governor for signature

Teacher Preparation - Diaz

Bill #: AB 2559

Would require districts and county offices of education to establish a process enabling teachers to evaluate and make recommendations for improving local professional development programs. The process would include a joint teacher/administrator committee that may be the same as the panel overseeing the Peer Assistance and Review program.

(Amended 7/1)

(Co-sponsored bill)

Status: Died in Senate Appropriations

Unemployment Rights - Dymally

Bill #: AB 2730

Would define "reasonable assurance" for unemployment compensation purposes.

Status: Died in Assembly Appropriations

Brown Decision Commemoration - Wesson

Bill #: ACR 140

Commemorates the 50th anniversary of the

Brown v. Board of Education

decision (1954),
which declared "separate but equal" public schools unconstitutional.

(Amended 5/28)
(Co-sponsored bill)

Status: Enacted