BILL NUMBER: AB 900INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Swanson FEBRUARY 17, 2011 An act to add Article 8.5 (commencing with Section 32377) to Chapter 3 of Part 19 of Division 1 of Title 1 of the Education Code, relating to public school campuses. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 900, as introduced, Swanson. Public school campuses: recycling and composting bins. (1) Existing law requires the Integrated Waste Management Board to develop and implement a source reduction and recycling program for school districts that is designed to assist districts in establishing and implementing source reduction and recycling programs and to complement and further prescribed educational goals and the integrated waste management issues addressed within the science curriculum framework developed by the State Board of Education. Existing law authorizes and encourages school districts to establish and maintain a paper recycling program in all classrooms, administrative offices, and other areas owned or leased by the school district where a significant quantity of wastepaper is generated or collected. The Integrated Waste Management Board, in conjunction with the State Department of Education, is required to coordinate the implementation of this program by providing materials, technical assistance, and other resources that it deems necessary to aid and encourage educational agencies to establish paper recycling programs. This bill would require that, on and after January 1, 2012, recycling and composting bins be located on the campus of each public elementary and secondary school in the state. The bill would provide that a school district is responsible for providing the bins that are located on each campus. The bill would further provide that each school district shall determine the number of bins to be located on a campus on the basis of the size of both the pupil population and the surface area of that campus. Because this bill would impose new duties on school districts, it would constitute a state-mandated local program. (2) The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these statutory provisions. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: yes. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Article 8.5 (commencing with Section 32377) is added to Chapter 3 of Part 19 of Division 1 of Title 1 of the Education Code, to read: Article 8.5. Recycling and Composting Bins 32377. On and after January 1, 2012, recycling and composting bins shall be located on the campus of each public elementary and secondary school in the state. The school district shall be responsible for providing the bins that are located on each campus. Each school district shall determine the number of bins to be located on a campus on the basis of the size of both the pupil population and the surface area of that campus. SEC. 2. If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code.