California Assembly Bill AB900 Amended / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: AB 900AMENDED BILL TEXT AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 26, 2011 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 F AB 900, as amended, Swanson. Public school campuses: recycling and Fcomposting 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  school  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. F This bill would require  that, on and after January 1, 2012  ,  commencing with the 2012-13 school year, a school district to provide  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   require  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: F 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, Fto read: Article 8.5. Recycling and Composting Bins F 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   32377.   (a) Commencing with the 2012-13 school year, a school district shall provide the following bins on each elementary and secondary school campus:   (1) Recycling.   (2) Composting, to the extent feasible, including, but not limited to, the extent to which a collection service is available in the geographical area of the school, or if a school is able to maintain a Fschool garden or vermicompost.   (b)     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 Fcampus. 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.