California Senate Bill SB1137 Introduced / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: SB 1137INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Senator Huff FEBRUARY 21, 2012 An act to amend Section 33195 of the Education Code, relating to heritage schools. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 1137, as introduced, Huff. Heritage schools: electronic registration form. Existing law requires every person, firm, association, partnership, or corporation operating a heritage school, as defined, to annually file an electronic registration form, under penalty of perjury, with the Superintendent of Public Instruction that includes, among other things, the address, including city and street, of every place of doing business of the person, firm, association, partnership, or corporation within the state. Existing law authorizes, whenever 2 or more heritage schools are under the effective control or supervision of a single administrative unit, the filing of one electronic registration form by the administrative unit on behalf of each of the schools under its control or supervision. This bill would instead require the electronic registration form to include the address, including city and street, of the location at which the heritage school delivers services to pupils. The bill would also require the electronic registration form to include an acknowledgment that the director of a heritage school and all employees will be mandated reporters and comply in full with all applicable requirements established by the Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act. The bill would instead require, if 2 or more heritage schools are under the effective control of a single administrative unit, the administrative unit to submit an electronic registration form on behalf of every heritage school under its effective control or supervision. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 33195 of the Education Code is amended to read: 33195. (a) Every person, firm, association, partnership, or corporation operating a heritage school as defined in Section 33195.4 shall, between the 1st and 31st day of January of each year, commencing on January 1, 2011, file with the Superintendent an electronic registration form, under penalty of perjury, by the owner or other head setting forth the following information for the current year: (1) All names, whether real or fictitious, of the person, firm, association, partnership, or corporation under which it has done and is doing business. (2) The address, including city and street, of  every place of doing business of the person, firm, association, partnership, or corporation within the State of California   the location at which the heritage school delivers services to pupils  . (3) The names and addresses, including city and street, of the directors, if any, and principal officers of the person, firm, association, partnership, or corporation. (4) The school enrollment, by grade span, number of teachers, and coeducational or enrollment limited to boys or girls. (5) That the following records are maintained at the address stated, and are true and accurate: (A) The courses of study offered by the institution. (B) The names and addresses, including city and street, of its faculty, together with a record of the educational qualifications of each faculty member. (6) Criminal record summary information that has been obtained pursuant to Section 44237. (7) The heritage school telephone number.  (8) Acknowledgment that the director of the heritage school and all employees will be mandated reporters and comply with all applicable requirements established by the Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act (Article 2.5 (commencing with Section 11164) of Chapter 2 of Title 1 of Part 4 of the Penal Code).  (b)  Whenever   If    two or more heritage schools are under the effective control or supervision of a single administrative unit, the administrative unit  may comply with the provisions of this section on behalf of each of the schools under its control or supervision by submitting one report   shall comply with the provisions of this section by submitting an electronic registration form on behalf of every heritage school under its effective control or supervision  . (c) Filing pursuant to this section shall not be interpreted to mean, and it shall be unlawful for any school to expressly or impliedly represent, that the State of California, the Superintendent, the state board, the department, or any division or bureau of the department, or any accrediting agency has made any evaluation, recognition, approval, or endorsement of the school or course, unless this is an actual fact. (d) Filing pursuant to this section does not grant a heritage school any right to receive state funding.