CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 2746Introduced by Assembly Member Eduardo GarciaFebruary 16, 2018 An act to add Section 35021.4 to the Education Code, relating to school volunteers. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 2746, as introduced, Eduardo Garcia. School volunteers: seniors as mentors.Existing law authorizes the governing board of a school district to permit any person, except a person required to register as a sex offender, to serve as a nonteaching volunteer aide, or to perform other specified duties, under the immediate supervision and direction of certificated personnel of the school district, as specified. Existing law requires that a nonteaching volunteer aide serve without compensation of any type or other benefits accorded to employees of the school district, except as specified. Existing law prohibits a school district from abolishing a classified position and using a nonteaching volunteer aide in lieu of a classified employee, and from refusing to employ a person in a vacant classified position and using a volunteer aide in lieu of filling the classified position. Existing law authorizes a school district or county office of education to request that a local law enforcement agency conduct an automated records check of a prospective nonteaching volunteer aide, as specified. This bill would authorize a local educational agency, as defined, to operate a seniors as mentors program by recruiting senior volunteers to serve as mentors to pupils. The bill would require that a senior in the seniors as mentors program be considered a nonteaching volunteer aide for purposes of the provisions governing nonteaching volunteer aides, except as specified. The bill would require the State Department of Education to offer training and support to a local educational agency that operates a seniors as mentors program and to seniors who participate in the program. The bill would require the department to post a notice of the opportunity for seniors to participate in the seniors as mentors program on the departments Internet Web site. Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 35021.4 is added to the Education Code, to read:35021.4. (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:(1) Local educational agency means a school district, county office of education, or charter school.(2) Senior means a person who is 60 years of age or older.(b) A local educational agency may operate a seniors as mentors program by recruiting senior volunteers to serve as mentors to pupils, pursuant to this section. A senior who participates in this program shall be considered a nonteaching volunteer aide for purposes of Sections 35021 and 35021.1, except that the work of a senior mentor shall be as described in this section.(c) The department shall offer training and support to a local educational agency that operates a seniors as mentors program and to seniors who participate in the program. The training may include, for example, trainings at schoolsites.(d) The department shall post a notice of the opportunity for seniors to participate in the seniors as mentors program on the departments Internet Web site.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 2746Introduced by Assembly Member Eduardo GarciaFebruary 16, 2018 An act to add Section 35021.4 to the Education Code, relating to school volunteers. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 2746, as introduced, Eduardo Garcia. School volunteers: seniors as mentors.Existing law authorizes the governing board of a school district to permit any person, except a person required to register as a sex offender, to serve as a nonteaching volunteer aide, or to perform other specified duties, under the immediate supervision and direction of certificated personnel of the school district, as specified. Existing law requires that a nonteaching volunteer aide serve without compensation of any type or other benefits accorded to employees of the school district, except as specified. Existing law prohibits a school district from abolishing a classified position and using a nonteaching volunteer aide in lieu of a classified employee, and from refusing to employ a person in a vacant classified position and using a volunteer aide in lieu of filling the classified position. Existing law authorizes a school district or county office of education to request that a local law enforcement agency conduct an automated records check of a prospective nonteaching volunteer aide, as specified. This bill would authorize a local educational agency, as defined, to operate a seniors as mentors program by recruiting senior volunteers to serve as mentors to pupils. The bill would require that a senior in the seniors as mentors program be considered a nonteaching volunteer aide for purposes of the provisions governing nonteaching volunteer aides, except as specified. The bill would require the State Department of Education to offer training and support to a local educational agency that operates a seniors as mentors program and to seniors who participate in the program. The bill would require the department to post a notice of the opportunity for seniors to participate in the seniors as mentors program on the departments Internet Web site. Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill No. 2746
Introduced by Assembly Member Eduardo GarciaFebruary 16, 2018
Introduced by Assembly Member Eduardo Garcia
February 16, 2018
An act to add Section 35021.4 to the Education Code, relating to school volunteers.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2746, as introduced, Eduardo Garcia. School volunteers: seniors as mentors.
Existing law authorizes the governing board of a school district to permit any person, except a person required to register as a sex offender, to serve as a nonteaching volunteer aide, or to perform other specified duties, under the immediate supervision and direction of certificated personnel of the school district, as specified. Existing law requires that a nonteaching volunteer aide serve without compensation of any type or other benefits accorded to employees of the school district, except as specified. Existing law prohibits a school district from abolishing a classified position and using a nonteaching volunteer aide in lieu of a classified employee, and from refusing to employ a person in a vacant classified position and using a volunteer aide in lieu of filling the classified position. Existing law authorizes a school district or county office of education to request that a local law enforcement agency conduct an automated records check of a prospective nonteaching volunteer aide, as specified. This bill would authorize a local educational agency, as defined, to operate a seniors as mentors program by recruiting senior volunteers to serve as mentors to pupils. The bill would require that a senior in the seniors as mentors program be considered a nonteaching volunteer aide for purposes of the provisions governing nonteaching volunteer aides, except as specified. The bill would require the State Department of Education to offer training and support to a local educational agency that operates a seniors as mentors program and to seniors who participate in the program. The bill would require the department to post a notice of the opportunity for seniors to participate in the seniors as mentors program on the departments Internet Web site.
Existing law authorizes the governing board of a school district to permit any person, except a person required to register as a sex offender, to serve as a nonteaching volunteer aide, or to perform other specified duties, under the immediate supervision and direction of certificated personnel of the school district, as specified. Existing law requires that a nonteaching volunteer aide serve without compensation of any type or other benefits accorded to employees of the school district, except as specified. Existing law prohibits a school district from abolishing a classified position and using a nonteaching volunteer aide in lieu of a classified employee, and from refusing to employ a person in a vacant classified position and using a volunteer aide in lieu of filling the classified position. Existing law authorizes a school district or county office of education to request that a local law enforcement agency conduct an automated records check of a prospective nonteaching volunteer aide, as specified.
This bill would authorize a local educational agency, as defined, to operate a seniors as mentors program by recruiting senior volunteers to serve as mentors to pupils. The bill would require that a senior in the seniors as mentors program be considered a nonteaching volunteer aide for purposes of the provisions governing nonteaching volunteer aides, except as specified. The bill would require the State Department of Education to offer training and support to a local educational agency that operates a seniors as mentors program and to seniors who participate in the program. The bill would require the department to post a notice of the opportunity for seniors to participate in the seniors as mentors program on the departments Internet Web site.
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## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 35021.4 is added to the Education Code, to read:35021.4. (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:(1) Local educational agency means a school district, county office of education, or charter school.(2) Senior means a person who is 60 years of age or older.(b) A local educational agency may operate a seniors as mentors program by recruiting senior volunteers to serve as mentors to pupils, pursuant to this section. A senior who participates in this program shall be considered a nonteaching volunteer aide for purposes of Sections 35021 and 35021.1, except that the work of a senior mentor shall be as described in this section.(c) The department shall offer training and support to a local educational agency that operates a seniors as mentors program and to seniors who participate in the program. The training may include, for example, trainings at schoolsites.(d) The department shall post a notice of the opportunity for seniors to participate in the seniors as mentors program on the departments Internet Web site.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 35021.4 is added to the Education Code, to read:35021.4. (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:(1) Local educational agency means a school district, county office of education, or charter school.(2) Senior means a person who is 60 years of age or older.(b) A local educational agency may operate a seniors as mentors program by recruiting senior volunteers to serve as mentors to pupils, pursuant to this section. A senior who participates in this program shall be considered a nonteaching volunteer aide for purposes of Sections 35021 and 35021.1, except that the work of a senior mentor shall be as described in this section.(c) The department shall offer training and support to a local educational agency that operates a seniors as mentors program and to seniors who participate in the program. The training may include, for example, trainings at schoolsites.(d) The department shall post a notice of the opportunity for seniors to participate in the seniors as mentors program on the departments Internet Web site.
SECTION 1. Section 35021.4 is added to the Education Code, to read:
### SECTION 1.
35021.4. (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:(1) Local educational agency means a school district, county office of education, or charter school.(2) Senior means a person who is 60 years of age or older.(b) A local educational agency may operate a seniors as mentors program by recruiting senior volunteers to serve as mentors to pupils, pursuant to this section. A senior who participates in this program shall be considered a nonteaching volunteer aide for purposes of Sections 35021 and 35021.1, except that the work of a senior mentor shall be as described in this section.(c) The department shall offer training and support to a local educational agency that operates a seniors as mentors program and to seniors who participate in the program. The training may include, for example, trainings at schoolsites.(d) The department shall post a notice of the opportunity for seniors to participate in the seniors as mentors program on the departments Internet Web site.
35021.4. (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:(1) Local educational agency means a school district, county office of education, or charter school.(2) Senior means a person who is 60 years of age or older.(b) A local educational agency may operate a seniors as mentors program by recruiting senior volunteers to serve as mentors to pupils, pursuant to this section. A senior who participates in this program shall be considered a nonteaching volunteer aide for purposes of Sections 35021 and 35021.1, except that the work of a senior mentor shall be as described in this section.(c) The department shall offer training and support to a local educational agency that operates a seniors as mentors program and to seniors who participate in the program. The training may include, for example, trainings at schoolsites.(d) The department shall post a notice of the opportunity for seniors to participate in the seniors as mentors program on the departments Internet Web site.
35021.4. (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:(1) Local educational agency means a school district, county office of education, or charter school.(2) Senior means a person who is 60 years of age or older.(b) A local educational agency may operate a seniors as mentors program by recruiting senior volunteers to serve as mentors to pupils, pursuant to this section. A senior who participates in this program shall be considered a nonteaching volunteer aide for purposes of Sections 35021 and 35021.1, except that the work of a senior mentor shall be as described in this section.(c) The department shall offer training and support to a local educational agency that operates a seniors as mentors program and to seniors who participate in the program. The training may include, for example, trainings at schoolsites.(d) The department shall post a notice of the opportunity for seniors to participate in the seniors as mentors program on the departments Internet Web site.
35021.4. (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:
(1) Local educational agency means a school district, county office of education, or charter school.
(2) Senior means a person who is 60 years of age or older.
(b) A local educational agency may operate a seniors as mentors program by recruiting senior volunteers to serve as mentors to pupils, pursuant to this section. A senior who participates in this program shall be considered a nonteaching volunteer aide for purposes of Sections 35021 and 35021.1, except that the work of a senior mentor shall be as described in this section.
(c) The department shall offer training and support to a local educational agency that operates a seniors as mentors program and to seniors who participate in the program. The training may include, for example, trainings at schoolsites.
(d) The department shall post a notice of the opportunity for seniors to participate in the seniors as mentors program on the departments Internet Web site.