Amended IN Assembly June 17, 2024 Amended IN Senate March 19, 2024 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 1195Introduced by Senator LimnFebruary 14, 2024An act to add Section 52243 to the Education Code, relating to assessments.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 1195, as amended, Limn. Assessments: advanced placement examinations: fall testing date.Existing law requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to annually update the information on advanced placement available on the State Department of Educations internet website to include current information on the various means available to school districts to offer or access advanced placement courses, including online courses, and to annually communicate with high schools that offer advanced placement courses in fewer than 5 subjects, and inform them of the various options for making advanced placement courses and other rigorous courses available to pupils who may benefit from them.This bill would require each school district, county office of education, and charter school that operates a block schedule the department, on or before February 1, 2025, to request the College Board to provide an alternative testing date at the end of the fall semester for all pupils in California whose advanced placement courses conclude in the fall semester, while maintaining the option for those pupils to take the advanced placement examination for those courses during the spring semester, at the discretion of the pupil.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NOYES Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 52243 is added to the Education Code, immediately following Section 52242, to read:52243. (a)Each local educational agency that operates a block schedule On or before February 1, 2025, the department shall request the College Board to provide an alternative testing date at the end of the fall semester for pupils whose advanced placement courses conclude in the fall semester, while maintaining the option for those pupils to take the advanced placement examination for those courses during the spring semester, at the discretion of the pupil.(b)For purposes of this section, local educational agency means a school district, county office of education, or charter school. Amended IN Assembly June 17, 2024 Amended IN Senate March 19, 2024 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 1195Introduced by Senator LimnFebruary 14, 2024An act to add Section 52243 to the Education Code, relating to assessments.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 1195, as amended, Limn. Assessments: advanced placement examinations: fall testing date.Existing law requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to annually update the information on advanced placement available on the State Department of Educations internet website to include current information on the various means available to school districts to offer or access advanced placement courses, including online courses, and to annually communicate with high schools that offer advanced placement courses in fewer than 5 subjects, and inform them of the various options for making advanced placement courses and other rigorous courses available to pupils who may benefit from them.This bill would require each school district, county office of education, and charter school that operates a block schedule the department, on or before February 1, 2025, to request the College Board to provide an alternative testing date at the end of the fall semester for all pupils in California whose advanced placement courses conclude in the fall semester, while maintaining the option for those pupils to take the advanced placement examination for those courses during the spring semester, at the discretion of the pupil.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NOYES Local Program: NO Amended IN Assembly June 17, 2024 Amended IN Senate March 19, 2024 Amended IN Assembly June 17, 2024 Amended IN Senate March 19, 2024 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 1195 Introduced by Senator LimnFebruary 14, 2024 Introduced by Senator Limn February 14, 2024 An act to add Section 52243 to the Education Code, relating to assessments. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST ## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 1195, as amended, Limn. Assessments: advanced placement examinations: fall testing date. Existing law requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to annually update the information on advanced placement available on the State Department of Educations internet website to include current information on the various means available to school districts to offer or access advanced placement courses, including online courses, and to annually communicate with high schools that offer advanced placement courses in fewer than 5 subjects, and inform them of the various options for making advanced placement courses and other rigorous courses available to pupils who may benefit from them.This bill would require each school district, county office of education, and charter school that operates a block schedule the department, on or before February 1, 2025, to request the College Board to provide an alternative testing date at the end of the fall semester for all pupils in California whose advanced placement courses conclude in the fall semester, while maintaining the option for those pupils to take the advanced placement examination for those courses during the spring semester, at the discretion of the pupil. Existing law requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to annually update the information on advanced placement available on the State Department of Educations internet website to include current information on the various means available to school districts to offer or access advanced placement courses, including online courses, and to annually communicate with high schools that offer advanced placement courses in fewer than 5 subjects, and inform them of the various options for making advanced placement courses and other rigorous courses available to pupils who may benefit from them. This bill would require each school district, county office of education, and charter school that operates a block schedule the department, on or before February 1, 2025, to request the College Board to provide an alternative testing date at the end of the fall semester for all pupils in California whose advanced placement courses conclude in the fall semester, while maintaining the option for those pupils to take the advanced placement examination for those courses during the spring semester, at the discretion of the pupil. ## Digest Key ## Bill Text The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 52243 is added to the Education Code, immediately following Section 52242, to read:52243. (a)Each local educational agency that operates a block schedule On or before February 1, 2025, the department shall request the College Board to provide an alternative testing date at the end of the fall semester for pupils whose advanced placement courses conclude in the fall semester, while maintaining the option for those pupils to take the advanced placement examination for those courses during the spring semester, at the discretion of the pupil.(b)For purposes of this section, local educational agency means a school district, county office of education, or charter school. 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 52243 is added to the Education Code, immediately following Section 52242, to read:52243. (a)Each local educational agency that operates a block schedule On or before February 1, 2025, the department shall request the College Board to provide an alternative testing date at the end of the fall semester for pupils whose advanced placement courses conclude in the fall semester, while maintaining the option for those pupils to take the advanced placement examination for those courses during the spring semester, at the discretion of the pupil.(b)For purposes of this section, local educational agency means a school district, county office of education, or charter school. SECTION 1. Section 52243 is added to the Education Code, immediately following Section 52242, to read: ### SECTION 1. 52243. (a)Each local educational agency that operates a block schedule On or before February 1, 2025, the department shall request the College Board to provide an alternative testing date at the end of the fall semester for pupils whose advanced placement courses conclude in the fall semester, while maintaining the option for those pupils to take the advanced placement examination for those courses during the spring semester, at the discretion of the pupil.(b)For purposes of this section, local educational agency means a school district, county office of education, or charter school. 52243. (a)Each local educational agency that operates a block schedule On or before February 1, 2025, the department shall request the College Board to provide an alternative testing date at the end of the fall semester for pupils whose advanced placement courses conclude in the fall semester, while maintaining the option for those pupils to take the advanced placement examination for those courses during the spring semester, at the discretion of the pupil.(b)For purposes of this section, local educational agency means a school district, county office of education, or charter school. 52243. (a)Each local educational agency that operates a block schedule On or before February 1, 2025, the department shall request the College Board to provide an alternative testing date at the end of the fall semester for pupils whose advanced placement courses conclude in the fall semester, while maintaining the option for those pupils to take the advanced placement examination for those courses during the spring semester, at the discretion of the pupil.(b)For purposes of this section, local educational agency means a school district, county office of education, or charter school. 52243. (a)Each local educational agency that operates a block schedule On or before February 1, 2025, the department shall request the College Board to provide an alternative testing date at the end of the fall semester for pupils whose advanced placement courses conclude in the fall semester, while maintaining the option for those pupils to take the advanced placement examination for those courses during the spring semester, at the discretion of the pupil. (b)For purposes of this section, local educational agency means a school district, county office of education, or charter school.