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Votes at a glance: three education bills advance from Senate Education Committee work session
Summary
During a work session the Senate Education Committee moved three bills — AB205, AB236 and AB454 — to do‑pass recommendations with recorded tallies. The bills cover notice for instruction in sex education (AB205), appointment processes for board appointees (AB236) and emergency response/CPR requirements for school personnel (AB454).
At the start of the Senate Committee on Education meeting the panel conducted a work session and voted on three bills on its agenda. The committee moved all three measures forward with differing vote counts.
AB205 (author: Assemblymember Golding) — change written notice for certain instruction from a consent form to an opt‑out/refusal form
Summary: The bill revises the written notice a school district must provide parents or guardians for instruction in certain topics (described in the bill) by changing the default from a consent form to an opportunity to refuse participation. The committee policy analyst described the bill at the work session.
Action: Motion to do pass (mover: Vice Chair Dondero Loop; second: Senator Cruz Crawford). Recorded opposition in the hearing record included Senator Buck and Senator Titus. The clerk recorded a tally of 4 yeas and 3 nays; the committee made a do‑pass recommendation. The floor statement was assigned to Senator Cruz Crawford.
AB236 (author: Assemblymember To Silva) — appointment process for certain boards and councils
Summary: The bill revises appointment processes to require the governor select appointees from a list provided by specified employee organizations for certain school‑related boards/councils.
Action: Motion to do pass (mover: Vice Chair Dondero Loop; second: Senator Danante). The hearing record shows one opposed vote, Senator Titus; the committee recorded the bill as passing with a do‑pass recommendation. The floor statement was assigned to the vice chair.
AB454 (author: Assemblymember Nadine) — emergency response plans and CPR certification for school personnel
Summary: The bill would require emergency response plans addressing heart‑related emergencies at public and private high schools and clarify CPR/certification requirements for certain non‑pupil staff and coaches. The sponsor offered four proposed amendments in the work session (clarifying training scope, removing certain references to clubs, broadening the definition of health care provider for consultation, and including charter schools in a specific section).
Action: Motion to amend and do pass (mover: Vice Chair Dondero Loop; second: Senator Cruz Crawford). The committee recorded the motion carried unanimously and assigned the floor statement to Senator D’Agnante.
Record and next steps
The committee’s actions on these three bills were taken during the meeting’s work session portion and were recorded in the committee minutes. Committee members asked procedural and policy questions during discussion; no roll‑call breakdown by each member for every bill was read into the transcript beyond the named oppositions noted above. Each bill will proceed to the next step in the legislative process per the committee’s do‑pass recommendations.
