SACRAMENTO, CALIF (CDCAN) [Updated 06/24/2010 09:05 AM (Pacific Time)] - The Budget Conference Committee, chaired by Sen. Denise Ducheny (Democrat – San Diego) will meet today (June 24th, Thursday) at 1:30 PM at the State Capitol in Room 4203, to continue presentation of realigning or transferring certain State functions and a stream of funding to the counties, and also to review – though not necessarily to take action – on the remaining “open” items, The meeting time and agenda are subject to change (as it was on Friday, June 18th).
SACRAMENTO, CALIF (CDCAN) [Updated 06/15/2010 03:35 PM (Pacific Time)] - The Budget Conference Committee completed going through K-12 education portion of its 50 page education agenda this afternoon, including hearing but taking no action on the Governor’s proposal to suspend the AB 3632 mental health special education mandate. The Budget Conference Committee kept that item “open”, requesting additional information and will take action at some later hearing.
Budget Conference Committee Meets At 1 PM Tuesday - Will Begin With AB 3632 Mental Health Special Education Mandate – Hopes To Complete Going Through Education Agenda Today
SACRAMENTO, CALIF (CDCAN) [Updated 06/15/2010 07:45 AM (Pacific Time)] - The Budget Conference Committee, chaired by Sen. Denise Ducheny (Democrat – San Diego) will meet again today (June 15th ) at 1:00 PM, at the State Capitol in Room 4203 and will continue with education agenda items, and will begin with the AB 3632 Mental Health Special Education mandate. That agenda item was not part of the original budget conference committee education agenda, but was added in, as page 25.1 (errata) of the 50 page education budget conference committee agenda (see CDCAN website for copies, at www.cdcan.us).
SACRAMENTO, CALIF (CDCAN) [Updated 05/28/2010 05:00 AM (Pacific Time)] - Legislation that proposed major changes to long term care, SB 998 by Sen. Carol Liu, was among many bills that died in the Senate Appropriations Committee Thursday (May 27). Another bill, SB 1051 by Sen. Bob Huff (Republican – Diamond Bar, 29th State Senate District) that would authorize non-licensed school employees to administer diastat to students suffering an epileptic seizure, also was held in the Senate Appropriations Committee. Both bills can have no further action this year.