Assemblyman Mike Gatto (D-Los Angeles) introduced legislation giving parents the ability to participate in their children’s education by requiring employers to provide three workdays of paid time-off for school-related activities every year. Studies show that children with involved parents perform better in school and face fewer disciplinary incidents.
“Being involved in your child’s education shouldn’t be limited by your family’s income, and it shouldn’t come down to a choice between meeting with a teacher or volunteering in the classroom, versus paying the bills,” said Gatto. “You shouldn’t have to be a cast member of the ‘Real Housewives of Beverly Hills’ to be involved in your child’s education.”
AB 2405 will update California’s “Family-School and Partnership Act” to boost parent participation in their children’s education. The Act, passed in 1995, allows parents, grandparents, and guardians to take up to 40 hours of unpaid, job-protected time-off for school activities and school-related emergencies per calendar year. The legislation will give teeth to this right, by requiring that 24 of those 40 hours be paid time-off.
According to EdSource, less than a quarter of parents with an annual income below $30,000 described themselves as “very involved” in their children’s education. 66% of those parents cited a lack of time and conflicting work schedules as the major obstacles to getting more involved.
“We must stop passively bemoaning the state of our schools, and do something to engage families in the educational process and the school community. AB 2405 will allow parents to play an active role in their children’s success, without worrying about putting food on the table.”
Here is a look a AB2405
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 226 of the Labor Code is amended to read:
226.
(a) Every employer shall, An employer, semimonthly or at the time of each payment of wages, shall furnish each of to his or her employees employee, either as a detachable part of the check, draft, or voucher paying the employee’s wages, or separately when if wages are paid by personal check or cash, an accurate itemized statement in writing showing (1) gross wages earned, (2) total hours worked by the employee, except for any employee whose unless the employee’s compensation is solely based on a salary and who the employee is exempt from payment of overtime under subdivision (a) of Section 515 or any applicable order of the Industrial Welfare Commission, (3) the number of piece-rate units earned and any applicable piece rate if the employee is paid on a piece-rate basis, (4) all deductions, provided that all deductions made on written orders of the employee may be aggregated and shown as one item, (5) net wages earned, (6) the inclusive dates of the period for which the employee is paid, (7) the name of the employee and only the last four digits of his or her social security number or an employee identification number other than a social security number, (8) the name and address of the legal entity that is the employer and, if the employer is a farm labor contractor, as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 1682, the name and address of the legal entity that secured the services of the employer, and (9) all applicable hourly rates in effect during the pay period and the corresponding number of hours worked at each hourly rate by the employee and, beginning July 1, 2013, if the employer is a temporary services employer as defined in Section 201.3, the rate of pay and the total hours worked for each temporary services assignment. The deductions made from payment of wages shall be recorded in ink or other indelible form, properly dated, showing the month, day, and year, and a copy of the statement and the record of the deductions shall be kept on file by the employer for at least three years at the place of employment or at a central location within the State of California. For purposes of this subdivision, “copy” includes a duplicate of the itemized statement provided to an employee or a computer-generated record that accurately shows all of the information required by this subdivision.
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NO. Enough is enough. We worked our entire lives and never had a problem getting to our children’s meetings etc or grand children’s. One of us could always find a way. You just have to work at it. No more freebies.
Throw this bum Gattos out. Is he kidding? Make a bill to resind common core if he wants to better our children. Too many legislators with nothing to do. Maybe start removing bad laws that are nonsense would be productive.
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