Legislation to devise an alternative for students who are proficient but can't pass the high school exit examination was one of many bills sidetracked today in the Assembly Appropriations Committee.
The Legislature is racing to meet a deadline of next Thursday, Jan. 31, to act on bills introduced last year.
Besides the high school proficiency bill, Assembly Bill 1015, other measures rejected by the Appropriations Committee included:
• AB 21, to close a loophole allowing buyers of yachts, planes and recreational vehicles to avoid California sales and use taxes by buying and keeping the property out-of-state for more than 90 days.
• AB 56, to create a cabinet-level position of secretary to end poverty.
• AB 866, to give priority service at Department of Motor Vehicle offices to members of the California National Guard and the armed forces and its reserves.
• AB 93, to study the health benefits of eliminating saturated and trans-fat from restaurants, vending machines and cafeterias.
• AB 130, to require that state supervisors and managers receive salary increases and benefit packages that are equal to, or better than, those of employees they supervise.
• AB 571, to require that all 3- and 4-year-olds from low-income families have access to state preschool programs by 2011-12.
In all, the Assembly Appropriations Committee considered 72 bills that would have totaled $6.2 billion in new spending. It approved 27 measures that seek $1.6 million in funding.
Bills approved by the committee now go to the Assembly floor.
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