Lessening Requirements for School Garden Program Support and Oversight

A.B. 486 amends Section 51796 of the Education Code. Existing law establishes the Instructional School Gardens Program for the promotion, creation, and support of instructional school gardens. Existing law requires the Superintendent to convene an interagency working group on instructional school gardens, as specified, and requires the working group to advise the Superintendent, as provided. Existing law requires the California Integrated Waste Management Board to give preferential consideration to providing an appropriate level of funding to the Instructional School Gardens Program. This bill would instead make these requirements of the Superintendent, the working group, and the California Integrated Waste Management Board under the Instructional School Gardens Program optional.