Bill Text: CA AB1407 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Pupil attendance: interdistrict transfers.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-02-02 - From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [AB1407 Detail]
Download: California-2009-AB1407-Amended.html
BILL NUMBER: AB 1407 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 27, 2009
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Huffman
FEBRUARY 27, 2009
An act to amend Section Sections 48313 and
48315 of the Education Code, relating to pupil attendance, and
declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1407, as amended, Huffman. Pupil attendance: interdistrict
transfers.
Existing law requires each person between the ages of 6 and 18
years of age, who is not otherwise exempt, to attend the public
full-time day school in the school district in which his or her
parent or guardian is a resident. The governing board of a school
district is authorized to accept interdistrict transfers by admitting
pupils residing in other school districts to attend its schools,
subject to specified conditions. A school district that elects to
accept interdistrict transfers is required to keep an accounting of
all requests made for alternative attendance and records of all
dispositions of those requests and to report this information to the
Superintendent of Public Instruction who is required to make this
information available to the Governor, the Legislature, and the
public on an annual basis.
The bill would require the State Department of Education to
prepare and submit to the Legislature a census report evaluating
interdistrict transfer options within the state that includes
specified information. Existing
Existing law makes those the
provisions authorizing a school district to accept
interdistrict transfers inoperative on July 1, 2009, and repeals
those provisions on January 1, 2010.
This bill would extend the inoperative and repeal dates of those
provisions to July 1, 2014, and January 1, 2015, respectively.
This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as
an urgency statute.
Vote: 2/3. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 48313 of the
Education Code is amended to read:
48313. (a) Pursuant to this article, each school district
electing to accept transfer pupils shall keep an accounting of all
requests made for alternative attendance and records of all
disposition of those requests that may include, but are not limited
to, all of the following:
(1) The number of requests granted, denied, or withdrawn. In the
case of denied requests, the records may indicate the reasons for the
denials.
(2) The number of pupils transferred out of the district pursuant
to this article.
(3) The number of pupils transferred into the district pursuant to
this article.
(b) The information maintained pursuant to subdivision (a) may be
reported to the governing board of the school district at a regularly
scheduled meeting of the governing board. The school district
annually shall report the information maintained pursuant to
subdivision (a) in addition to information regarding the district's
status as a school district of choice to the Superintendent on or
before a date designated by the Superintendent. Commencing in 2008,
the Superintendent annually shall make the information available to
the Governor, the Legislature, and the public on or before April 1.
(c) On or before November 1, 2008 2010
, the department shall prepare and submit to the Legislature a
census report evaluating interdistrict transfer options
within the state with an emphasis on the interdistrict transfer
program established pursuant to this article. The report shall
include, but is not limited to, the information described in
paragraphs (1) to (3), inclusive, of subdivision (a) and all of the
following:
(1) The number and characteristics of pupils who use one of the
various interdistrict transfer options and other school choice
options within the state, with a specific focus on pupils who use the
interdistrict transfer program established pursuant to this article.
The characteristics reported on pursuant to this paragraph shall
include, but not be limited to, race, ethnicity, socioeconomic
status, English proficiency, and whether or not the pupil
participates in a special education program, the International
Baccalaureate Program, or another specialized instructional program.
(2) The Academic Performance Index scores of schools in school
districts of residence and school districts of choice for the
previous five years, including subgroup scores.
(3) The graduation rates of school districts of residence and
school districts of choice for the previous five years.
(4) The enrollment of school districts of residence and school
districts of choice for the previous five years.
(5) The fiscal health of school districts of residence and school
districts of choice, including, but not limited to, both of the
following:
(A) Whether or not the school district is experiencing a decline
in enrollment.
(B) Whether or not the school district received a negative or
qualified rating of its certification pursuant to Section 42131.
(6) Whether any school district has exceeded the transfer limits
in Section 48307 and the resulting implications for the impacted
district.
(7) Other information the department deems appropriate, including
information related to educational outcomes of school districts of
residence and school districts of choice.
(8) Recommendations regarding the extension of the interdistrict
transfer program pursuant to this article.
(d) To the extent practicable, the department shall survey school
districts of residence and school districts of choice to gather the
information described in paragraphs (1) to (7), inclusive, of
subdivision (c).
SECTION 1. SEC. 2. Section 48315 of
the Education Code is amended to read:
48315. This article shall become inoperative on July 1, 2014,
and, as of January 1, 2015, is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, which becomes effective on or before January 1, 2014,
deletes or extends the dates on which it becomes inoperative and is
repealed.
SEC. 2. SEC. 3. This act is an
urgency statute necessary for the immediate preservation of the
public peace, health, or safety within the meaning of Article IV of
the Constitution and shall go into immediate effect. The facts
constituting the necessity are:
In order to ensure that pupils continue to have the opportunity to
apply for interdistrict transfers, it is necessary that this act
take effect immediately.
