Bill Text: CA AB343 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Pupils: military families.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2009-10-11 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 237, Statutes of 2009. [AB343 Detail]

Download: California-2009-AB343-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 343	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Saldana

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2009

   An act to add Chapter 11 (commencing with Section 49700) to Part
27 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Education Code, relating to
pupils.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 343, as introduced, Saldana. Pupils: military families.
   Existing law authorizes a school district of choice, as defined,
to give priority for attendance to children of military personnel, if
the school district elected to accept transfer pupils by a
resolution adopted by the governing board of the school district
prior to April 1, 2005.
   This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to ratify the
Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children
and would declare the purpose of that compact, as specified.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Chapter 11 (commencing with Section 49700) is added to
Part 27 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Education Code, to read:
      CHAPTER 11.  INTERSTATE COMPACT ON EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOR
MILITARY CHILDREN


   49700.  The Legislature intends to ratify the Interstate Compact
on Educational Opportunity for Military Children. The Legislature
finds and declares that the purpose of the Interstate Compact on
Educational Opportunity for Military Children is to remove barriers
to educational success imposed on children of military families due
to the frequent moves and deployment of their parents by doing all of
the following:
   (a) Facilitating the timely enrollment of children of military
families and ensuring that they are not placed at a disadvantage due
to difficulty in the transfer of educational records from the
previous school district or variations in entrance or age
requirements.
   (b) Facilitating the pupil placement process through which
children of military families are not disadvantaged by variations in
attendance requirements, scheduling, sequencing, grading, course
content, or assessment.
   (c) Facilitating the qualification and eligibility of children of
military families for enrollment, educational programs, and
participation in extracurricular academic, athletic, and social
activities.
   (d) Facilitating the on-time graduation of children of military
families.
   (e) Providing for the promulgation and enforcement of
administrative rules implementing the provisions of the compact.
   (f) Providing for the uniform collection and sharing of
information between and among member states, schools, and military
families pursuant to the compact.
   (g) Promoting coordination between the compact and other compacts
affecting military children.
   (h) Promoting flexibility and cooperation between the educational
system, parents, and the pupil in order to achieve educational
success for the pupil.