BILL NUMBER: SB 1088 CHAPTERED BILL TEXT CHAPTER 381 FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE SEPTEMBER 19, 2012 APPROVED BY GOVERNOR SEPTEMBER 19, 2012 PASSED THE SENATE AUGUST 23, 2012 PASSED THE ASSEMBLY AUGUST 22, 2012 AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY AUGUST 20, 2012 AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY JULY 3, 2012 AMENDED IN SENATE APRIL 24, 2012 AMENDED IN SENATE APRIL 10, 2012 INTRODUCED BY Senator Price (Coauthor: Senator De León) (Coauthors: Assembly Members Ammiano, Dickinson, Hall, and Wieckowski) FEBRUARY 15, 2012 An act to amend Section 48645.5 of the Education Code, relating to pupils. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 1088, Price. Pupils: readmission. Existing law requires each school district and county office of education to accept for credit full or partial coursework satisfactorily completed by a pupil while attending a public school, juvenile court school, or nonpublic, nonsectarian school or agency. If a pupil completes the graduation requirements of his or her school district of residence while being detained in a juvenile facility, as specified, the school district of residence is required to issue to the pupil a diploma from the school the pupil last attended before detention or, in the alternative, the county superintendent of schools is authorized to issue the diploma. This bill would prohibit a public school from denying enrollment or readmission to a pupil solely on the basis that he or she has had contact with the juvenile justice system, as specified. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 48645.5 of the Education Code is amended to read: 48645.5. (a) Each public school district and county office of education shall accept for credit full or partial coursework satisfactorily completed by a pupil while attending a public school, juvenile court school, or nonpublic, nonsectarian school or agency. The coursework shall be transferred by means of the standard state transcript. If a pupil completes the graduation requirements of his or her school district of residence while being detained, the school district of residence shall issue to the pupil a diploma from the school the pupil last attended before detention or, in the alternative, the county superintendent of schools may issue the diploma. (b) A pupil shall not be denied enrollment or readmission to a public school solely on the basis that he or she has had contact with the juvenile justice system, including, but not limited to: (1) Arrest. (2) Adjudication by a juvenile court. (3) Formal or informal supervision by a probation officer. (4) Detention for any length of time in a juvenile facility or enrollment in a juvenile court school.