Bill Text: CA SB1420 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Education: open enrollment.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-03-11 - To Com. on RLS. [SB1420 Detail]

Download: California-2009-SB1420-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: SB 1420	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Romero

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2010

   An act relating to school enrollment.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1420, as introduced, Romero. Education: open enrollment.
   Existing law, the Open Enrollment Act, provides that pupils
residing in the state may attend public schools in school districts
other than their school district of residence, as defined. The parent
or guardian of a pupil enrolled in a low-achieving school, as
defined, may submit an application for the pupil to attend a school
in a school district of enrollment, as defined. Existing law
authorizes a school district of enrollment, as defined, to adopt
specific, written standards for acceptance and rejection of
applications for enrollment, subject to specified conditions and a
specified priority scheme for applicants. Within 60 days of receiving
an application for enrollment, a school district of enrollment must
notify the applicant parent or guardian and the school district of
residence, as defined, in writing whether the application has been
accepted or rejected and, if an application is rejected, state in the
notification the reasons for the rejection. The State Board of
Education must adopt emergency regulations to implement these
provisions. The Superintendent is required to contract for an
independent evaluation of the program using federal funds
appropriated for that purpose and to provide a final evaluation
report to the Legislature, the Governor, and the state board on or
before October 1, 2014.
   This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation relating to school district enrollment policies.
   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.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation relating to school district enrollment policies.