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AB 1482: Interdistrict attendance: pupils who are English learners, eligible for a free or reduced-price meal, and foster youth.

  • Session Year: 2017-2018
  • House: Assembly
  • Latest Version Date: 2017-04-17
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Existing law authorizes the governing boards of 2 or more school districts to enter into an agreement, for a term not to exceed 5 school years, for the interdistrict attendance of pupils who are residents of the school districts. Existing law, regardless of whether there is an agreement or permit, prohibits a school district of residence from prohibiting the transfer of a pupil who is a child of an active military duty parent to the school district of proposed enrollment if the school district of proposed enrollment approves the application for transfer.

This bill would also prohibit a school district of residence from prohibiting the transfer of a pupil who is an English learner, eligible for a free or reduced-price meal, or a foster youth.

Existing law, the Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Act, enacted by Proposition 47, as approved by the voters at the November 4, 2014, statewide general election, among other things, established the Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Fund, a continuously appropriated fund, which is funded by savings that accrue to the state from the implementation of the act. The act provides that, among other purposes, 25% of the funds shall be disbursed to the State Department of Education to administer a grant program to public agencies aimed at improving outcomes for public school pupils by reducing truancy and supporting pupils who are at risk of dropping out of school or are victims of crime.Existing law establishes the Learning Communities for School Success Program for the purpose of implementing that grant program described above, subject to an appropriation to the Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Fund in the annual Budget Act or another statute for the purposes of the program. Existing law requires the department to submit an interim report of preliminary evaluation findings to the Legislature on or before January 31, 2019, and to submit a final evaluation of the program to the Legislature on or before January 31, 2020.This bill would change the dates those reports are due from January 31 to January 1 of the respective year. The bill also would repeal duplicative provisions regarding the Learning Communities for School Success Program.

Discussed in Hearing

Assembly Standing Committee on Education43MIN
May 10, 2017

Assembly Standing Committee on Education

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