SB 304: Juvenile court school pupils: joint transition planning policy: individualized transition plan.

Existing law provides that a county office of education and county probation department shall have a joint transition planning policy that includes collaboration with relevant local educational agencies to coordinate education and services for youth in the juvenile justice system.

This bill would require a pupil detained for more than 20 consecutive schooldays to have an individualized transition plan, as specified, to be developed by the county office of education in collaboration with the county probation department, and to have a transition portfolio, as described, developed by the county office of education to be accessible to the pupil upon his or her release. The bill would require, for pupils detained for 20 consecutive schooldays or less, the pupils individualized learning plan, if one exists, to be made available by the county office of education to the pupil upon his or her release. The bill would require the county office of education, in collaboration with the county probation department, to establish procedures for the timely, accurate, complete, and confidential transfer of educational records, as specified. By imposing additional requirements on local agencies, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.

The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.

This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.