Bill Text: CA AB631 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Pupils: juvenile court schools.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2013-08-26 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 136, Statutes of 2013. [AB631 Detail]

Download: California-2013-AB631-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 631	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 10, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Fox

                        FEBRUARY 20, 2013

   An act to amend Section 48645.3 of the Education Code, relating to
pupils.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 631, as amended, Fox. Pupils: juvenile court schools.
   Existing law requires county boards of education to provide for
the administration and operation of public schools in juvenile homes,
juvenile halls, day centers, juvenile ranches, juvenile camps,
regional youth educational facilities, Orange County youth
correctional centers, or in any group home housing 25 or more
children, as specified. These public schools are known under existing
law as juvenile court schools. Existing law requires that juvenile
court schools be conducted in a manner prescribed by the county board
of education to best accomplish the purposes set forth in existing
law.
   This bill would authorize the county board of education to adopt
and enforce a course of study that increases instruction in
mathematics and English for pupils attending juvenile court schools
and who are performing 3 grades below grade level  ,  
  as determined by objective local evaluations and
assessments as approved by the county superintendent of schools 
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   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.  Section 48645.3 of the Education Code is amended to
read:
   48645.3.  (a) Juvenile court schools shall be conducted in a
manner as shall be prescribed by the county board of education to
best accomplish the provisions of Section 48645. The minimum
schoolday shall be 240 minutes. Minimum schooldays shall be
calculated on the basis of the average number of minutes of
attendance during not more than 10 consecutive days in which classes
are conducted. The minimum schoolday for pupils in attendance in
approved vocational education programs, work programs prescribed by
the probation department pursuant to Section 883 of the Welfare and
Institutions Code, and work experience programs shall be 180 minutes,
which shall be calculated on the basis of the average number of
minutes of attendance during not more than 10 consecutive days in
which classes are conducted. The county board of education shall
adopt and enforce a course of study and evaluate its program in
accordance with Sections 51040, 51041, 51050, and 51054 and the
provisions of Article 3 (commencing with Section 51200) of Chapter 2
of Part 28, except subdivision (c) of Section 51220.
   (b) Juvenile court schools shall not be closed on any weekday of
the calendar year, except those weekdays adopted by the county board
of education as school holidays or set aside by the county board of
education for inservice purposes. However, the county board of
education may close juvenile court schools when it deems the closing
is necessary to accommodate contingencies.
   (c) The county board of education may adopt and enforce a course
of study that increases instruction in mathematics and English for
pupils attending juvenile court schools and who are performing three
grades below grade level  , as determined by objective local
evaluations and assessments as approved by the county superintendent
of schools  .