Bill Text: CA AB643 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Public schools: pupil records: confidentiality.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2013-08-12 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 80, Statutes of 2013. [AB643 Detail]

Download: California-2013-AB643-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 643	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Stone

                        FEBRUARY 20, 2013

   An act relating to public schools.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 643, as introduced, Stone. Children in foster care:
uninterrupted schooling.
   Existing law requires a pupil to complete specified courses while
in grades 9 to 12, inclusive, in order to receive a diploma of
graduation from high school. Existing law authorizes the governing
board of a school district to adopt rules specifying additional
coursework requirements. Existing law requires, in certain
circumstances, a school district to exempt a transfer pupil in foster
care from all coursework and other requirements adopted by the
governing board of the school district that are in addition to the
statewide coursework requirements for graduation.
   This bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to
subsequently amend this bill to include provisions that would bring
state law into compliance with the federal Uninterrupted Scholars Act
(USA) to improve educational outcomes for youth in foster care.
   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 subsequently
amend this measure to include provisions that would bring state law
into compliance with the federal Uninterrupted Scholars Act (USA) to
improve educational outcomes for youth in foster care.