Bill Text: CA AB901 | 2019-2020 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Juveniles.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: (Passed) 2020-09-30 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 323, Statutes of 2020. [AB901 Detail]
Download: California-2019-AB901-Amended.html
Amended
IN
Senate
August 13, 2019 |
Amended
IN
Senate
June 20, 2019 |
Amended
IN
Assembly
May 16, 2019 |
Introduced by Assembly Member Gipson |
February 20, 2019 |
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
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Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: YESBill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
(a) In enacting this act, it is the intent of the Legislature that cities and counties work closely with minors, parents or guardians of minors, school districts, community partners, and system officials to create coordinated diversion opportunities in their counties.SEC. 2.
Section 1981 of the Education Code is amended to read:1981.
The county board of education may enroll pupils in a county community school who are any of the following:(e)
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SEC. 3.
Section 2574 of the Education Code is amended to read:2574.
For the 2013–14 fiscal year and for each fiscal year thereafter, the Superintendent annually shall calculate a county local control funding formula for each county superintendent of schools as follows:(ii)
(B)On or before March 1, 2014, the Legislative Analyst’s Office shall submit recommendations to the fiscal committees of both houses of the Legislature regarding revisions to the methods of funding pupil transportation that address historical funding inequities across county offices of education and school districts and improve
incentives for local educational agencies to provide efficient and effective pupil transportation services.
SEC. 2.SEC. 4.
Section 48260.5 of the Education Code is amended to read:48260.5.
Upon a pupil’s initial classification as a truant, the school district shall notify the pupil’s parent or guardian using the most cost-effective method possible, which may include electronic mail or a telephone call of the following:SEC. 3.SEC. 5.
Section 48263 of the Education Code is amended to read:48263.
(a) If a minor pupil in a school district of a county is a habitual truant, or is a chronic absentee, as defined in Section 60901, or is habitually insubordinate or disorderly during attendance at school, the pupil may be referred to a school attendance review board, or to the probation department for services if the probation department has elected to receive these referrals. The school district supervisor of attendance, or any other persons the governing board of the school district or county may designate, making the referral shall provide documentation of the interventions undertaken at the school to the pupil, the pupil’s parents or guardians, and the school attendance review board or probation department and shall notify the pupil and parents or guardians of the pupil, in writing, of the name and address of the school attendance review board or probation department to which the matter has been referred and of the reason for the referral. The notice shall indicate that the pupil and parents or guardians of the pupil will be required, along with the referring person, to meet with the school attendance review board or probation officer to consider a proper disposition of the referral.SEC. 4.SEC. 6.
Section 48267 of the Education Code is amended to read:48267.
Any pupil who has been found to be a person described in Section 602 and as a condition of probation is required to attend a school program approved by a probation officer, who is reported as a truant from school one or more days or tardy on one or more days without valid excuse, in the same school year or in a succeeding year, or habitually insubordinate or disorderly during attendance at school, shall be brought to the attention of the juvenile court and the pupil’s probation or parole officer within 10 days of the reported violation.SEC. 5.SEC. 7.
Section 48268 of the Education Code is amended to read:48268.
The court may render judgment that the parent, guardian, or person having the control or charge of the pupil shall deliver the pupil at the beginning of each schoolday, for the remainder of the school term, at the school from which the pupil is a truant or to a school designated by school authorities.SEC. 6.SEC. 8.
Section 48269 of the Education Code is amended to read:48269.
If the parent, guardian, or other person having control or charge of the pupil, within three days after the rendition of the judgment executes a bond to the governing board of the school district in the sum of two hundred dollars ($200), conditioned that the pupil will, during the remainder of the current school year, regularly attend a public or private school in the city, or city and county, or school district, the court may make an order suspending the execution of the judgment so long as the condition of the bond is complied with. The bond shall be filed with the secretary of the board of education, or clerk of the board of trustees. All money paid or collected on the bond shall be paid into the county treasury as provided in Section 41001.SEC. 7.SEC. 9.
Section 236 of the Welfare and Institutions Code is amended to read:236.
Notwithstanding any other law, probation departments may engage in activities designed to prevent juvenile delinquency. These activities include rendering direct and indirect services to persons in the community. Probation departments shall not be limited to providing services only to those persons on probation being supervised under Section 330 or 654, but may provide services to any juveniles in the community. Services or programs offered to minors or minor’s parents or guardians who are not on probation are voluntary and shall not include probation conditions or consequences as a result of not engaging in or completing those programs or services. For minors not on probation, the provision of services or programs under this section shall not be construed to allow probation departments to maintain a formal or informal caseload, establish formal or informal contracts with minors or minor’s parents or guardians, or create mandated-probation conditions.SEC. 8.SEC. 10.
Section 258 of the Welfare and Institutions Code is amended to read:258.
(a) Upon a hearing conducted in accordance with Section 257, and upon either an admission by the minor of the commission of a violation charged, or a finding that the minor did in fact commit the violation, the judge, referee, or juvenile hearing officer may do any of the following:SEC. 9.SEC. 11.
Section 601 of the Welfare and Institutions Code is amended to read:601.
(a) Any minor between 12 years of age and 17 years of age, inclusive, who persistently or habitually refuses to obey the reasonable and proper orders or directions of the minor’s parents, guardian, or custodian, or who is beyond the control of that person, or who is a minor between 12 years of age and 17 years of age, inclusive, when the minor violated any ordinance of any city or county of this state establishing a curfew based solely on age is within the jurisdiction of the juvenile court which may adjudge the minor to be a ward of the court.SEC. 10.SEC. 12.
Section 601.3 of the Welfare and Institutions Code is amended to read:601.3.
(a) If the district attorney or the probation officer receives notice from the school district pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 48260.6 of the Education Code that a minor continues to be classified as a truant after the parents or guardians have been notified pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 48260.5 of the Education Code, or if the district attorney or the probation officer receives notice from the school attendance review board, or the district attorney receives notice from the probation officer, pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 48263.5 of the Education Code that a minor continues to be classified as a truant after review and counseling by the school attendance review board or probation officer, the district attorney or the probation officer, or both, may request the parents or guardians and the child to attend a meeting in the district attorney’s office or at the probation department to discuss the possible legal consequences of the minor’s truancy.Juvenile court proceedings to declare a minor a ward of the court pursuant to Section 602 are commenced by the filing of a petition by the prosecuting attorney.
SEC. 13.
Section 650 of the Welfare and Institutions Code is amended to read:650.
(a) Juvenile court proceedings to declare a minor a ward of the court pursuant to Section 601 are commenced by the filing of a petition by the probation(b)Juvenile court proceedings to declare a minor a ward of the court pursuant to subdivision (e) of Section 601.3 may be commenced by the filing of a petition by the probation officer or the district attorney after consultation with the probation officer.
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