Bill Text: CA SB597 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Pupil attendance: interdistrict transfers.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2015-10-01 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 421, Statutes of 2015. [SB597 Detail]

Download: California-2015-SB597-Chaptered.html

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BILL NUMBER: SB 597	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  421
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  OCTOBER 1, 2015
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  OCTOBER 1, 2015
	PASSED THE SENATE  SEPTEMBER 1, 2015
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 27, 2015
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 26, 2015
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 5, 2015
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 15, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Huff
   (Coauthor: Assembly Member Medina)

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2015

   An act to amend Sections 48315 and 48316 of the Education Code,
relating to pupil attendance.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 597, Huff. Pupil attendance: interdistrict transfers.
   (1) Existing law authorizes the governing board of any school
district to accept interdistrict transfers of pupils in accordance
with a policy adopted by resolution, and sets forth various
requirements in that regard, including, among other things,
requirements relating to attendance priorities, applications for
transfer, and the calculation of average daily attendance. Existing
law imposes certain reporting requirements in connection with
interdistrict transfers to certain school districts and county
offices of education, the Superintendent of Public Instruction, and
the Department of Finance, and requires the Department of Finance to
report specified information to the Legislative Analyst, upon
request. Existing law makes those provisions inoperative on July 1,
2016, and repeals them on January 1, 2017.
   This bill would extend those inoperative and repeal dates to July
1, 2017, and January 1, 2018, respectively.
   (2) Existing law requires the Legislative Analyst to conduct,
after consulting with appropriate legislative staff, a comprehensive
evaluation of the interdistrict transfer program, and recommendations
regarding the extension of the program. Existing law requires the
evaluation to be completed and submitted, as specified, by November
1, 2014.
   This bill would instead require the evaluation to be completed and
submitted, as specified, by January 31, 2016.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 48315 of the Education Code is amended to read:

   48315.  This article shall become inoperative on July 1, 2017,
and, as of January 1, 2018, is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, which becomes effective on or before January 1, 2018,
deletes or extends the dates on which it becomes inoperative and is
repealed.
  SEC. 2.  Section 48316 of the Education Code is amended to read:
   48316.  The Legislative Analyst shall conduct, after consulting
with appropriate legislative staff, a comprehensive evaluation of the
interdistrict transfer program established pursuant to this article
and prepare recommendations regarding the extension of the program.
The evaluation shall incorporate the data described in Section 48313
and shall be completed and submitted, along with the recommendations
regarding extension, to the appropriate education policy committees
of the Legislature and to the Governor by January 31, 2016.