BILL NUMBER: AB 2989	CHAPTERED  09/28/06

	CHAPTER  586
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 28, 2006
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 28, 2006
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 21, 2006
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 17, 2006
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 28, 2006
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 30, 2006
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 1, 2006

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Karnette

                        FEBRUARY 24, 2006

   An act to add Section 37254.1 to the Education Code, relating to
pupil instruction.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2989, Karnette  Pupils: mandatory supplemental instruction.
   Existing law requires the governing board of each school district
maintaining any or all of grades 2 to 9, inclusive, to offer, and
authorizes a charter school to offer, programs of direct, systematic,
and intensive supplemental instruction to pupils enrolled in grades
2 to 9, inclusive, who have been recommended for retention or who
have been retained, and authorizes a school district or charter
school to require a pupil who has been retained to participate in
supplemental instructional programs.
   This bill would authorize the Long Beach Unified School District
to require pupils, who are identified pursuant to a policy adopted by
the governing board of the school district at a regularly scheduled
board meeting, to participate in supplemental instruction programs,
as specified.
   The bill would also authorize any other school district to require
pupils, who are identified pursuant to a policy adopted by the
governing board of the school district at a regularly scheduled board
meeting, to participate in those supplemental instructional
programs.
   The bill would require the school district to provide a mechanism
for a parent or legal guardian to decline to enroll his or her child
in a program.
   The bill would specify that attendance in a program is not
compulsory within the meaning of a specified provision of existing
law.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 37254.1 is added to the Education Code, to
read:
   37254.1.  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Long
Beach Unified School District may require pupils, identified
pursuant to a policy adopted by the governing board of the school
district at a regularly scheduled board meeting, to participate in
any one of the following programs:
   (1) Supplemental instruction as described in Section 37252.
   (2) Supplemental instruction as described in Section 37252.2.
   (3) Supplemental instruction as described in Section 37252.8.
   (4) Supplemental instruction as described in Section 37253.
   (b) In addition to subdivision (a), any other school district may
require pupils, identified pursuant to a policy adopted by the
governing board of the school district at a regularly scheduled board
meeting, to participate in any one of the programs set forth in
subdivision (a).
   (c) The school district shall provide a mechanism for a parent or
legal guardian to decline to enroll his or her child in a program.
   (d) Attendance in a program is not compulsory within the meaning
of Section 48200.