BILL NUMBER: AB 2444	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 5, 2010

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Furutani

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2010

   An act to amend Section 46600 of the Education Code, relating to
school districts.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2444, as amended, Furutani. School districts: interdistrict
attendance.
   Existing law requires each person between the ages of 6 to 18
years, inclusive, who is not otherwise exempt, to attend the public
full-time day school in the school district in which his or her
parent or guardian is a resident. Existing law authorizes the
governing boards of 2 or more school districts to enter into an
agreement, for a term not to exceed 5 school years, for the
interdistrict attendance of pupils who are residents of the
districts.  Existing law requires the supervisor of attendance of
the district of residence to issue an individual permit verifying
the district's approval, pursuant to policies of the board and terms
of the agreement, for the transfer and for the applicable period of
time. Existing law establishes an appeal process for pupils whose
permits are denied, or, in the absence of an agreement between the
districts, if the districts fail or refuse to enter   into
an agreement. 
   This bill would preclude a pupil who is enrolled in a school
pursuant to these provisions from having to reapply for an
interdistrict transfer, and would require the governing board of the
school district of enrollment to allow the pupil to continue to
attend the school in which he or she is enrolled.
   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 46600 of the Education Code is amended to read:

   46600.  (a) (1) The governing boards of two or more school
districts may enter into an agreement, for a term not to exceed five
school years, for the interdistrict attendance of pupils who are
residents of the districts. The agreement may provide for the
admission to a district other than the district of residence of a
pupil who requests a permit to attend a school district that is a
party to the agreement and that maintains schools and classes in
kindergarten or any of grades 1 to 12, inclusive, to which the pupil
requests admission. Once a pupil in kindergarten or any of grades 1
to 12, inclusive, is enrolled in a school pursuant to this 
section   chapter  , the pupil shall not have to
reapply for an interdistrict transfer, and the governing board of the
school district of enrollment shall allow the pupil to continue to
attend the school in which he or she is enrolled.
   (2) The agreement shall stipulate the terms and conditions under
which interdistrict attendance shall be permitted or denied.
   (3) The supervisor of attendance of the district of residence
shall issue an individual permit verifying the district's approval,
pursuant to policies of the board and terms of the agreement for the
transfer. A permit shall be valid upon concurring endorsement by the
designee of the governing board of the district of proposed
attendance. The stipulation of the terms and conditions under which
the permit may be revoked is the responsibility of the district of
attendance.
   (b) In addition to the requirements of subdivision (e) of Section
48915.1, and regardless of whether an agreement exists or a permit is
issued pursuant to this section, any district may admit a pupil
expelled from another district in which the pupil continues to
reside.