BILL NUMBER: AB 387	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 26, 2011
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 25, 2011

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Bonilla

                        FEBRUARY 14, 2011

   An act to amend Section 48205 of the Education Code, relating to
pupils.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 387, as amended, Bonilla. Pupils: excused absences: military
deployment activities.
   Existing law requires a pupil to be excused from school for
specified types of absences and prohibits those excused absences from
generating state apportionment payments by deeming them as absences
in computing average daily attendance.
   This bill would include spending time with  a parent or
legal guardian participating in specified military deployment
activities   an immediate family member, who is an
active duty member of the uniformed services, as defined, and has
been called to duty for, is on leave from, or has immediately
returned from deployment to a combat zone or combat support position,
 as another type of excused absence.
   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 48205 of the Education Code is amended to read:

   48205.  (a) Notwithstanding Section 48200, a pupil shall be
excused from school when the absence is:
   (1) Due to his or her illness.
   (2) Due to quarantine under the direction of a county or city
health officer.
   (3) For the purpose of having medical, dental, optometrical, or
chiropractic services rendered.
   (4) For the purpose of attending the funeral services of a member
of his or her immediate family, so long as the absence is not more
than one day if the service is conducted in California and not more
than three days if the service is conducted outside California.
   (5) For the purpose of jury duty in the manner provided for by
law.
   (6) Due to the illness or medical appointment during school hours
of a child of whom the pupil is the custodial parent.
   (7) For justifiable personal reasons, including, but not limited
to, an appearance in court, attendance at a funeral service,
observance of a holiday or ceremony of his or her religion,
attendance at religious retreats, attendance at an employment
conference, or attendance at an educational conference on the
legislative or judicial process offered by a nonprofit organization
when the pupil's absence is requested in writing by the parent or
guardian and approved by the principal or a designated representative
pursuant to uniform standards established by the governing board.
   (8) For the purpose of serving as a member of a precinct board for
an election pursuant to Section 12302 of the Elections Code.
   (9) For the purpose of spending time with a  parent or
legal guardian participating in military deployment activities, as
provided for in Section (E) of Article V of the Interstate Compact on
Educational Opportunity for Military Children, specified in Section
49701.   member of the pupil's immediate family, who is
an active duty member of the uniformed services, as defined in
Section 49701, and has been called to duty for, is on leave from, or
has immediately returned from deployment to a combat zone or combat
support position. 
   (b) A pupil absent from school under this section shall be allowed
to complete all assignments and tests missed during the absence that
can be reasonably provided and, upon satisfactory completion within
a reasonable period of time, shall be given full credit therefor. The
teacher of the class from which a pupil is absent shall determine
which tests and assignments shall be reasonably equivalent to, but
not necessarily identical to, the tests and assignments that the
pupil missed during the absence.
   (c) For purposes of this section, attendance at religious retreats
shall not exceed four hours per semester.
   (d) Absences pursuant to this section are deemed to be absences in
computing average daily attendance and shall not generate state
apportionment payments.
   (e) "Immediate family," as used in this section, has the same
meaning as set forth in Section 45194, except that references therein
to "employee" shall be deemed to be references to "pupil."