BILL NUMBER: AB 614	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Bonilla

                        FEBRUARY 16, 2011

   An act to amend Section 48000 of the Education Code, relating to
kindergarten.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 614, as introduced, Bonilla. Kindergarten.
   Existing law requires that a child be admitted to kindergarten at
the beginning of the school year, or at any time later in the same
year if the child will have his or her 5th birthday on or before the
following dates: December 2 for the 2011-12 school year, November 1
for the 2012-13 school year, October 1 for the 2013-14 school year,
and September 1 for the 2014-15 school year and each school year
thereafter. Existing law requires that as a condition of receipt of
apportionments for these purposes, a child whose admission to a
traditional kindergarten is delayed be admitted to a transitional
kindergarten program, as defined.
   This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive change to these
provisions.
   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 48000 of the Education Code is amended to read:

   48000.  (a) A child shall be admitted to a kindergarten maintained
by the school district at the beginning of a school year, or at a
later time in the same year  , if the child will have his or
her fifth birthday on or before one of the following dates:
   (1) December 2 of the 2011-12 school year.
   (2) November 1 of the 2012-13 school year.
   (3) October 1 of the 2013-14 school year.
   (4) September 1 of the 2014-15 school year and each school year
thereafter.
   (b) The governing board of a school district maintaining one or
more kindergartens may, on a case-by-case basis, may admit to a
kindergarten a child having attained the age of five years at any
time during the school year with the approval of the parent or
guardian, subject to the following conditions:
   (1) The governing board determines that the admittance is in the
best interests of the child.
   (2) The parent or guardian is given information regarding the
advantages and disadvantages and any other explanatory information
about the effect of this early admittance.
   (c) As a condition of receipt of apportionment for pupils in a
transitional kindergarten program pursuant to subdivision (g) of
Section 46300, a school district or charter school shall ensure the
following:
   (1) In the 2012-13 school year, a child who will have his or her
fifth birthday between November 2 and December 2 shall be admitted to
a transitional kindergarten program maintained by the school
district.
   (2) In the 2013-14 school year, a child who will have his or her
fifth birthday between October 2 and December 2 shall be admitted to
a transitional kindergarten program maintained by the school
district.
   (3) In the 2014-15 school year and each school year thereafter, a
child who will have his or her fifth birthday between September 2 and
December 2 shall be admitted to a transitional kindergarten program
maintained by the school district.
   (d) For purposes of this section, "transitional kindergarten"
means the first year of a two-year kindergarten program that uses a
modified kindergarten curriculum that is age and developmentally
appropriate.
   (e) A transitional kindergarten shall not be construed as a new
program or  a  higher level of service.