BILL NUMBER: AB 614 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MARCH 25, 2011
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Bonilla
FEBRUARY 16, 2011
An act to amend Section 48000 of the Education Code,
relating to kindergarten. An act to amend Section
48321 of the Education Code, relating to school attendance.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 614, as amended, Bonilla. Kindergarten.
School attendance review boards: member composition.
Existing law authorizes the establishment of county school
attendance review boards and local school attendance review boards.
Existing law requires a county school attendance review board to be
composed of at least a parent and 9 representatives of specified
community groups. Existing law authorizes a local school attendance
review board to be composed of at least a parent and 9
representatives of specified community groups.
This bill would instead authorize a county school attendance
review board to be composed of those persons. The bill would also
specifically authorize a representative of school, county, or
community mental health personnel to be appointed to a county school
attendance review board and a local school attendance review board.
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 48321 of the
Education Code is amended to read:
48321. (a) (1) A county school attendance review board may be
established in each county.
(2) The county school attendance review board, if established,
shall may include, but need not be
limited to, all of the following:
(A) A parent.
(B) A representative of school districts.
(C) A representative of the county probation department.
(D) A representative of the county welfare department.
(E) A representative of the county superintendent of schools.
(F) A representative of law enforcement agencies.
(G) A representative of community-based youth service centers.
(H) A representative of school guidance personnel.
(I) A representative of child welfare and attendance personnel.
(J) A representative of school or county health care personnel.
(K) A representative of school, county, or community mental health
personnel.
(3) The school district representatives on the county school
attendance review board shall be nominated by the governing boards of
school districts and shall be appointed by the county superintendent
of schools. All other persons and group representatives shall be
appointed by the county board of education.
(4) If a county school attendance review board exists, the county
superintendent of schools shall, at the beginning of each school
year, convene a meeting of the county school attendance review board
for the purpose of adopting plans to promote interagency and
community cooperation and to reduce the duplication of services
provided to youth who have serious school attendance and behavior
problems.
(b) (1) Local school attendance review boards may include, but
need not be limited to, all of the following:
(A) A parent.
(B) A representative of school districts.
(C) A representative of the county probation department.
(D) A representative of the county welfare department.
(E) A representative of the county superintendent of schools.
(F) A representative of law enforcement agencies.
(G) A representative of community-based youth service centers.
(H) A representative of school guidance personnel.
(I) A representative of child welfare and attendance personnel.
(J) A representative of school or county health care personnel.
(K) A representative of school, county, or community mental health
personnel.
(2) Other persons or group representatives shall be appointed by
the county board of education.
(c) The county school attendance review board may elect ,
pursuant to regulations adopted pursuant to Section 48324, one
member as chairperson with responsibility for coordinating services
of the county school attendance review board.
(d) The county school attendance review board may provide for the
establishment of local school attendance review boards in any number
as shall be necessary to carry out the intent of this article.
(e) In any county in which there is no county school attendance
review board, a school district governing board may elect to
establish a local school attendance review board, which shall operate
in the same manner and have the same authority as a county school
attendance review board.
(f) The county school attendance review board may provide
consultant services to, and coordinate activities of, local school
attendance review boards in meeting the special needs of pupils with
school attendance or school behavior problems.
(g) When the county school attendance review board determines that
the needs of pupils as defined in this article can best be served by
a single board, the county school attendance review board may then
serve as the school attendance review board for all pupils in the
county, or, upon the request of any school district in the county,
the county school attendance review board may serve as the school
attendance review board for pupils of that district.
(h) Nothing in this article is intended to prohibit any agreement
on the part of counties to provide these services on a regional
basis.
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.