BILL NUMBER: AB 614	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 3, 2011
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 25, 2011

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Bonilla

                        FEBRUARY 16, 2011

   An act to amend Section 48321 of the Education Code, relating to
school attendance.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 614, as amended, Bonilla. 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. 
 This bill would also specifically require a representative of
school, county, or community mental health personnel to be appointed
to a county   school attendance review board.  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.
   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,
 may   shall  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.