BILL NUMBER: AB 1861	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Fletcher

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2012

   An act to amend Section 46300.6 of the Education Code, relating to
school attendance.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1861, as introduced, Fletcher. School attendance: independent
study pupils.
   Existing law authorizes the governing board of a school district
or county office of education to offer independent study to meet the
educational needs of pupils in accordance with certain requirements.
Existing law also prohibits the State Department of Education from
apportioning funds to a local educational agency for a pupil in the
independent study program if the local educational agency has
provided funds or other things of value to the pupil in the
independent study program, or to his or her parent or guardian, that
is not provided to pupils who attend regular classes, or to their
parents or guardians.
   This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to the
latter provision.
   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 46300.6 of the Education Code is amended to
read:
   46300.6.  The  State Department of Education 
 department  shall not apportion funds to a local 
education   educational  agency for a pupil in the
independent study program if that  local educational  agency
has provided any funds or other things of value to the pupil or his
or her parent or guardian that the local educational  agency
does not provide to pupils who attend regular classes or to their
parents or guardians.