BILL NUMBER: SB 240	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Rubio

                        FEBRUARY 9, 2011

   An act relating to truancy.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 240, as introduced, Rubio. Truancy.
   Existing law establishes the system of public elementary and
secondary schools in this state. Existing law provides that each
person between the ages of 6 and 18 years, with specified exceptions,
is subject to compulsory full-time education. Existing law specifies
that any pupil subject to compulsory full-time education or
compulsory continuation education who is absent from school without
valid excuse 3 full days in one school year or tardy or absent for
more than any 30-minute period during the schoolday without a valid
excuse on 3 occasions in one school year, or any combination thereof,
is a truant.
   This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would make changes in the statutes related to
truancy to provide the parents and legal guardians of pupils with the
civil rights they need to address attendance-related problems in the
worst performing public schools in the state.
   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.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would make changes in Article 5 (commencing with
Section 48260) of Chapter 2 of Part 27 of Division 4 of Title 2 of
the Education Code to provide the parents and legal guardians of
pupils with the civil rights they need to address attendance-related
problems in the worst performing public schools in the state.