BILL NUMBER: AB 1672 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 7, 2014
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Holden
( Coauthors: Assembly Members
Bocanegra, Bonta, Buchanan, and
Hall )
( Coauthor: Senator Liu
)
FEBRUARY 12, 2014
An act to amend Section 48273 of the Education Code, relating to
pupil attendance.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1672, as amended, Holden. Pupil attendance: truancy.
Existing law authorizes the establishment of county and local
school attendance review boards, and authorizes a school district to
refer a pupil to a school attendance review board or the probation
department for, among other things, truancy. Existing law, under
specified circumstances, authorizes a school attendance review board
or probation officer to direct the county superintendent of schools
to request a petition on behalf of the pupil in the juvenile court of
the county. Existing law requires the governing board of a school
district to adopt rules and regulations to require appropriate
officers and employees of the school district to gather and transmit
to the county superintendent of schools the number and types of
referrals to school attendance review boards and of requests for
petitions to the juvenile court.
This bill would also instead require
the governing board of each school district that has
established a local school attendance review board to adopt rules and
regulations to require appropriate officers and employees of the
school district to gather and transmit that information
to be transmitted to the for the prior school
year to the county superintendent of schools and the
Superintendent of Public Instruction, by September 15 of every
year, and would expand the information required to be gathered
and submitted to include, among other things, the number and
percentage of chronic absentees in the school district, the number of
pupils referred to a school attendance review board who improved
their attendance, and the number of pupils and parents or guardians
referred to community services, as specified. The bill would require
the information to be disaggregated by specified subgroups, including
gender, ethnicity, and foster youth status. The bill would require a
county office of education to make available on its Internet Web
site, if one is available, certain reports and information received
from school attendance review boards. By imposing additional
requirements on local educational agencies, the bill would impose a
state-mandated local program.
The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local
agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.
This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates
determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state,
reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these
statutory provisions.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: yes.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 48273 of the Education Code is amended to read:
48273. (a) The governing board of each school district that
has established a local school attendance review board shall
adopt rules and regulations to require the appropriate officers and
employees of the school district to gather and transmit to the county
superintendent of schools and the Superintendent , by September
15 of every year, all of the following information:
information for the prior school year:
(1) The number of pupils enrolled in the school district
that the school attendance review board represents.
district.
(2) The number of chronic absentees, as defined in Section 60901,
in the school district that the school attendance review
board represents. district.
(3) The percentage of chronic absentees, as defined in Section
60901, in the school district that the school attendance
review board represents. district.
(4) The number of pupils in the school district referred to a
school-level meeting, such as a student attendance review team or a
student success team.
(5) The number of pupils in the school district referred to a
school attendance review board meeting.
(6) The number of pupils referred to a school attendance review
board who improved their attendance by at least 50 percent during the
following semester or trimester after attending the school
attendance review board meeting.
(7) The number of pupils and parents or guardians referred to the
district attorney, city prosecutor, or probation department for
mediation or prosecution following a school attendance review board
meeting.
(8) The number of pupils and parents or guardians referred to the
community services referenced in Section 48320 following a school
attendance review board meeting.
(9) The number of pupils referred to alternative education
placement following a school attendance review board meeting.
(10) The number of petitions to the juvenile court requested
pursuant to Section 48263.
(b) The information listed in subdivision (a) shall be
disaggregated and submitted by the following subgroups:
(1) English learner status.
(2) Foster youth status.
(3) Gender.
(4) Grade levels.
(5) Low income status.
(6) Race or ethnicity.
(7) Disability status.
(c) The county office of education shall make available on its
Internet Web site, if one is available, the contents of the school
attendance review board reports it receives from local school
attendance review boards, or that summarize the results of those
reports, or that the county office of education creates, if the
county school attendance review board accepts referrals. The
information shall be made available in an anonymized format that is
easy for the public to access and understand.
SEC. 2. If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this
act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local
agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant
to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of
the Government Code.