BILL NUMBER: AB 2276	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Bocanegra

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2014

   An act relating to pupils.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2276, as introduced, Bocanegra. Pupils: transfers from juvenile
court schools.
   Existing law provides for the administration and operation of
juvenile court schools, including, among others, public schools in
juvenile halls and juvenile ranches. Existing law provides certain
protections to a foster child when transferring schools, including,
among others, expedited enrollment and speedy transfer of academic
records.
   This bill would express the Legislature's intent to enact
legislation that would extend some of the protections currently
provided to a foster child when transferring schools to a child
transferring from a juvenile court school to another public school,
including immediate enrollment in the new school and speedy transfer
of academic and other records from the school last attended by the
child.
   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 extend some of the protections provided to a
foster child when transferring schools to a child transferring from a
juvenile court school to another public school, including, but not
limited to, the following:
   (a) Immediate enrollment in the new school, even if the child has
outstanding fees, or does not have a uniform, immunization records,
or medical records.
   (b) Speedy transfer of all academic and other records from the
last school attended by the child to the new school.