SB 312, as amended, Knight. Absences: confidential medical services: parent or guardian consent.
Existing law requires the governing board of each school district, each academic year, to notify pupils in grades 7 to 12, inclusive, and the parents or guardians of all pupils enrolled in the district, that the school authorities may excuse a pupil from the school for confidential medical services without the consent of the pupil’s parent or guardian.
This bill would instead require the governing board to notify pupils in grades 9 to 12, inclusive, and the parents or guardians of all pupils enrolled in the district, that school authorities may excuse, for these purposes, a pupil 16 yearsbegin delete or age or orderend deletebegin insert of age or olderend insert from school without parental or
guardian consent.begin insert The bill would prohibit a school district from excusing a pupil 15 years of age or younger from the school for the purpose of obtaining confidential medical services without parental or guardian consent.end insert To the extent this bill would require a school district to change its notification policy and procedure, this 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 46010.1 of the Education Code is
2amended to read:
(a) begin insert(1)end insertbegin insert end insertThe governing board of each school district
4shall, each academic year, notify pupils in grades 9 to 12, inclusive,
5and the parents or guardians of all pupils enrolled in the district,
6that school authorities may excuse a pupil 16 years of age or older
7from the school for the purpose of obtaining confidential medical
8services without the consent of the pupil’s parent or guardian.
9(2) In accordance with paragraph (1), a school district shall
10not excuse a pupil 15
years of age or younger from the school for
11the purpose of obtaining confidential medical services without the
12consent of the pupil’s parent or guardian.
13(b) The notice required pursuant to this section may be included
14with any other notice given pursuant to this code.
If the Commission on State Mandates determines that
16this act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to
17local agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made
18pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division
194 of Title 2 of the Government Code.
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