BILL NUMBER: SB 312	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 1, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Knight

                        FEBRUARY 15, 2013

   An act to amend Section 46010.1 of the Education Code, relating to
school attendance.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   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 years  or age or order
  of age or older  from school without parental or
guardian consent.  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.  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 1.  Section 46010.1 of the Education Code is amended to
read:
   46010.1.  (a)  (1)    The governing board of
each school district shall, each academic year, 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 a pupil
16 years of age or older from the school for the purpose of
obtaining confidential medical services without the consent of the
pupil's parent or guardian. 
   (2) In accordance with paragraph (1), a school district shall not
excuse a pupil 15 years of age or younger from the school for the
purpose of obtaining confidential medical services without the
consent of the pupil's parent or guardian. 
   (b) The notice required pursuant to this section may be included
with any other notice given pursuant to this code.
  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.