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THIRD READING
Bill No: AB 306
Author: Hadley (R), et al.
Amended: 7/8/15 in Senate
Vote: 21
SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: 7-0, 7/1/15
AYES: Liu, Runner, Leyva, Mendoza, Monning, Pan, Vidak
NO VOTE RECORDED: Block, Hancock
ASSEMBLY FLOOR: 78-0, 5/28/15 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT: Public schools: attendance alternatives: children
of military personnel
SOURCE: Author
DIGEST: This bill establishes an attendance alternative for
children of military personnel if the parent with whom the
student resides is on active military duty.
ANALYSIS:
Existing law:
1)Provides several means to authorize inter-district attendance
of a pupil who resides in one school district but wishes to
attend public school in another district. The primary
authorization provides for inter-district attendance when both
the district of residence and district of proposed attendance
agree. Another authorization allows a pupil to attend school
in a district where the pupil's parent or legal guardian is
employed, rather than where the pupil and parent reside. The
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district where the parent is employed must agree to this
alternative, and either district of residence or district of
parental employment may prohibit the transfer under specified
conditions. (Education Code § 46600 et seq. and § 48204.6)
2)Authorizes the governing board of a school board to declare
themselves a school district of choice willing to accept a
specified number of inter-district transfers. A school
district of choice is required to select pupils through a
random and unbiased process that prohibits enrollment based
upon academic or athletic talent. As a condition of
participating in the program, either the district of residence
or district of choice may prevent a transfer if the transfer
would exacerbate racial segregation. (EC § 48300 et seq.)
3)Authorizes a school district of choice to give priority to
siblings of children already in attendance in the school
district of choice and children of military personnel. (EC §
48300 et seq.)
This bill:
1)Prohibits a school district of residence from prohibiting the
transfer of a student who is a child of an active military
duty parent to a school in any school district, if the school
district to which the parent of the student applies approves
the application for transfer.
2)Defines all of the following for the purpose of this bill:
a) "Active military duty" to mean full-time military duty
status in the active uniformed service of the United
States, including members of the National Guard and the
State Reserve on active duty orders pursuant to Sections
1209 and 1211 of the Title 10 of the United States Code.
b) "Parent," to mean the natural or adoptive parent or
guardian of a dependent child.
1)Makes various non-substantial technical changes.
Comments
1)Need for the bill. According to the author, military service
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personnel are required to live near or on base and are subject
to frequent moves, as such, it is important for military
parents to have options to choose which school districts their
children attend. The author further contends that school
districts with the ability to serve more students are often
willing to accept military children but school districts of
residence maintain veto power over those transfers. This bill
attempts to create a new pathway for children of active duty
military to transfer from the school district of residence to
the desired school.
2)Effected school districts? There are approximately 13 school
districts currently identifying military students within their
local data systems. These districts include: Travis Unified,
San Diego Unified, South Bay Unified, Murrieta Valley Unified,
Coronado Unified, Lakeside Union, Santee, La Mesa/Spring
Valley, Lemon Grove, Chula Vista Elementary, Poway Unified,
Los Angeles Unified, and Sweetwater Union High. It is unclear
if any of the remaining school districts identify military
children using internal resources. This bill gives active
duty military family the option of sending their children to
the public school of their choice and requires the school
district to accept inter-district transfers, in the desired
school, if space is available and after the established period
of time for resident student enrollment has concluded.
3)Existing inter-district transfer policies. Existing law
provides several means to authorize inter-district attendance
of a student who resides in one school district but wishes to
attend public school in another district. The primary
authorization provides for inter-district attendance when both
the district of residence and district of proposed attendance
agree. Another authorization allows a pupil to attend school
in a district where the pupil's parent or legal guardian is
employed, rather than where the pupil and parent reside.
Existing law also authorizes a school district to deem
themselves a school district of choice willing to accept a
specified number of inter-district transfers and authorizes a
school district of choice to give priority to children of
military personnel.
FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: No Fiscal
Com.:NoLocal: No
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SUPPORT: (Verified7/14/15)
AMVETS- Department of California
City of El Segundo
Gardena Valley Chamber of Commerce
Jewish War Veterans
Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors
Los Angeles County Business Federation
Rolling Hills Estates
SoCal Jobs Defense Council
South Bay Cities Council of Governments
The Military Officers Association of America- California Council
The Veterans of Foreign Wards Department of California
The Vietnam Veterans of America-California State Association of
United States
Torrance Area Chamber of Commerce
OPPOSITION: (Verified7/14/15)
None received
ASSEMBLY FLOOR: 78-0, 5/28/15
AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Travis Allen, Baker, Bigelow, Bonilla,
Bonta, Brough, Brown, Burke, Calderon, Campos, Chang, Chau,
Chávez, Chiu, Chu, Cooley, Cooper, Dababneh, Dahle, Daly,
Dodd, Eggman, Frazier, Beth Gaines, Gallagher, Cristina
Garcia, Eduardo Garcia, Gatto, Gipson, Gomez, Gonzalez,
Gordon, Gray, Hadley, Harper, Roger Hernández, Holden, Irwin,
Jones, Jones-Sawyer, Kim, Lackey, Levine, Linder, Lopez, Low,
Maienschein, Mathis, Mayes, McCarty, Medina, Melendez, Mullin,
Nazarian, Obernolte, O'Donnell, Olsen, Patterson, Perea,
Quirk, Rendon, Ridley-Thomas, Rodriguez, Salas, Santiago,
Steinorth, Mark Stone, Thurmond, Ting, Wagner, Waldron, Weber,
Wilk, Williams, Wood, Atkins
NO VOTE RECORDED: Bloom, Grove
Prepared by:Olgalilia Ramirez / ED. / (916) 651-4105
7/14/15 16:54:26
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|SENATE RULES COMMITTEE | AB 306|
|Office of Senate Floor Analyses | |
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THIRD READING
Bill No: AB 306
Author: Hadley (R), et al.
Amended: 7/8/15 in Senate
Vote: 21
SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: 7-0, 7/1/15
AYES: Liu, Runner, Leyva, Mendoza, Monning, Pan, Vidak
NO VOTE RECORDED: Block, Hancock
ASSEMBLY FLOOR: 78-0, 5/28/15 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT: Public schools: attendance alternatives: children
of military personnel
SOURCE: Author
DIGEST: This bill establishes an attendance alternative for
children of military personnel if the parent with whom the
student resides is on active military duty.
ANALYSIS:
Existing law:
1)Provides several means to authorize inter-district attendance
of a pupil who resides in one school district but wishes to
attend public school in another district. The primary
authorization provides for inter-district attendance when both
the district of residence and district of proposed attendance
agree. Another authorization allows a pupil to attend school
in a district where the pupil's parent or legal guardian is
employed, rather than where the pupil and parent reside. The
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district where the parent is employed must agree to this
alternative, and either district of residence or district of
parental employment may prohibit the transfer under specified
conditions. (Education Code § 46600 et seq. and § 48204.6)
2)Authorizes the governing board of a school board to declare
themselves a school district of choice willing to accept a
specified number of inter-district transfers. A school
district of choice is required to select pupils through a
random and unbiased process that prohibits enrollment based
upon academic or athletic talent. As a condition of
participating in the program, either the district of residence
or district of choice may prevent a transfer if the transfer
would exacerbate racial segregation. (EC § 48300 et seq.)
3)Authorizes a school district of choice to give priority to
siblings of children already in attendance in the school
district of choice and children of military personnel. (EC §
48300 et seq.)
This bill:
1)Prohibits a school district of residence from prohibiting the
transfer of a student who is a child of an active military
duty parent to a school in any school district, if the school
district to which the parent of the student applies approves
the application for transfer.
2)Defines all of the following for the purpose of this bill:
a) "Active military duty" to mean full-time military duty
status in the active uniformed service of the United
States, including members of the National Guard and the
State Reserve on active duty orders pursuant to Sections
1209 and 1211 of the Title 10 of the United States Code.
b) "Parent," to mean the natural or adoptive parent or
guardian of a dependent child.
1)Makes various non-substantial technical changes.
Comments
1)Need for the bill. According to the author, military service
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personnel are required to live near or on base and are subject
to frequent moves, as such, it is important for military
parents to have options to choose which school districts their
children attend. The author further contends that school
districts with the ability to serve more students are often
willing to accept military children but school districts of
residence maintain veto power over those transfers. This bill
attempts to create a new pathway for children of active duty
military to transfer from the school district of residence to
the desired school.
2)Effected school districts? There are approximately 13 school
districts currently identifying military students within their
local data systems. These districts include: Travis Unified,
San Diego Unified, South Bay Unified, Murrieta Valley Unified,
Coronado Unified, Lakeside Union, Santee, La Mesa/Spring
Valley, Lemon Grove, Chula Vista Elementary, Poway Unified,
Los Angeles Unified, and Sweetwater Union High. It is unclear
if any of the remaining school districts identify military
children using internal resources. This bill gives active
duty military family the option of sending their children to
the public school of their choice and requires the school
district to accept inter-district transfers, in the desired
school, if space is available and after the established period
of time for resident student enrollment has concluded.
3)Existing inter-district transfer policies. Existing law
provides several means to authorize inter-district attendance
of a student who resides in one school district but wishes to
attend public school in another district. The primary
authorization provides for inter-district attendance when both
the district of residence and district of proposed attendance
agree. Another authorization allows a pupil to attend school
in a district where the pupil's parent or legal guardian is
employed, rather than where the pupil and parent reside.
Existing law also authorizes a school district to deem
themselves a school district of choice willing to accept a
specified number of inter-district transfers and authorizes a
school district of choice to give priority to children of
military personnel.
FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: No Fiscal
Com.:NoLocal: No
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SUPPORT: (Verified7/14/15)
AMVETS- Department of California
City of El Segundo
Gardena Valley Chamber of Commerce
Jewish War Veterans
Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors
Los Angeles County Business Federation
Rolling Hills Estates
SoCal Jobs Defense Council
South Bay Cities Council of Governments
The Military Officers Association of America- California Council
The Veterans of Foreign Wards Department of California
The Vietnam Veterans of America-California State Association of
United States
Torrance Area Chamber of Commerce
OPPOSITION: (Verified7/14/15)
None received
ASSEMBLY FLOOR: 78-0, 5/28/15
AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Travis Allen, Baker, Bigelow, Bonilla,
Bonta, Brough, Brown, Burke, Calderon, Campos, Chang, Chau,
Chávez, Chiu, Chu, Cooley, Cooper, Dababneh, Dahle, Daly,
Dodd, Eggman, Frazier, Beth Gaines, Gallagher, Cristina
Garcia, Eduardo Garcia, Gatto, Gipson, Gomez, Gonzalez,
Gordon, Gray, Hadley, Harper, Roger Hernández, Holden, Irwin,
Jones, Jones-Sawyer, Kim, Lackey, Levine, Linder, Lopez, Low,
Maienschein, Mathis, Mayes, McCarty, Medina, Melendez, Mullin,
Nazarian, Obernolte, O'Donnell, Olsen, Patterson, Perea,
Quirk, Rendon, Ridley-Thomas, Rodriguez, Salas, Santiago,
Steinorth, Mark Stone, Thurmond, Ting, Wagner, Waldron, Weber,
Wilk, Williams, Wood, Atkins
NO VOTE RECORDED: Bloom, Grove
Prepared by:Olgalilia Ramirez / ED. / (916) 651-4105
7/14/15 16:54:26
AB 306
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