BILL NUMBER: AB 523	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Kim

                        FEBRUARY 23, 2015

   An act to amend Section 48354 of the Education Code, relating to
school enrollment.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 523, as introduced, Kim. Open Enrollment Act: option to
transfer to another school.
    Existing law, the Open Enrollment Act, authorizes the parent of a
pupil enrolled in a low-achieving school, as defined, to submit an
application for the pupil's transfer to another public school served
by the school district of residence or another school district.
   This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to these provisions.
   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.  Section 48354 of the Education Code is amended to read:

   48354.  (a) The parent of a pupil enrolled in a low-achieving
school may submit an application for the pupil to attend a school in
a school district of enrollment pursuant to this article.
   (b) (1) Consistent with the requirements of Section 1116(b)(1)(E)
of the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 2001 (20
U.S.C. Sec. 6301 et seq.), on or before the first day of the school
year, or, if later, on the date the notice of program improvement,
corrective action, or restructuring status is required to be provided
under federal  law   law,  the district of
residence shall provide the parents and guardians of all pupils
enrolled in a school determined in subdivision (a) of Section 48352
with notice of the option to transfer to another public school served
by the school district of residence or another school district.
   (2) An application requesting a transfer pursuant to this article
shall be submitted by the parent of a pupil to the school district of
enrollment  prior to   before  January 1
of the school year preceding the school year for which the pupil is
requesting to transfer. The school district of enrollment may waive
the deadline specified in this paragraph.
   (3) The application deadline specified in paragraph (2) does not
apply to an application requesting a transfer if the parent, with
whom the pupil resides, is enlisted in the military and was relocated
by the military within 90 days  prior to  
before  submitting the application.
   (4) The application may request enrollment of the pupil in a
specific school or program within the school district of enrollment.
   (5) A pupil may enroll in a school in the school district of
enrollment in the school year immediately following the approval of
his or her application.
   (6) In order to provide priority enrollment opportunities for
pupils residing in the school district, a school district of
enrollment shall establish a period of time for resident pupil
enrollment  prior to   before  accepting
transfer applications pursuant to this article.