BILL NUMBER: AB 2306	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 13, 2016
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 28, 2016

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Frazier

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2016

   An act to add Section 51225 to the Education Code, relating to
high school graduation.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2306, as amended, Frazier. High school graduation requirements:
pupils transferring from juvenile court schools.
   Existing law prescribes the course of study a pupil is required to
complete while in grades 9 to 12, inclusive, in order to receive a
diploma of graduation, and authorizes the governing board of a school
district to prescribe other coursework requirements that are in
addition to the statewide requirements.
   This bill would require a school district to exempt a pupil from
all other coursework requirements for graduation adopted by the
governing board  of the school district  that are in
addition to the statewide coursework requirements for graduation,
unless the school district makes a finding that the pupil is
reasonably able to complete the additional coursework requirements in
time to graduate from high school.  The bill would require the
school to which the pupil transfers to provide notice to the pupil
and specified other parties of the availability of the exemption and
whether the pupil qualifies for the exemption.  The bill would
also require a county office of education to issue a diploma of
graduation to a pupil who completes statewide coursework requirements
for graduation while attending a juvenile court school, as
specified. By placing additional requirements on school districts and
county offices of education, the 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 51225 is added to the Education Code, to read:
   51225.  (a) Notwithstanding any other law, for a pupil who at any
time after he or she completes 10th grade transfers to a school
district from a juvenile court school, the school district shall
exempt the pupil from all other coursework requirements for
graduation adopted by the governing board of the school district that
are in addition to the statewide coursework requirements specified
in Section 51225.3, unless the school district makes a finding that
the pupil is reasonably able to complete the additional coursework
requirements in time to graduate from high school.
   (b) If a pupil completes the statewide coursework requirements for
graduation specified in Section 51225.3 while attending a juvenile
court school, the county office of education shall issue to the pupil
a diploma of graduation and shall not require the pupil to complete
other coursework requirements that are in addition to the statewide
coursework requirements. 
   (c) (1) Within 30 calendar days of the date that a pupil who may
qualify for the exemption from local graduation requirements pursuant
to subdivision (a) transfers into a school, the school district
shall notify the pupil, the person holding the right to make
educational decisions for the pupil, and the pupil's social worker or
probation officer of the availability of the exemption and whether
the pupil qualifies for an exemption.  
   (2) If the school district fails to provide timely notice pursuant
to paragraph (1), the pupil shall be eligible for the exemption from
local graduation requirements pursuant to this section once
notified, even if that notification occurs after the termination of
the court's jurisdiction over the pupil, if the pupil otherwise
qualifies for the exemption pursuant to this section. 
  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.