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                                   THIRD READING 


          Bill No:  AB 2306
          Author:   Frazier (D) 
          Amended:  8/17/16 in Senate
          Vote:     21 

           SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE:  9-0, 6/29/16
           AYES:  Liu, Block, Hancock, Huff, Leyva, Mendoza, Monning, Pan,  
            Vidak

           SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE:  7-0, 8/11/16
           AYES:  Lara, Bates, Beall, Hill, McGuire, Mendoza, Nielsen

           ASSEMBLY FLOOR:  76-0, 4/28/16 (Consent) - See last page for  
            vote

           SUBJECT:   Juvenile court school pupils


          SOURCE:    Author


          DIGEST:  This bill requires a school district to exempt a  
          student who transfers from a juvenile court school any time  
          after completion of grade 10 from local graduation requirements  
          that are in addition to the coursework required by the State.


          Senate Floor Amendments of 8/17/16 correct a drafting error to  
          correctly reference the Division of Juvenile Justice.


          ANALYSIS:  









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          Existing law:

        1) Requires students to successfully complete specified courses as  
             a condition of graduating from high school, and authorizes  
             school districts to impose coursework requirements that are  
             in addition to those prescribed by the State.  (Education  
             Code § 51225.3)

        2) Requires school districts to exempt a student in foster care or  
             a student who is homeless, who transfers between schools any  
             time after the completion of the student's second year of  
             high school, from all locally-imposed graduation  
             requirements.  (EC § 51225.1(a))

        3) Excludes students from this exemption if the school district  
             makes a finding that the student is reasonably able to  
             complete the local graduation requirements in time to  
             graduate by the end of the student's fourth year of high  
             school.  (EC § 51225.1(a))

        4) Requires school districts to notify, within 30 calendar days of  
             the date the foster youth transfers into a school, the  
             student, the person holding educational rights, and the  
             student's social worker or probation officer of the  
             availability of the exemption and whether the student  
             qualifies.  (EC § 51225.1(d))

        5) Requires school districts to notify, within 30 calendar days of  
             the date the homeless youth transfers into a school, the  
             student, the person holding educational rights, and the local  
             educational agency (LEA) liaison for homeless youth of the  
             availability of the exemption and whether the student  
             qualifies.  (EC § 51225.1(d))

        6) Requires schools to continue to apply the exemption for a  
             foster youth after the termination of the court's  
             jurisdiction, and for a homeless student if the student is no  
             longer homeless, while the student is enrolled in that school  
             or if the student transfers to another school or school  
             district.  (EC § 51225.1(j))

        7) Establishes juvenile court schools, administered by county  
             boards of education, to provide public schools in juvenile  
             halls, juvenile homes, day centers, juvenile ranches,  







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             juvenile camps, regional youth educational facilities or in  
             any group home housing 25 or more youth.  (EC § 48645, et  
             seq.)

        8) Requires each school district and county office of education to  
             accept for credit full or partial coursework satisfactorily  
             completed by a student while attending a public school,  
             juvenile court school, or non-public school or agency.  (EC §  
             48645.5)

        9) Requires the school district of residence to issue a diploma of  
             graduation from the school the student last attended, if a  
             student completes the graduation requirement of his or her  
             school district of residence while being detained.  Existing  
             law authorizes, in the alternative, the county superintendent  
             of schools to issue the diploma.  (EC § 48645.5)

        10)Authorizes a complaint of non-compliance with the above to be  
             filed with the LEA under the Uniform Complaint Procedures.

          This bill:  

        1)Requires a school district to exempt a former juvenile court  
             school student who transfers between schools any time after  
             the completion of the student's second year of high school  
             from all coursework and other requirements adopted by the  
             governing board that are in addition to the statewide  
             coursework requirements.

        2)Provides that a school district is not required to exempt a  
             former juvenile court school student from local graduation  
             requirements if the school district makes a finding that the  
             student is reasonably able to complete the locally-imposed  
             graduation requirements in time to graduate by the end of the  
             student's fourth year of high school.

        3)Requires the exemption to continue to apply after the  
             termination of the court's jurisdiction over the student  
             while he or she is enrolled in school or if the student  
             transfers to another school or school district.

        4)Extends existing requirements related to determining if a  
             student is reasonably able to complete the local graduation  
             requirements within the student's fifth year of high school,  







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             notification of eligibility for the exemption, notification  
             of how the exemption may affect admission to postsecondary  
             education and the prohibition on transferring a student  
             solely to be eligible for the exemption.

        5)Requires the county office of education to issue a diploma of  
             graduation to a student who completes the statewide  
             coursework requirements for graduation while attending a  
             juvenile court school, and prohibits the county office of  
             education from requiring the student to complete coursework  
             or other requirements that are in addition to the statewide  
             coursework requirements.

        6)Extends to former juvenile court school students existing  
             provisions that prohibit school districts or county offices  
             of education from requiring specified youth to retake a  
             course if the student has satisfactorily completed the  
             course, and that require enrollment in the same or equivalent  
             course when partial credit is awarded.

        7)Defines "former juvenile court school pupil" as a student who,  
             upon completion of the student's second year of high school,  
             transfers to a school district from a juvenile court school,  
             excluding a school district operated by the Division of  
             Juvenile Justice of the Department of Corrections and  
             Rehabilitation.

        8)States legislative intent that students in juvenile court  
             schools have a rigorous curriculum that includes a course of  
             study preparing them for high school graduation and career  
             entry and fulfilling the requirements for admission to the  
             University of California and California State University.

          Comments


          Parity.  This bill extends policies and procedures for  
          graduation requirements and completed coursework to students who  
          transfer from a juvenile court school that are currently  
          provided to students who are in foster care or who are homeless.


          FISCAL EFFECT:   Appropriation:    No          Fiscal  
          Com.:YesLocal:   Yes







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          According to the Senate Appropriations Committee:


           Mandate: Unknown reimbursable state mandate costs, potentially  
            in the hundreds of thousands, related to expanding the areas  
            in which complaints may be made to LEAs under the Uniform  
            Complaint Procedures.  Likely minor costs for a county office  
            of education to award a diploma for juvenile court school  
            students fulfilling statewide graduation requirements.   
            (Proposition 98)

           The California Department of Education indicates costs to  
            implement this bill are minor.


          SUPPORT:   (Verified8/18/16)


          None received 


          OPPOSITION:   (Verified8/18/16)


          None received




          ASSEMBLY FLOOR:  76-0, 4/28/16
          AYES:  Achadjian, Alejo, Travis Allen, Arambula, Atkins, Baker,  
            Bigelow, Bloom, Bonilla, Bonta, Brough, Brown, Burke,  
            Calderon, Campos, Chang, Chau, Chiu, Chu, Cooley, Cooper,  
            Dababneh, Dahle, Dodd, Eggman, Frazier, Beth Gaines,  
            Gallagher, Cristina Garcia, Eduardo Garcia, Gatto, Gipson,  
            Gomez, Gonzalez, Gordon, Gray, Grove, Hadley, Harper, Roger  
            Hernández, Holden, Irwin, Jones, Jones-Sawyer, Kim, Lackey,  
            Levine, Linder, Lopez, Low, Maienschein, Mayes, McCarty,  
            Medina, Melendez, Mullin, Nazarian, Obernolte, O'Donnell,  
            Patterson, Quirk, Ridley-Thomas, Rodriguez, Salas, Santiago,  
            Steinorth, Mark Stone, Thurmond, Ting, Wagner, Waldron, Weber,  
            Wilk, Williams, Wood, Rendon







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          NO VOTE RECORDED:  Chávez, Daly, Mathis, Olsen

          Prepared by:Lynn Lorber / ED. / (916) 651-4105
          8/18/16 17:28:26


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