BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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Date of Hearing: July 8, 2015
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
Jimmy Gomez, Chair
SB 200
(Lara) - As Amended March 25, 2015
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Urgency: No State Mandated Local Program: YesReimbursable:
Yes
SUMMARY:
This bill specifies a student is compliant with the residency
requirements for attendance in a school district if the
student's parent or legal guardian resides outside of the
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boundaries of that school district but is employed and lives
with the student at the place of his or her employment within
the boundaries of the school district for a minimum of three
days during the school week.
FISCAL EFFECT:
1)State fiscal impact is likely minor. This bill could result in
a shift of per pupil funding from one school district to
another, to the extent a student is not already attending the
school district of the parent's employer where the parent and
pupil live at least three days per week.
2)This bill may also result in a reimbursable state mandate;
however, because state funding is provided to school districts
for student attendance, it is unlikely to impose significant
costs to the state.
COMMENTS:
1)Purpose. This bill is in response to the disenrollment of a
second-grade student in the Orinda Unified School District
(Orinda USD) based on residency. According to media reports,
a nanny and her daughter live in the district in the house of
the nanny's employer five days a week, but stay with relatives
outside of the district on weekends. The student was expelled
after the district investigated the student's residency. After
negative publicity, the district reversed its decision and
allowed the student to attend school in the Orinda USD.
Although this case was ultimately resolved, according to the
author, this is not an isolated situation. Existing law
authorizes districts to enroll children in these situations
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but the district is not required to do so. This bill would
require districts to enroll a student if they reside with a
parent or legal guardian at their place of employment within
the boundaries of the district at least three days during the
school week.
2)Related legislation. AB 1101 (Bonilla), pending in the
Senate, requires a school district that elects to undertake an
investigation to determine whether a pupil meets residency
requirements, to adopt a policy regarding the investigation of
a pupil before conducting any investigations. AB 1101 is in
response the Orinda USD's use of a private investigator to
gather information on the student.
Analysis Prepared by:Misty Feusahrens / APPR. / (916)
319-2081