Amended in Senate April 15, 2015

Senate Bill No. 597

Introduced by Senator Huff

February 27, 2015

An act to amend begin delete Section end delete begin insert Sections end insert 48315 begin insert and 48316 end insert of the Education Code, relating to pupil attendance.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

SB 597, as amended, Huff. Pupil attendance: interdistrict transfers.

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Existing

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begin insert (1) end insert begin insert   end insert begin insert Existing end insert law authorizes the governing board of any school district to accept interdistrict transfers of pupils in accordance with a policy adopted by resolution, and sets forth various requirements in that regard, including, among other things, requirements relating to attendance priorities, applications for transfer, and the calculation of average daily attendance. Existing law imposes certain reporting requirements in connection with interdistrict transfers to certain school districts and county offices of education, the Superintendent of Public Instruction, and the Department of Finance, and requires the Department of Finance to report specified information to the Legislative Analyst, upon request. Existing law makes those provisions inoperative on July 1, 2016, and repeals them on January 1, 2017.

This bill would extend those inoperative and repeal dates to July 1, 2017, and January 1, 2018, respectively.

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(2) Existing law requires the Legislative Analyst to conduct, after consulting with appropriate legislative staff, a comprehensive evaluation of the interdistrict transfer program, and recommendations regarding the extension of the program. Existing law requires the evaluation to be completed and submitted, as specified, by November 1, 2014.

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This bill would instead require the evaluation to be completed and submitted, as specified, by November 1, 2016.

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Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.  

Section 48315 of the Education Code is amended
to read:

48315.  

This article shall become inoperative on July 1, 2017,
and, as of January 1, 2018, is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, which becomes effective on or before January 1, 2018,
deletes or extends the dates on which it becomes inoperative and
is repealed.

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begin insert Section 48316 of the end insert begin insert Education Code end insert begin insert is amended to
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48316.  

The Legislative Analyst shall conduct, after consulting
with appropriate legislative staff, a comprehensive evaluation of
the interdistrict transfer program established pursuant to this article
and recommendations regarding the extension of the program. The
evaluation shall incorporate the data described in Section 48313
and shall be completed and submitted, along with the
recommendations regarding extension, to the appropriate education
policy committees of the Legislature and the Governor by
November 1, begin delete 2014. end delete begin insert 2016. end insert