Amended in Assembly May 26, 2015

Amended in Senate May 5, 2015

Amended in Senate April 15, 2015

Senate Bill No. 597

Introduced by Senator Huff

(Coauthor: Assembly Member Medina)

February 27, 2015

An act to amend Sections 48315 and 48316 of the Education Code, relating to pupil attendance.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

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

(1) Existing 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.

(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.

This bill would instead require the evaluation to be completed and submitted, as specified, by begin delete November 1, end delete begin insert January 31, end insert 2016.

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and, as of January 1, 2018, is repealed, unless a later enacted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is repealed.

SEC. 2.  

Section 48316 of the Education Code is amended to
read:

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 prepare 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 to the Governor
by begin delete November 1, end delete begin insert January 31, end insert 2016.