BILL NUMBER: AB 832	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Committee on Education (Goldberg (Chair), Arambula,
Coto, Hancock, Liu, Mullin, and Pavley)

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2005

   An act to amend Section 48980 of the Education Code, relating to
education.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 832, as introduced, Committee on Education.   Schools:
notification of parents or guardians.
   Existing law requires the governing board of each school district
at the beginning of the first semester or quarter of the regular
school term to notify parents or guardians of minor pupils of
specified rights and responsibilities of the parent or guardian.
   This bill would delete an obsolete provision that requires that
the notification include a copy of a written policy relating to
Internet access.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Section 48980 of the  Education Code  is amended to
read:
   48980.  (a) At the beginning of the first semester or quarter of
the regular school term, the governing board of each school district
shall notify the parent or guardian of a minor pupil regarding the
right or responsibility of the parent or guardian under Sections
35291, 46014, 48205, 48207, 48208, 49403, 49423, 49451, 49472, and
51938 and Chapter 2.3 (commencing with Section 32255) of Part 19.(b)
The notification also shall advise the parent or guardian of the
availability of individualized instruction as prescribed by Section
48206.3, and of the program prescribed by Article 9 (commencing with
Section 49510) of Chapter 9.
   (c) The notification shall also advise the parents and guardians
of all pupils attending a school within the district of the schedule
of minimum days and pupil-free staff development days, and if any
minimum or pupil-free staff development days are scheduled
thereafter, the governing board shall notify parents and guardians of
the affected pupils as early as possible, but not later than one
month before the scheduled minimum or pupil-free day.
   (d) The notification also may advise the parent or guardian of the
importance of investing for future college or university education
for their children and of considering appropriate investment options
including, but not limited to, United States Savings Bonds.
   (e) Commencing with the 2000-01 school year, and each school year
thereafter, the notification shall advise the parent or guardian of
the pupil that, commencing with the 2003-04 school year, and each
school year thereafter, each pupil completing 12th grade will be
required to successfully pass the high school exit examination
administered pursuant to Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 60850) of
Part 33. The notification shall include, at a minimum, the date of
the examination, the requirements for passing the examination, and
shall inform the parents and guardians regarding the consequences of
not passing the examination and shall inform parents and guardians
that passing the examination is a condition of graduation.
   (f) Each school district that elects to provide a fingerprinting
program pursuant to Article 10 (commencing with Section 32390) shall
inform parents or guardians of the program as specified in Section
32390.
   (g) The notification shall also include a copy of the district's
written policy on sexual harassment established pursuant to Section
212.6, as it relates to pupils.
   (h)  The notification shall include a copy of the written
policy of the school district adopted pursuant to Section 51870.5
regarding access by pupils to Internet and online sites. 
    (i)    The notification shall
advise the parent or guardian of all existing statutory attendance
options and local attendance options available in the school
district. That notification shall include all options for meeting
residency requirements for school attendance, programmatic options
offered within the local attendance areas, and any special
programmatic options available on both an interdistrict and
intradistrict basis. That notification shall also include a
description of all options, a description of the procedure for
application for alternative attendance areas or programs, an
application form from the district for requesting a change of
attendance, and a description of the appeals process available, if
any, for a parent or guardian denied a change of attendance. The
notification shall also include an explanation of the existing
statutory attendance options including, but not limited to, those
available under Section 35160.5, Chapter 5 (commencing with Section
46600) of Part 26, subdivision (f) of Section 48204, and Article 1.5
(commencing with Section 48209) of Chapter 2 of Part 27. The
department shall produce this portion of the notification and shall
distribute it to all school districts.  
   (j) 
    (i)    It is the intent of the Legislature that
the governing board of each school district annually review the
enrollment options available to the pupils within their districts and
that the school districts strive to make available enrollment
options that meet the diverse needs, potential, and interests of
California's pupils.  
   (k) 
    (j)    The notification shall advise the parent
or guardian that no pupil may have his or her grade reduced or lose
academic credit for any absence or absences excused pursuant to
Section 48205 if missed assignments and tests that can reasonably be
provided are satisfactorily completed within a reasonable period of
time, and shall include the full text of Section 48205.  
   (l) 
    (k)    The notification shall advise the parent
or guardian of the availability of state funds to cover the costs of
advanced placement examination fees pursuant to Section 52244.