BILL NUMBER: SB 1777	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 17, 2006

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Alarcon

                        FEBRUARY 24, 2006

    An act relating to juvenile court schools.  
An act to add Section 42926 to the Education Code, relating to
pupils. 



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1777, as amended, Alarcon  Juvenile court schools.
   Existing law requires the county board of education to provide for
the administration and operation of juvenile court schools, as
defined.
   This bill  would set forth a statement of legislative
intent relating to providing supplemental education funding for
incarcerated and transitional foster youth attending juvenile court
schools   , commencing with the 2006-   07
fiscal year, and each fiscal year thereafter, would require each
county office of education that provides educational services through
a juvenile court school to pupils who are foster children to receive
a specified allowance that is equal to the amount the county office
expended on foster   children in the 2005-   06
fiscal year, adjusted by the total percentage increase received by
the county office for all categorical education programs in the prior
fiscal year  .  
   The bill, commencing with the 2006-07 fiscal year, and each fiscal
year thereafter, would require each school district that provides
educational services to a pupil who is a foster child transferring to
the school district from a juvenile detention hall or probation camp
and has received educational services through a juvenile court
school to receive an amount equal to the allowance described above
for a period not greater than one year after the pupil's enrollment
in the school district. The bill would prohibit a district from
receiving the specified allowance for pupils for whom it has received
funding pursuant to specified provisions of existing law authorizing
funding of school district educational services provided to foster
children. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  no
  yes  . State-mandated local program: no.


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


   SECTION 1.    Section 42926 is added to the 
 Education Code   , to read:  
   42926.  (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the
following:
   (1) It is essential to recognize, identify, and plan for the
critical and unique needs of foster children residing in juvenile
detention halls and probation camps.
   (2) A high percentage of these foster children are performing
substantially below grade level, are being retained at least one year
in the same grade level, and become school dropouts.
   (3) The provision of effective and potentially cost-saving
instruction, counseling, tutoring, and related services for foster
children must be a state priority.
   (b) Accordingly, is the intent of the Legislature, in enacting
this section, to provide additional funding to county offices of
education and school districts that provide educational services to
these pupils.
   (c) Commencing with the 2006-07 fiscal year, and each fiscal year
thereafter, each county office of education that provides educational
services through a juvenile court school to pupils who are foster
children shall receive, in addition to the base revenue limit, an
allowance from the amount annually transferred to Section A of the
State School Fund equal to the amount the county office expended on
foster children in the 2005-06 fiscal year, adjusted by the total
percentage increase received by the county office for all categorical
education programs in the prior fiscal year. This cost-of-living
adjustment shall not exceed the inflation adjustment provided
pursuant to Section 42238.
   (d) Commencing with the 2006-07 fiscal year, and each fiscal year
thereafter, each school district that provides educational services
to a pupil who is a foster child transferring to the school district
from a juvenile detention hall or probation camp and has received
educational services through a juvenile court school shall receive an
amount equal to the allowance described in subdivision (c) for a
period not greater than one year after the pupil's enrollment in the
school district. The district shall not receive funds under this
subdivision for pupils for whom it has received funding pursuant to
Section 42920.5 or 42922.   
  SECTION 1.    It is the intent of the Legislature
to enact legislation to provide supplemental education funding for
incarcerated and transitional foster youth attending juvenile court
schools.