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CONSENT
Bill No: AB 614
Author: Bonilla (D)
Amended: 5/3/11 in Assembly
Vote: 21
SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE : 8-0, 06/15/11
AYES: Lowenthal, Alquist, Blakeslee, Hancock, Huff, Liu,
Price, Vargas
NO VOTE RECORDED: Runner, Simitian, Vacancy
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 74-0, 5/09/11 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : County and local attendance review boards
membership: mental health representative
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This bill requires county school attendance
review boards, and authorizes local school attendance
review boards, to include as a member a representative of
school, county or community mental health.
ANALYSIS :
Existing Law
1.Authorizes a county attendance review board to be
established in each county and requires the membership to
include, but is not limited to, all of the following:
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A. A parent.
B. A representative of school districts.
C. A representative of the county probation
department.
D. A representative of the county welfare department.
E. A representative of the county superintendent of
schools.
F. A representative of law enforcement agencies.
G. A representative of community-based youth service
centers.
H. A representative of school guidance personnel.
I. A representative of child welfare and attendance
personnel.
J. A representative of school or county health care
personnel.
2.Authorizes local school attendance review boards
membership to include the identical representation as is
listed above.
This bill requires county school attendance review boards,
and authorizes local school attendance review boards, to
include as a member a representative of school, county or
community mental health.
Background
School attendance review boards (SARBs) provide guidance to
pupils who are habitually truant or habitually
insubordinate or disorderly, and refer those pupils to
services to address the pupil's attendance or behavior
problems.
There are three types of SARBs. A county superintendent of
schools may convene a county SARB. A county SARB or a
school district located in areas where there is not a
county SARB may authorize the establishment of one or more
local SARBs. Some areas of the state have both county and
local SARBs while, in other areas, a county or local SARB
provides services to multiple school districts. The
Superintendent of Public Instruction is required to
coordinate and administer a state SARB to encourage the
cooperation, coordination and development of strategies to
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support county SARBs in carrying out their responsibilities
to establish local SARBs, which may include training of
SARB personnel.
Related Legislation
AB 980 (Bonilla), 2011-12 Session, authorizes members of a
SARB to disclose and exchange information or writing to
other members of the board the member believes that the
information is relevant in the prevention, identification
or treatment of a pupil's truancy. (In Assembly Education
Committee)
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: No
Local: No
SUPPORT : (Peer Senate Education Committee)
California Nurses Association
ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT : According to the author's office,
"SARBs are tasked to help identify behavior patterns of
problem students and give helpful hints on how to work with
students and their parents through various resources.
Fundamental to this task is SARB's ability to have all
relevant information about the student, their background
and their behavior problems. By having a mental health
representative, SARBs will effectively identify and
recommend appropriate resources to assist when truancy is
caused by mental health challenges."
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 74-0, 5/9/11
AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Allen, Ammiano, Atkins, Beall, Bill
Berryhill, Block, Blumenfield, Bonilla, Bradford,
Brownley, Buchanan, Charles Calderon, Campos, Carter,
Cedillo, Chesbro, Conway, Cook, Davis, Dickinson,
Donnelly, Eng, Feuer, Fletcher, Fong, Fuentes, Furutani,
Galgiani, Gatto, Gordon, Grove, Hagman, Halderman, Hall,
Harkey, Hayashi, Roger Hern�ndez, Hill, Huber, Hueso,
Huffman, Jeffries, Jones, Knight, Lara, Logue, Bonnie
Lowenthal, Ma, Mendoza, Miller, Mitchell, Monning,
Morrell, Nestande, Nielsen, Norby, Olsen, Pan, Perea, V.
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Manuel P�rez, Portantino, Silva, Skinner, Solorio,
Swanson, Torres, Valadao, Wagner, Wieckowski, Williams,
Yamada, John A. P�rez
NO VOTE RECORDED: Butler, Garrick, Gorell, Mansoor, Smyth,
Vacancy
CPM:cm 6/16/11 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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