BILL NUMBER: AB 1772	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 29, 2012

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Buchanan

                        FEBRUARY 17, 2012

   An act to amend  Section 48414   Sections
48200 and 48210  of the Education Code, relating to 
pupil instruction   compulsory education  .



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1772, as amended, Buchanan.  Pupil instruction:
compulsory education.   Compulsory kindergarten. 

   Under existing law, a person between the ages of 6 and 18 years
who is not exempted by law is subject to compulsory full-time
education. Existing law excludes a child under 6 years of age from
the public schools, subject to specified exceptions.  
   Existing law requires a school district maintaining a kindergarten
to admit a child who will have his or her 5th birthday on or before
certain specified dates during that school year.  
   This bill would require a child to attend compulsory kindergarten
if he or she meets the age requirements for admission to
kindergarten, subject to specified exemptions. By increasing the
duration of compulsory education, this bill would impose a
state-mandated local program.  
   The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local
agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.  
   This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates
determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state,
reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these
statutory provisions.  
   Existing law requires any person 16 or 17 years of age who is
exempt from compulsory continuation attendance laws, as specified, be
permitted by the governing board of the school district in which he
resides to reenroll in the district, without prejudice, as if he had
never taken advantage of the exemption. Existing law also provides
that if such person subsequently again terminates enrollment on the
basis of the same exemption, the district may deny him reenrollment
until the beginning of the next semester in the district's academic
year.  
   This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to those
provisions. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  no
  yes  . State-mandated local program:  no
  yes  .


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

   SECTION 1.    Section 48200 of the  
Education Code   is amended to read: 
   48200.   (a)     Each  
Except as provided in subdivision (b), a  person between the
ages of 6 and 18 years not exempted under  the provisions of
 this chapter or Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 48400)
is subject to compulsory full-time education.  Each 
 A  person subject to compulsory full-time education and
 each   a  person subject to compulsory
continuation education not exempted under  the provisions of
 Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 48400) shall attend the
public full-time day school or continuation school or classes and for
the full time designated as the length of the schoolday by the
governing board of the school district in which the residency of
either the parent or legal guardian is located  and each
  . A  parent, guardian, or other person having
control or charge of the pupil shall send the pupil to the public
full-time day school or continuation school or classes and for the
full time designated as the length of the schoolday by the governing
board of the school district in which the residence of either the
parent or legal guardian is located. 
   (b) A person eligible for enrollment in kindergarten pursuant to
subdivision (a) of Section 48000 and not exempted under this chapter
is subject to compulsory kindergarten, and shall attend public
kindergarten for the full time specified in Section 46111. The
parent, guardian, or other person having control or charge of a
person subject to compulsory kindergarten shall send him or her to
the public kindergarten for the full time designated in Section
46111. 
    (c)    Unless otherwise provided for in this
code, a pupil shall not be enrolled for less than the minimum
schoolday established by law.
   SEC. 2.    Section 48210 of the   Education
Code   is amended to read: 
   48210.  Children under six years of age are excluded from the
public schools, except  as provided   : 
    (a)     A child subject to compulsory
kindergarten pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 48200. 
    (b)     As   otherwise provided
 in this code.
   SEC. 3.    If the Commission on State Mandates
determines that this act contains costs mandated by the state,
reimbursement to local agencies and school districts for those costs
shall be made pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of
Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code.  
  SECTION 1.    Section 48414 of the Education Code
is amended to read:
   48414.  A person 16 or 17 years of age exempt from compulsory
continuation attendance laws by subdivision (e) of Section 48410 who
has terminated his or her enrollment on the basis of such exemption
shall be permitted by the governing board of the school district in
which he or she resides to reenroll in the school district, without
prejudice, as if he or she had never taken advantage of subdivision
(e) of Section 48410. If such person subsequently again terminates
enrollment on the basis of such exemption, the school district may
deny him or her reenrollment until the beginning of the next semester
in the school district's academic year.