BILL ANALYSIS �
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ASSEMBLY THIRD READING
AB 1799 (Bradford)
As Amended April 23, 2012
Majority vote
EDUCATION 10-0 APPROPRIATIONS 12-5
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|Ayes:|Brownley, Norby, Ammiano, |Ayes:|Fuentes, Blumenfield, |
| |Butler, Carter, Eng, | |Bradford, Charles |
| |Grove, Halderman, Wagner, | |Calderon, Campos, Davis, |
| |Williams | |Gatto, Ammiano, Hill, |
| | | |Lara, Mitchell, Solorio |
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| | |Nays:|Harkey, Donnelly, |
| | | |Nielsen, Norby, Wagner |
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SUMMARY : Requires that, when a pupil transfers from one school
to another within the state, the pupil's records be transferred
from the prior school to the new school within 10 schooldays
following the date the request was received by the prior school.
Specifically, this bill :
1)Finds and declares that:
a) The academic record of a transferring pupil is essential
to the pupil's placement, academic success, and timely
graduation; and,
b) An accurate, updated pupil record enhances school
safety, academic achievement, and pupil welfare when the
record of a transferring pupil includes transcripts,
immunization records, and, when applicable, suspension
notices, expulsion records, and individualized education
programs.
2)Requires that, when a pupil transfers from a public school to
another public or private school or from a private school to a
public school within California, the school that the pupil
transfers from shall transmit his or her records to the new
school of enrollment within 10 schooldays.
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3)Defines "schoolday" to mean any day upon which the school is
in session or non-holiday weekdays during the summer break.
EXISTING LAW requires pupil records of pupils transferring from
a public school to another public or private school or from a
private school to a public school within California to be
transferred upon request of the district or private school where
the pupil intends to enroll.
FISCAL EFFECT : According to the Assembly Appropriations
Committee:
1)Potential, indeterminate, General Fund (Proposition 98) state
reimbursable mandated costs of approximately $200,000 to
school districts to transfer a pupil's permanent record within
10 schooldays, as specified. This cost will likely be reduced
because districts will utilize the California Longitudinal
Pupil Achievement Data System (CALPADS) to meet these
requirements. CALPADS is fully functional now and working to
collect student level data. In 2010-11 there were 6.22
million children enrolled in California schools.
2)General Fund costs, likely less than $125,000, to the State
Board of Education to adopt rules and regulations concerning
the transfer of pupil records, as specified.
COMMENTS : While existing law already requires the transfer of
records upon request, it does not specify a time within which
the former school must transfer the records. According to the
sponsor of the bill, the Los Angeles County Office of Education,
this results in cases where "the records are sent a year or two
from the date of the initial request, and in numerous instances
the records are never sent." The reason, according to the
sponsor, is the amount of time it takes to sort through a
pupil's cumulative record, identify the files that must be
transferred, copy them, and send them. Budget cuts in recent
years have led to the reduction of administrative and clerical
staff to do this.
Analysis Prepared by : Rick Pratt / ED. / (916) 319-2087
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