BILL NUMBER: AB 2203 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 24, 2012
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member V. Manuel Pérez
FEBRUARY 23, 2012
An act to amend , repeal, and add Sections 48200 and
48210 of the Education Code, relating to compulsory education.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2203, as amended, V. Manuel Pérez. Compulsory education:
children 5 years of age.
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 , commencing with the 2014 -15 school
year, would instead provide that a person from 5 to 18 years of
age, inclusive, who is not exempt by law is subject to compulsory
education, and would exclude children under 5 years of age from the
public schools, except as specified. By increasing the duration of
compulsory education provided by public schools, 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.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: 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 person from 5 6 to
18 years of age, inclusive, not exempted under this chapter or
Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 48400) is subject to compulsory
full-time education. Each person subject to compulsory full-time
education and each person subject to compulsory continuation
education not exempted under 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 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) Unless otherwise provided for in this code, a pupil shall not
be enrolled for less than the minimum schoolday established by law.
(c) This section shall become inoperative on July 1, 2014, and, as
of January 1, 2015, is repealed, unless a later enacted statute,
that becomes operative on or before January 1, 2015, deletes or
extends the dates on which it becomes inoperative and is repealed.
SEC. 2. Section 48200 is added to the
Education Code , to read:
48200. (a) Commencing with the 2014-15 school year, each person
from 5 to 18 years of age, inclusive, not exempted under this chapter
or Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 48400) is subject to
compulsory full-time education. Each person subject to compulsory
full-time education and each person subject to compulsory
continuation education not exempted under 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. Each 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) Unless otherwise provided for in this code, a pupil shall not
be enrolled for less than the minimum schoolday established by law.
(c) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2014.
SEC. 2. SEC. 3. Section 48210 of the
Education Code is amended to read:
48210. (a) Children under five
six years of age are excluded from the public
schools, except as provided in this code.
(b) This section shall become inoperative on July 1, 2014, and, as
of January 1, 2015, is repealed, unless a later enacted statute,
that becomes operative on or before January 1, 2015, deletes or
extends the dates on which it becomes inoperative and is repealed.
SEC. 4. Section 48210 is added to the
Education Code , to read:
48210. (a) Commencing with the 2014-15 school year, children
under five years of age are excluded from the public schools, except
as provided in this code.
(b) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2014.
SEC. 3. SEC. 5. 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.