BILL NUMBER: SB 30	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Simitian

                        DECEMBER 6, 2010

   An act to amend Section 48000 of the Education Code, relating to
kindergarten.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 30, as introduced, Simitian. Kindergarten: age of admission.
   Existing law requires that a child be admitted to kindergarten at
the beginning of a school year, or at any time later in the same year
if the child will have his or her 5th birthday as specified.
   This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to that
provision.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 48000 of the Education Code is amended to read:

   48000.  (a) A child shall be admitted to a kindergarten maintained
by the school district at the beginning of a school year, or at a
later time in the same year if the child will have his or her fifth
birthday on or before one of the following dates:
   (1) December 2 of the 2011-12 school year.
   (2) November 1 of the 2012-13 school year.
   (3) October 1 of the 2013-14 school year.
   (4) September 1 of the 2014-15 school year and each school year
thereafter.
   (b) The governing board of a school district maintaining one or
more kindergartens may, on a case-by-case basis, admit to a
kindergarten a child having attained the age of five years at any
time during the school year with the approval of the parent or
guardian, subject to the following conditions:
   (1) The governing board determines that the admittance is in the
best interests of the child.
   (2) The parent or guardian is given information regarding the
advantages and disadvantages and any other explanatory information
about the effect of this early admittance.
   (c) As a condition of receipt of  the  apportionment for
pupils in a transitional kindergarten program pursuant to subdivision
(g) of Section 46300, a school district or charter school shall
ensure the following:
   (1) In the 2012-13 school year, a child who will have his or her
fifth birthday between November 2 and December 2 shall be admitted to
a transitional kindergarten program maintained by the school
district.
   (2) In the 2013-14 school year, a child who will have his or her
fifth birthday between October 2 and December 2 shall be admitted to
a transitional kindergarten program maintained by the school
district.
   (3) In the 2014-15 school year and each school year thereafter, a
child who will have his or her fifth birthday between September 2 and
December 2 shall be admitted to a transitional kindergarten program
maintained by the school district.
   (d) For purposes of this section, "transitional kindergarten"
means the first year of a two-year kindergarten program that uses a
modified kindergarten curriculum that is age and developmentally
appropriate.
   (e) A transitional kindergarten shall not be construed as a new
program or higher level of service.