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Bill No: SB 381
Author: Pavley (D), et al
Amended: 6/30/11
Vote: 21
SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE : 9-0, 3/30/11
AYES: Lowenthal, Runner, Alquist, Blakeslee, Hancock,
Huff, Price, Simitian, Vargas
NO VOTE RECORDED: Liu, Vacancy
SENATE FLOOR : 37-0, 4/11/11
AYES: Alquist, Anderson, Berryhill, Cannella, Corbett,
Correa, De Le�n, DeSaulnier, Dutton, Emmerson, Evans,
Fuller, Gaines, Hancock, Harman, Hernandez, Huff, Kehoe,
La Malfa, Leno, Liu, Lowenthal, Negrete McLeod, Padilla,
Pavley, Price, Rubio, Runner, Simitian, Steinberg,
Strickland, Vargas, Walters, Wolk, Wright, Wyland, Yee
NO VOTE RECORDED: Blakeslee, Calderon, Lieu
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 77-0, 9/1/11 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : School attendance: residency requirements
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This bill extends authorization for a pupil to
enroll in school where the parent or guardian of that pupil
is employed within the boundaries of that school district
for a minimum of 10 hours during the school week, rather
than where the pupil, rather than where the pupil resides.
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The inoperative date will be extended from July 1, 2012 to
July 1, 2017.
Assembly Amendments reduce employment requirements for a
parent or guardian within the boundaries of a school
district to a minimum of 10 hours during a school week,
rather than a majority of hours that the pupil is in
school.
ANALYSIS :
Existing law:
1.Authorizes a pupil to attend school in a district where
the pupil's parent physically works, rather than where
the pupil and parent reside, however, the district is not
required to admit the pupil to its schools. Either the
sending district or receiving district may prevent a
transfer under this law if the transfer would exacerbate
racial segregation. Once established on the basis of
parental employment, this authorization allows a parent
to maintain a pupil's enrollment through the 12th grade.
This is scheduled to sunset on July 1, 2012.
2.The governing board of each school district shall fix the
length of the schoolday for the grades and classes of the
schools maintained by the district.
This bill extends, until July 1, 2017, the authorization to
enroll a student in a district where a parent is employed,
if a parent is employed within the boundaries of that
school district for a minimum of 10 hours during the school
week. Specifically, this bill:
1.Extends the authorization for a district to deem a pupil
to be a resident of the district if at least one parent
or legal guardian of the pupil is physically employed
within the boundaries of the district.
2.Requires a parent or legal guardian of a pupil who is
physically employed within the boundaries of that
district to work within those boundaries for a minimum of
10 hours during the school week.
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Comments
Current law provides several means to authorize a pupil who
reside in one school district to attend public school in
another district. This bill extends the sunset date for
existing law that authorizes a parent to enroll their child
in the district where they are physically employed rather
than where they live. The extension of this enrollment
option may give more opportunity for parent involvement by
continuing to allow a pupil with a parent or legal guardian
physical employed within the district area to attend a
school in that district. This bill also requires a parent
or legal guardian of a pupil that is physically employed
within the boundaries of that district to work for a
minimum of 10 hours during the school week, in order to use
this authorization. Existing law requires that the parent
or legal guardian only be physically employed within the
boundaries of the district and does not specify a time
requirement.
Prior Legislation
SB 170 (Denham), Chapter 33, Statutes of 2007, extended,
until July 1, 2011, the authorization to enroll a student
in a district where a parent is employed. Passed the
Senate with a vote of 37-0 on June 28, 2007.
SB 136 (Denham), 2006-06 Session, would have required the
parent(s) or legal guardian(s) of a pupil to be employed
within the boundaries of the district and for employment to
include a minimum of 20 hours per week within the
boundaries of the school district. Passed the Senate with
a vote of 31-2 on May 9, 2006. (Died in Assembly Education
Committee)
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: No
Local: No
SUPPORT : (Verified 8/24/11)
Association of California School Administrators
Clovis Unified School District
Conejo Valley Unified School District
Las Virgenes Unified School District
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Los Angeles County Office of Education
Los Angeles Unified School District
Long Beach Unified School District
Oak Park Unified School District
Orange County Department of Education
ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT : According to the author's office,
continuing to provide parents and legal guardians with the
flexibility of enrolling their children in school near
their workplace, gives them an opportunity to participate
in their children's education. This measure extends an
option that has been available to working parents and does
not place any new requirements on school districts. This
option has proven to be invaluable to families and should
be continued."
In support, the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD)
states that this bill "would extend the option of parents
to seek an inter-district permit based on their employment
location. LAUSD also states that requiring employment to
"occur during the majority of the hours that a pupil is
scheduled to be in school?prevents parents who only work on
weekends from seeking a permit based on employment."
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 77-0, 9/1/11
AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Allen, Ammiano, Atkins, Beall,
Bill Berryhill, Block, Blumenfield, Bradford, Brownley,
Buchanan, Butler, Charles Calderon, Campos, Carter,
Cedillo, Chesbro, Conway, Cook, Dickinson, Donnelly, Eng,
Feuer, Fletcher, Fong, Fuentes, Furutani, Beth Gaines,
Galgiani, Garrick, Gatto, Gordon, Grove, Hagman,
Halderman, Hall, Harkey, Hayashi, Roger Hern�ndez, Hill,
Huber, Hueso, Huffman, Jeffries, Jones, Knight, Lara,
Logue, Bonnie Lowenthal, Ma, Mansoor, Mendoza, Miller,
Mitchell, Monning, Morrell, Nestande, Nielsen, Norby,
Olsen, Pan, Perea, V. Manuel P�rez, Portantino, Silva,
Skinner, Smyth, Solorio, Swanson, Torres, Valadao,
Wagner, Wieckowski, Williams, Yamada, John A. P�rez
NO VOTE RECORDED: Bonilla, Davis, Gorell
CPM:cm 9/1/11 Senate Floor Analyses
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SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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