BILL NUMBER: SB 871 INTRODUCED
BILL TEXT
INTRODUCED BY Senator Runner
FEBRUARY 18, 2011
An act to amend Section 46300 of the Education Code, relating to
school attendance.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 871, as introduced, Runner. School attendance: average daily
attendance.
Existing law establishes the public elementary and secondary
school system in this state, and further establishes a funding system
pursuant to which the state apportions funds to local educational
agencies in accordance with district revenue limits, the calculation
of which is partly based on the average daily attendance of pupils at
the schools operated by those agencies. Numerous statutes and
regulations govern the calculation and reporting of average daily
attendance.
This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes in a
statute relating to the calculation of average daily attendance.
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 46300 of the Education Code is amended to read:
46300. (a) In computing the average daily attendance
of a school district or county office of education, there shall be
included the attendance of pupils while engaged in educational
activities required of those pupils and under the immediate
supervision and control of an employee of the district or county
office who possessed a valid certification document, registered as
required by law.
(b) (1) For purposes of a work experience education program in a
secondary school that meets the standards of the California State
Plan for Career Technical Education, "immediate supervision," in the
context of off-campus work training stations, means pupil
participation in on-the-job training as outlined under a training
agreement, coordinated by the school district under a state-approved
plan, wherein the employer and certificated school personnel share
the responsibility for on-the-job supervision.
(2) The pupil-teacher ratio in a work experience program shall not
exceed 125 pupils per full-time equivalent certificated teacher
coordinator. This ratio may be waived by the state board pursuant to
Article 3 (commencing with Section 33050) of Chapter 1 of Part 20 of
Division 2 under criteria developed by the state board.
(3) A pupil enrolled in a work experience program shall not be
credited with more than one day of attendance per calendar day, and
shall be a full-time pupil enrolled in regular classes that meet the
requirements of Section 46141 or 46144.
(c) (1) For purposes of the rehabilitative schools, classes, or
programs described in Section 48917 that require immediate
supervision, "immediate supervision" means that the person to whom
the pupil is required to report for training, counseling, tutoring,
or other prescribed activity shares the responsibility for the
supervision of the pupils in the rehabilitative activities with
certificated personnel of the district.
(2) A pupil enrolled in a rehabilitative school, class, or program
shall not be credited with more than one day of attendance per
calendar day.
(d) (1) For purposes of computing the average daily attendance of
pupils engaged in the educational activities required of high school
pupils who are also enrolled in a regional occupational center or
regional occupational program, the school district shall receive
proportional average daily attendance credit for those educational
activities that are less than the minimum schoolday, pursuant to
regulations adopted by the state board; however, none of that
attendance shall be counted for purposes of computing attendance
pursuant to Section 52324.
(2) A school district shall not receive proportional average daily
attendance credit pursuant to this subdivision for a pupil in
attendance for less than 145 minutes each day.
(3) The divisor for computing proportional average daily
attendance pursuant to this subdivision is 240, except that, in the
case of a pupil excused from physical education classes pursuant to
Section 52316, the divisor is 180.
(4) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, travel time of
pupils to attend a regional occupational center or regional
occupational program shall not be used in any manner in the
computation of average daily attendance.
(e) (1) In computing the average daily attendance of a school
district, there shall also be included the attendance of pupils
participating in independent study conducted pursuant to Article 5.5
(commencing with Section 51745) of Chapter 5 of Part 28 for five or
more consecutive schooldays.
(2) A pupil participating in independent study shall not be
credited with more than one day of attendance per calendar day.
(f) For purposes of cooperative career technical education
programs and community classrooms described in Section 52372.1,
"immediate supervision" means pupil participation in paid and unpaid
on-the-job experiences, as outlined under a training agreement and
individualized training plans wherein the supervisor of the training
site and certificated school personnel share the responsibility for
the supervision of on-the-job experiences.
(g) (1) In computing the average daily attendance of a school
district, there shall be included the attendance of pupils in
kindergarten after they have completed one school year in
kindergarten or pupils in a transitional kindergarten program after
they have completed one year in that program if one of the following
conditions is met:
(A) The school district has on file for each of those pupils an
agreement made pursuant to Section 48011, approved in form and
content by the department and signed by the pupil's parent or
guardian, establishing that the pupil may continue in
kindergarten for not more than one additional school year.
(B) The pupils participated in a transitional kindergarten program
pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 48000.
(2) A school district may not include for apportionment purposes
the attendance of any pupil for more than two years in kindergarten
or for more than two years in a combination of transitional
kindergarten and kindergarten.