Amended in Senate August 18, 2014

Amended in Assembly April 24, 2014

Amended in Assembly April 7, 2014

California Legislature—2013–14 Regular Session

Assembly Bill No. 1672

Introduced by Assembly Member Holden

(Coauthors: Assembly Members Bocanegra, Bonta, Buchanan, and Hall)

(Coauthor: Senator Liu)

February 12, 2014

An act to begin delete amend end delete begin insert amend, repeal, and add end insert Section 48273 of the Education Code, relating to pupil attendance.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 1672, as amended, Holden. Pupil attendance: truancy.

Existing law authorizes the establishment of county and local school attendance review boards, and authorizes a school district to refer a pupil to a school attendance review board or the probation department for, among other things, truancy. Existing law, under specified circumstances, authorizes a school attendance review board or probation officer to direct the county superintendent of schools to request a petition on behalf of the pupil in the juvenile court of the county. Existing law requires the governing board of a school district to adopt rules and regulations to require appropriate officers and employees of the school district to gather and transmit to the county superintendent of schools the number and types of referrals to school attendance review boards and of requests for petitions to the juvenile court.

This bill would instead require the governing board of each school district that has established a local school attendance review board to adopt rules and regulations to require appropriate officers and employees of the school district to gather begin delete and transmit end delete that information for the prior school begin delete year to the county superintendent of schools and the Superintendent of Public Instruction, by September 15 of every end delete year, and would expand the information required to be gathered begin delete and submitted end delete to include, among other things, begin delete the number and percentage of chronic absentees in the school district, end delete the number of pupils referred to a school attendance review board who improved their begin delete attendance, end delete begin insert attendance end insert and the number of pupils and parents or guardians referred to community services, as specified. The bill would require the information to be disaggregated by specified subgroups, including gender, ethnicity, and foster youth status. The bill would require begin delete a county office of education end delete begin insert the governing board of each school district end insert to make available on its Internet Web site, if one is available, begin delete certain reports and information received from school attendance review boards. By imposing additional requirements on local educational agencies, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. end delete begin insert the contents of those school attendance review board reports no later than September 15 of every year. The bill would require the State Department of Education to maintain current Internet Web site links to the Internet Web sites of school attendance review board reports and would require the governing board of each school district that posts school attendance review board reports to provide to the department current uniform resource locators for those Internet Web sites. The bill would make these provisions operative beginning June 1, 2015. end insert

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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.

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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.

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Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program:  begin delete yes end delete begin insert no end insert .

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

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begin insert SECTION 1. end insert   

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begin insert Section 48273 of the end insert begin insert Education Code end insert begin insert is amended
to read: end insert

48273.  

begin insert (a) end insert begin insert   end insert The governing board of each school district shall
adopt rules and regulations to require the appropriate officers and
employees of the begin insert school end insert district to gather and transmit to the county
superintendent of schools the number and types of referrals to
school attendance review boards and of requests for petitions to
the juvenile court pursuant to Section 48263.

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(b) This section shall become inoperative on June 1, 2015, and,
as of January 1, 2016, is repealed, unless a later enacted statute,
that becomes operative on or before January 1, 2016, deletes or
extends the dates on which it becomes inoperative and is repealed.

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begin insert SEC. 2. end insert   

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begin insert Section 48273 is added to the end insert begin insert Education Code end insert begin insert , to read: end insert

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begin insert 48273. end insert   

(a) The governing board of each school district that
has established a local school attendance review board shall adopt
rules and regulations to require the appropriate officers and
employees of the school district to gather all of the following
information for the prior school year:

(1) The number of pupils in the school district referred to a
school-level meeting, such as a student attendance review team
or a student success team.

(2) The number of pupils in the school district referred, and the
reason for the referral, to a school attendance review board
meeting.

(3) The number of pupils referred to a school attendance review
board who improved their attendance by at least 50 percent during
the following semester or trimester after attending the school
attendance review board meeting.

(4) The number of pupils and parents or guardians referred to
the district attorney, city prosecutor, or probation department for
mediation or prosecution following a school attendance review
board meeting.

(5) The number of pupils and parents or guardians referred to
the community services referenced in Section 48320 following a
school attendance review board meeting.

(6) The number of pupils referred to an alternative education
placement following a school attendance review board meeting.

(7) The number of petitions to the juvenile court requested
pursuant to Section 48263.

(b) The information listed in subdivision (a) shall be
disaggregated and submitted by the following subgroups:

(1) English learner status.

(2) Foster youth status.

(3) Gender.

(4) Grade levels.

(5) Low-income status.

(6) Race or ethnicity.

(7) Disability status.

(c) The governing board of each school district shall make
available on its Internet Web site, if one is available, the contents
of the school attendance review board reports described in
subdivision (a) no later than September 15 of every year. The
information shall be made available in an anonymized format that
is easy for the public to access and understand.

(d) (1) The department shall maintain current Internet Web
site links to the Internet Web sites of school attendance review
board reports required to be posted pursuant to subdivision (c).
Those Internet Web site links shall provide parents and the public
with easy access to the school attendance review board reports
maintained on the Internet.

(2) The governing board of each school district that posts school
attendance review board reports pursuant to subdivision (c) shall
provide a current uniform resource locator for their Internet Web
site to the department.

(e) This section shall become operative on June 1, 2015.

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SECTION 1.  

Section 48273 of the Education Code is amended
to read:

48273.  

(a) The governing board of each school district that
has established a local school attendance review board shall adopt
rules and regulations to require the appropriate officers and
employees of the school district to gather and transmit to the county
superintendent of schools and the Superintendent, by September
15 of every year, all of the following information for the prior
school year:

(1) The number of pupils enrolled in the school district.

(2) The number of chronic absentees, as defined in Section
60901, in the school district.

(3) The percentage of chronic absentees, as defined in Section
60901, in the school district.

(4) The number of pupils in the school district referred to a
school-level meeting, such as a student attendance review team or
a student success team.

(5) The number of pupils in the school district referred, and the
reason for the referral, to a school attendance review board meeting.

(6) The number of pupils referred to a school attendance review
board who improved their attendance by at least 50 percent during
the following semester or trimester after attending the school
attendance review board meeting.

(7) The number of pupils and parents or guardians referred to
the district attorney, city prosecutor, or probation department for
mediation or prosecution following a school attendance review
board meeting.

(8) The number of pupils and parents or guardians referred to
the community services referenced in Section 48320 following a
school attendance review board meeting.

(9) The number of pupils referred to alternative education
placement following a school attendance review board meeting.

(10) The number of petitions to the juvenile court requested
pursuant to Section 48263.

(b) The information listed in subdivision (a) shall be
disaggregated and submitted by the following subgroups:

(1) English learner status.

(2) Foster youth status.

(3) Gender.

(4) Grade levels.

(5) Low income status.

(6) Race or ethnicity.

(7) Disability status.

(c) The county office of education shall make available on its
Internet Web site, if one is available, the contents of the school
attendance review board reports it receives from local school
attendance review boards, or that summarize the results of those
reports, or that the county office of education creates, if the county
school attendance review board accepts referrals. The information
shall be made available in an anonymized format that is easy for
the public to access and understand.

SEC. 2.  

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.

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