AB 2276, as introduced, Bocanegra. Pupils: transfers from juvenile court schools.
Existing law provides for the administration and operation of juvenile court schools, including, among others, public schools in juvenile halls and juvenile ranches. Existing law provides certain protections to a foster child when transferring schools, including, among others, expedited enrollment and speedy transfer of academic records.
This bill would express the Legislature’s intent to enact legislation that would extend some of the protections currently provided to a foster child when transferring schools to a child transferring from a juvenile court school to another public school, including immediate enrollment in the new school and speedy transfer of academic and other records from the school last attended by the child.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
2legislation that would extend some of the protections provided to
3a foster child when transferring schools to a child transferring from
P2 1a juvenile court school to another public school, including, but not
2limited to, the following:
3(a) Immediate enrollment in the new school, even if the child
4has outstanding fees, or does not have a uniform, immunization
5records, or medical records.
6(b) Speedy transfer of all academic and other records from the
7last school attended by the child to the new school.
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