SB 1107, as amended, Monning. Pupil attendance: Attorney General report: truancy.
Existing
end deletebegin insert(1)end insertbegin insert end insertbegin insertExistingend insert law authorizes the establishment of county and local school attendance review boards, and provides that any minor pupil who is a habitual truant, is irregular in attendance at school, or is habitually insubordinate or disorderly during attendance at school may be referred to a school attendance review board. Existing law requires the governing board of a school district to adopt rules and regulations to require the appropriate officers and employees of the 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, subject to available funding, on or before September 30, 2015, and annually thereafter, require the Attorney Generalbegin insert and the State Department of Educationend insert tobegin insert jointlyend insert submit a reportbegin insert on elementary school truancy and chronic absenteeism in California public schoolsend insert to the Governor, the Legislature, and to the State Board of Education,begin delete on elementary school truancy and chronic absenteeism in California public schools,end delete
as specified. The bill would require thebegin delete Attorney General’send delete report to include information on pupils in kindergarten and grades 1 to 5, inclusive, including, among other things, attendance-related data and information regarding truancy prevention and intervention efforts by local educational agencies, as defined, or county or local prosecuting authorities, as specified. The bill would, upon the request of the Attorneybegin delete General,end deletebegin insert General or the department,end insert requirebegin delete the State Department of Education, local educational agencies, andend delete county and local prosecuting authoritiesbegin insert
or local educational agencies, respectively,end insert to provide the Attorney Generalbegin insert or the departmentend insert with specifiedbegin delete information.end deletebegin insert information in anonymized format.end insert By imposing additional duties on local agencies, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
(2) Existing law requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to coordinate and administer a state school attendance review board, as provided. Existing law requires the Superintendent to convene the state school attendance review board at least 4 times during the year. Existing law requires the state school attendance review board to, among other things, make recommendations annually to the Superintendent, and to other state agencies as deemed appropriate, regarding the needs and services provided to high-risk youth, including youth with school attendance or behavioral problems, in the state public schools.
end insertbegin insertThis bill would require the state school attendance review board to annually discuss the report jointly submitted by the Attorney General and the department at a regularly scheduled meeting. The bill would authorize the state school attendance review board to provide recommendations based on the report.
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end deletebegin insert(3)end insertbegin insert end insertbegin insertTheend insert 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.
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.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: yes.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 48070.7 is added to the Education Code,
2to read:
(a) Subject to available funding, on or before
2September 30, 2015, and annually thereafter, the Attorney General
3begin insert and the departmentend insert shallbegin insert jointlyend insert submit a report to the Governor,
4the Legislature, and the state board on elementary school truancy
5and chronic absenteeism in California public schools. The Attorney
6Generalbegin insert and the departmentend insert shall utilize data produced by the
7California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System pursuant
8to Section 60900
and other available data in developing the report.
9(b) The report required by subdivision (a) shall include, but is
10not limited to,begin insert all ofend insert the following information regarding pupils in
11kindergarten and grades 1 to 5, inclusive, for the school year with
12the most recent available data, including comparisons with the
13prior school year:
14(1) Attendance-related data, as described in subdivision (c) of
15Section 60901.
16(2) Information regarding truancy prevention and intervention
17efforts by local educational agencies, or county or local prosecuting
18authorities, including, but not limited to, all of the following:
19(A) Information regarding the notifications required by
20subdivision (a) of Section 48260 and Sections 48260.5 and 48261.
21(B) Information regarding the activities of county and local
22school attendance review boards established pursuant to Section
2348321.
24(C) Information regarding the outcomes of prosecutions and
25mediation or diversion programs for pupils who are truant or who
26have irregular attendance, or whether the prosecuting authority
27declined to prosecute referrals of those pupils.
28(3) An analysis, if data is available, of whetherbegin delete schools orend delete local
29educational agencies are complying with
the requirements of
30subdivision (a) of Section 48260 and Sections 48260.5, 48261,
31and 48273, as applicable.
32(c) For purposes of this section, “local educational agency”
33means a begin insertschool, end insertcharter school,begin delete aend delete county office of education,begin delete aend delete
34 school district, orbegin delete aend delete county or local school attendance review board.
35(d) Upon the Attorney General’s request, the department shall
36provide the Attorney General the attendance-related data described
37in subdivision (c) of Section 60901 in anonymized format.
38(e)
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39begin insert(d)end insert begin insert(1)end insertbegin insert end insertUpon the Attorney General’s request,begin delete local educational county and local prosecuting
40agencies, andend deletebegin delete authorities,end deletebegin insert authoritiesend insert
P4 1 shall provide the Attorney General the information and analysis
2described in paragraphs (2) and (3) of subdivision (b) in
3anonymized format.
4(2) Upon the department’s request, local educational agencies
5shall provide the department the information and analysis
6described in paragraphs (2) and (3) of subdivision (b) in
7anonymized format.
8(f)
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9begin insert(e)end insert (1) The requirement for submitting a report imposed under
10subdivision (a) is inoperative on September 30, 2019, pursuant to
11Section 10231.5 of the Government Code.
12(2) A report submitted pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be
13submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government
14Code.
15(f) The state school attendance review board, established
16pursuant to Section 48325, shall annually discuss the report
17submitted pursuant to subdivision (a) during a regularly scheduled
18meeting. The state school attendance review board may provide
19recommendations based on the report, as appropriate.
If the Commission on State Mandates determines that
21this act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to
22local agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made
23pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division
244 of Title 2 of the Government Code.
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