Bob Huff
- Republican
Author
Existing law, the Open Enrollment Act, authorizes the parent of a pupil enrolled in a low-achieving school, as defined, to submit an application for the pupil to attend a school in a school district other than the school district in which the parent of the pupil resides. Existing law requires that applications for transfer be submitted by the parent of a pupil to the school district of enrollment prior to January 1 of the school year preceding the school year for which the pupil is requesting to transfer. A school district may adopt specific, written standards for acceptance and rejection of applications made pursuant to the act. The standards may include consideration of the capacity of a program, class, grade level, school building, or adverse financial impact. The standards are prohibited from including consideration of a pupil's previous academic achievement, physical condition, proficiency in the English language, family income, disability, gender, nationality, race or ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, or any other specified individual characteristics. Existing law encourages school districts to keep an accounting of requests for alternative attendance made pursuant to the act. This bill would redefine a "low-achieving school" as an "enrollment opportunities school." The bill would change the application deadline from January 1 to January 5 of the school year preceding the school year for which the pupil is requesting to transfer.
Set, first hearing. Failed passage in committee.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ED.
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 2680.) Ordered to the Assembly.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 2638.) (January 11).
Set for hearing January 11.
Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
Set for hearing May 11.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 6.
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
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| SB172 | HTML |
| 02/03/11 - Introduced | |
| 03/16/11 - Amended Senate | |
| 06/06/12 - Amended Assembly |
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