text: No fees shall be charged or received by any court or officer in any proceeding under this chapter.

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 6. Violations


kind: section

code: EDC

text:
(a) (1) A state or local agency conducting a truancy-related mediation or prosecuting a pupil or a pupil’s parent or legal guardian pursuant to Article 5 (commencing with Section 48260), this article, Section 48454, Section 270.1 or 272 of the Penal Code, or Section 601 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, as applicable, shall provide, using the most cost-effective method possible, including, but not limited to, by email or telephone, the school district, school attendance review board, county superintendent of schools, probation department, or any other agency that referred a truancy-related mediation, criminal complaint, or petition with the outcome of each referral. For purposes of this section, “outcome” means the imposed conditions or terms placed on a pupil or a pupil’s parent or legal guardian and the acts or actions taken by a state or local agency with respect to a truancy-related mediation, prosecution, criminal complaint, or petition.

(2) This subdivision applies to, but is not limited to, the referrals referenced in Article 5 (commencing with Section 48260), this article, Section 48454, Sections 270.1 and 272 of the Penal Code, and Sections 601, 601.2, and 601.3 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.

(b) It is the intent of the Legislature to determine the best evidence-based practices to reduce truancy. This section is not intended to encourage additional referrals, complaints, petitions, or prosecutions, or to encourage more serious sanctions for pupils.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 303, Sec. 101. (AB 731) Effective January 1, 2016.)

division: 4. INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES

part: 27. PUPILS

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

chapter: 2. Compulsory Education Law

article: 6. Violations

path: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION > 4. INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES > 27. PUPILS > 2. Compulsory Education Law > 6. Violations


text:
For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply:

(a) “Active military duty” means full-time military duty status in the active uniformed service of the United States, including members of the National Guard and the State Reserve on active duty orders pursuant to Chapter 1209 (commencing with Section 12301) of, and Chapter 1211 (commencing with Section 12401) of, Part II of Subtitle E of Title 10 of the United States Code.

(b) “Foster youth” has the same meaning as specified in Section 42238.01.

(c) “Homeless child or youth” has the same meaning as “homeless children and youths” specified in Section 11434a(2) of Title 42 of the United States Code.

(d) “Parent” means the natural or adoptive parent or guardian of a dependent child.

(e) “School district of choice” means a school district for which a resolution is in effect as described in subdivision (a) of Section 48301.

(f) “School district of residence” means the school district that a pupil would be directed by this chapter to attend, except as otherwise provided by this article.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 865, Sec. 1. (SB 897) Effective January 1, 2025.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 7. Pupil Attendance Alternatives

path: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION > 4. INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES > 27. PUPILS > 2. Compulsory Education Law > 7. Pupil Attendance Alternatives


text:
(a) (1) The governing board of a school district may elect to operate the school district as a school district of choice and may accept transfers from school districts of residence pursuant to this article. If the governing board of a school district elects to accept transfers as authorized pursuant to this article, it shall, by resolution, determine and adopt the number of transfers it is willing to accept pursuant to this article and shall accept all pupils who apply to transfer until the school district of choice is at maximum capacity. The school district of choice shall ensure that pupils admitted pursuant to this article are selected through an unbiased process that prohibits an inquiry into or evaluation or consideration of whether or not a pupil should be enrolled based upon academic or athletic performance, physical condition, proficiency in English, any of the individual characteristics set forth in Section 200, and, except for purposes of determining priority for pupils eligible for free or reduced-price meals pursuant to Section 48306, family income.

(2) If the number of transfer applications exceeds the number of transfers the governing board of a school district of choice elects to accept pursuant to this article, approval for transfer pursuant to this article shall be determined by a random drawing held in public at a regularly scheduled meeting of the governing board of the school district of choice.

(b) Communications to parents by school districts of choice shall be factually accurate and not target individual parents or residential neighborhoods on the basis of a pupil’s or pupils’ actual or perceived academic or athletic skill, proficiency in English, any of the individual characteristics set forth in Section 200, or family income.

(c) A school district of choice, with respect to compliance with this article, shall be subject to the audit conducted pursuant to Section 41020.

(d) A school district of choice shall post application information on its internet website. This information shall include, at a minimum, any applicable form and the timeline for a transfer pursuant to this article. This information also shall include an explanation of the selection process the school district of choice implements pursuant to subdivision (a).

(e) A pupil attending a school in a school district of choice shall be deemed to have fulfilled the requirements of Section 48204.

(f) All communication from a school district of choice regarding the transfer opportunities pursuant to the program shall be available in all languages for which translations are required in the school district of residence pursuant to Section 48985.

(g) A school district of choice shall register as a school district of choice with both the Superintendent, in a manner specified by the Superintendent, and the county board of education where the school district of choice is located.

(h) A school district of choice shall not enroll pupils pursuant to this article until the school district has registered pursuant to subdivision (g).

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 865, Sec. 2. (SB 897) Effective January 1, 2025.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 7. Pupil Attendance Alternatives


text: School districts are encouraged to hold informational meetings and make public announcements on the current educational programs the school district is offering so that parents may provide input to the school district on methods to improve the current programs and so that parents may make informed decisions regarding their children’s education.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 15, Sec. 33. (AB 99) Effective June 27, 2017.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 7. Pupil Attendance Alternatives


text:
(a) The school district of choice shall not prohibit a transfer of a pupil pursuant to this article based upon a determination by the governing board of that school district that the additional cost of educating the pupil would exceed the amount of additional state aid received as a result of the transfer. A school district of choice may reject the transfer of a pupil if the transfer of that pupil would require that school district to create a new program to serve that pupil, except that a school district of choice shall not reject the transfer of a special needs pupil, including an individual with exceptional needs, as defined in Section 56026, an English learner, a foster youth, or a homeless child or youth.

(b) This section is intended to ensure that pupils in special education, or who are bilingual, English learners, foster youth, or homeless children or youth, are not discriminated against by the school district of choice because of the costs associated with educating those pupils. Pupils with special needs may take full advantage of the choice options available under this section.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 865, Sec. 3. (SB 897) Effective January 1, 2025.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 7. Pupil Attendance Alternatives


text: An application of any pupil for transfer may not be approved under this article if the transfer would require the displacement, from a school or program conducted within any attendance area of the school district of choice, of any other pupil who resides within that attendance area or is currently enrolled in that school.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 21, Sec. 1. Effective March 5, 2004.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 7. Pupil Attendance Alternatives


text: School districts of choice may employ existing entrance criteria for specialized schools or programs if the criteria are uniformly applied to all applicants.

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 7. Pupil Attendance Alternatives


text:
(a) A school district of choice shall give first priority for attendance to siblings of children already in attendance in that school district.

(b) A school district of choice shall give second priority for attendance to pupils eligible for free or reduced-price meals, and pupils who are foster youth or homeless children or youth.

(c) A school district of choice shall give third priority for attendance to children of military personnel.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2025, Ch. 67, Sec. 55. (AB 1170) Effective January 1, 2026.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 7. Pupil Attendance Alternatives


text:
(a) A school district of residence with an average daily attendance greater than 50,000 may limit the number of pupils transferring to a school district of choice pursuant to this article each year to 1 percent of its average daily attendance, as reported as of the first principal apportionment for the prior fiscal year.

(b) (1) A school district of residence with an average daily attendance of 50,000 or less may limit the number of pupils transferring to a school district of choice pursuant to this article each year to 3 percent of its average daily attendance, as reported as of the first principal apportionment for the prior fiscal year, and may limit the maximum number of pupils transferring out for the duration of the program authorized by this article to 10 percent of the average daily attendance for that period.

(2) (A) Upon the request of a school district of residence, the county office of education shall determine the percentage of pupils transferring out of the school district of residence for the duration of the program pursuant to paragraph (1).

(B) The county office of education shall request data from the school district of choice regarding the number of pupils transferring into the school district of choice.

(C) Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 48301, if the school district of choice does not provide the number of pupils transferring into the school district of choice to the county office of education within 30 days, the school district of choice is prohibited from accepting new pupil transfers pursuant to this article until the school district of choice complies with the county office of education data request.

(D) Within 60 days of receiving the determination from the county office of education that the 10-percent cap has been reached, a school district of residence shall issue a letter to the county office of education and the school district of choice notifying them that the 10-percent cap has been reached and that further pupil transfers are prohibited.

(c) (1) If, pursuant to the audit described in Section 48301, a school district of choice is identified as having accepted pupils from a school district of residence pursuant to this article after a school district of residence has provided a notice pursuant to subparagraph (D) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of this section or subparagraph (A) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (c) of Section 48308 that it has reached a limit specified in subdivision (a) or (b), as applicable, of this section, all of the following shall occur:

(A) The auditor shall determine the average daily attendance generated by each pupil in excess of the applicable cap whose transfer originated from the school district of residence subsequent to the notice, disaggregated by local control funding formula grade span.

(B) The auditor shall calculate the portion of the school district of choice’s local control funding formula apportionment attributable to the average daily attendance determined pursuant to subparagraph (A) and report that amount to the Superintendent.

(C) Notwithstanding any other law, the Superintendent shall reduce the school district of choice’s local control funding formula apportionment each year by the amount calculated and reported by the auditor.

(2) Pupils admitted to a school district of choice pursuant to this article before any audit findings pursuant to paragraph (1) may continue to attend that school district pursuant to this article.

(d) A school district of residence that has a qualified or negative status on the most recent budget certification completed by the county superintendent of schools in any fiscal year may limit the number of pupils who transfer out of the district in that fiscal year.

(e) Notwithstanding any prior or existing certification of a school district of residence pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 42130) of Chapter 6 of Part 24, if a county superintendent of schools determines that a school district of residence would not meet the standards and criteria for fiscal stability specified in Section 42131 for the subsequent fiscal year exclusively due to the impact of additional pupil transfers pursuant to this article in that year, the school district of residence may limit the number of additional pupils who transfer in the upcoming school year pursuant to this article up to the number that the county superintendent of schools identifies beyond which number of additional transfers would result in a qualified or negative certification in that year exclusively as a result of additional transfers pursuant to this article.

(f) A school district of residence, upon receiving notification of a pupil’s acceptance into the school district of choice, may prohibit the transfer of a pupil pursuant to this article or limit the number of pupils so transferred if the governing board of the school district of residence determines that the transfer would negatively impact any of the following:

(1) The court-ordered desegregation plan of the school district of residence.

(2) The voluntary desegregation plan of the school district of residence, consistent with the provisions of Proposition 209, an initiative measure adopted by the voters at the November 5, 1996, statewide general election.

(3) The racial and ethnic balance of the school district of residence, consistent with the provisions of Proposition 209, an initiative measure adopted by the voters at the November 5, 1996, statewide general election.

(g) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, a school district of residence shall not prohibit the transfer of a pupil who is a child of an active military duty parent.

(h) A school district of residence shall not adopt policies that in any way block or discourage pupils from applying for transfer to a school district of choice.

(i) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, a pupil attending a school district of choice, or a pupil who received a notice of acceptance into a school district of choice before the school district of residence restricted further transfers pursuant to subdivision (d) or (e), shall be permitted to attend the school district of choice.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 865, Sec. 5. (SB 897) Effective January 1, 2025.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 7. Pupil Attendance Alternatives


text:
(a) (1) An application requesting a transfer pursuant to this article shall be submitted by the parent of a pupil to the school district of choice before January 1 of the school year preceding the school year for which the pupil is requesting to be transferred. This application deadline may be waived upon agreement of the school district of residence of the pupil and the school district of choice.

(2) The application deadline specified in paragraph (1) does not apply to an application requesting a transfer if the parent of the pupil with whom the pupil resides is enlisted in the military and was relocated by the military less than 90 days before submitting the application.

(b) The application may be submitted on a form provided for this purpose by the department, and may request enrollment of the pupil in a specific school or program of the school district of choice.

(c) (1) By no later than January 15, the school district of choice shall notify the school district of residence of the number and names of pupils from the school district of residence who are requesting to be transferred for the following school year, by school and grade level.

(2) (A) By no later than February 15, the school district of residence shall notify the school district of choice of the total number and names of pupils requesting to be transferred to school districts of choice in excess of the limits specified in subdivision (a) or (b), as applicable, of Section 48307, if applicable.

(B) The notification shall include the maximum pupil yields pursuant to subdivision (a) or (b), as applicable, of Section 48307, the name of each school district of choice that pupils are requesting to be transferred, and the number of pupil transfer requests for each school district of choice.

(3) By no later than March 1 of the school year preceding the school year for which the pupil is requesting to be transferred, the governing board of the school district of choice shall notify the parent in writing whether the application has been provisionally accepted or rejected, or of the placement of the pupil on a waiting list. The governing board of the school district of choice may fill vacancies from the waiting list until May 1 preceding the school year for which the pupil is requesting to be transferred. No pupils shall be accepted at a school district of choice after May 1 preceding the school year for which the pupil is requesting to be transferred.

(4) On or before May 1, the school district of choice shall provide the school district of residence with the final number of pupils to be enrolled in the school district of choice, disaggregated by school, grade level, and pupil name.

(5) If the application is rejected, the governing board of the school district of choice shall include in the written notification to the parent that the number of pupils applying to transfer exceeded the capacity of the school district of choice or the specific school or program to which the pupil applied and that the pupil was not selected during the random drawing. The determination shall be accurately recorded in the minutes of the governing board meeting in which the determination was made.

(6) (A) Notwithstanding paragraph (3), the governing board of a school district of choice shall, not later than 90 days after receipt of an application submitted according to paragraph (2) of subdivision (a), make a final acceptance or rejection of that application. A pupil may enroll in a school in the school district of choice immediately upon the pupil’s acceptance.

(B) If an application submitted according to paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) is submitted less than 90 days before the beginning of the school year for which the pupil seeks to be transferred, the governing board of the school district of choice shall accept or deny the application before the commencement of the school year. A pupil may enroll in a school in the school district of choice immediately upon the pupil’s acceptance.

(d) Final acceptance of the transfer is applicable for one school year and will be renewed automatically each year unless the school district of choice, through the adoption of a resolution, elects to no longer accept any transfer pupils pursuant to this article. However, if a school district of choice elects to no longer accept pupils under this article, high school pupils admitted under this article may continue to attend the same school in the school district of choice until they graduate from high school.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 865, Sec. 6. (SB 897) Effective January 1, 2025.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 7. Pupil Attendance Alternatives


text:
(a) Any school district of choice that admits any pupil under this section may accept any completed coursework, attendance, and other academic progress credited to that pupil by the school district or districts previously attended by that pupil, and may grant academic standing to that pupil based upon the district’s evaluation of the academic progress credited to that pupil.

(b) Any school district of choice that admits a pupil under this section may revoke the pupil’s transfer if the pupil is recommended for expulsion pursuant to Section 48918.

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 7. Pupil Attendance Alternatives


text:
(a) The average daily attendance for pupils admitted by a school district of choice pursuant to this article shall be credited to that school district pursuant to Section 46607. The attendance report for the school district of choice may include an identification of the school district of residence.

(b) Notwithstanding any other law, state aid for categorical education programs for pupils admitted under this article shall be apportioned to the school district of choice.

(c) (1) For a school district of choice that is a basic aid school district, the apportionment of state funds for average daily attendance credited pursuant to this section shall be 25 percent of the school district local control funding formula base grant computed pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 42238.02, as implemented by Section 42238.03, that would have been apportioned to the school district of residence.

(2) For purposes of this subdivision, the term “basic aid school district” means a school district that does not receive from the state, for a fiscal year in which this subdivision is applied, an apportionment of state funds as described in subdivision (o) of Section 42238.02.

(d) The average daily attendance of pupils admitted by a school district of choice pursuant to this article shall be credited to that school district for purposes of any determination under Article 2 (commencing with Section 17010) of Chapter 12 of Part 10 of Division 1 of Title 1 that uses an average daily attendance calculation.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 48, Sec. 50. (SB 114) Effective July 10, 2023.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 7. Pupil Attendance Alternatives


text: Upon request of the pupil’s parent, each school district of choice that admits a pupil under this article to any school or program of the school district may provide to the pupil transportation assistance to that school or program, to the extent that the school district otherwise provides transportation assistance to pupils.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 15, Sec. 38. (AB 99) Effective June 27, 2017.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 7. Pupil Attendance Alternatives


text:
(a) Each school district may make information regarding its schools, programs, policies, and procedures available to any interested person upon request.

(b) A school district of choice shall make public announcements regarding its schools, programs, policies, and procedures, including transportation options pursuant to Section 48311, if applicable, during the enrollment period.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 15, Sec. 39. (AB 99) Effective June 27, 2017.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 7. Pupil Attendance Alternatives


text:
(a) (1) Pursuant to this article, each school district of choice shall keep an accounting of all requests made for transfers pursuant to this article and records of all disposition of those requests that shall include, but are not limited to, all of the following:

(A) The number of requests granted, denied, or withdrawn. In the case of denied requests, the records shall indicate the reasons for the denials.

(B) The number of pupils transferred out of the school district of choice pursuant to this article.

(C) The number of pupils transferred into the school district of choice pursuant to this article.

(D) The race, ethnicity, gender, self-reported socioeconomic status, eligibility for free or reduced-price meals, foster youth status, homeless child or youth status, and the school district of residence of each of the pupils described in subparagraphs (B) and (C).

(E) The number of pupils described in subparagraphs (B) and (C) who are classified as English learners or identified as individuals with exceptional needs, as defined in Section 56026.

(2) If the school district of choice provides transportation to pupils pursuant to Section 48311, the school district of choice shall keep an accounting of the number of pupils as described in subparagraphs (D) and (E) of paragraph (1) transported pursuant to Section 48311 and the total number of pupils transported under this article.

(b) The information maintained pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be reported to the governing board of the school district of choice at a regularly scheduled meeting of the governing board of the school district of choice. By no later than October 15 of each year, the school district of choice shall report the information maintained pursuant to subdivision (a) for the current school year in addition to information regarding the school district’s status as a school district of choice for the upcoming school year to each school district that is geographically adjacent to the school district of choice, to the county office of education in which the school district of choice is located, and, in a manner specified by the Superintendent, to the Superintendent.

(c) A school district of choice shall not enroll a pupil under this article if the school district does not report all the data required pursuant to subdivision (b).

(d) The Superintendent shall do all of the following:

(1) Maintain a list of the school districts of choice in the state.

(2) Collect the information specified in subdivision (a) from each school district of choice. The Superintendent shall ensure school districts of choice provide this information in a complete format and shall not create a new field in the California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System for this purpose. The Superintendent may provide a template for school districts of choice to use and may issue guidance regarding the procedures for collecting and reporting data.

(3) Post the information collected under paragraphs (1) and (2) on the department’s internet website. The Superintendent shall make this information available upon request to any school district.

(4) Post a single list of all school choice programs, including, but not limited to, school districts of choice, on the department’s internet website.

(e) It is the intent of the Legislature that the Superintendent collect data in a manner that minimizes the administrative burden on school districts and the state.

(f) The Superintendent annually shall make all of the following information available to the appropriate fiscal and policy committees of the Legislature, the Department of Finance, and the Legislative Analyst’s Office:

(1) The number and characteristics of pupils who use the school district of choice option pursuant to this article.

(2) Assessment scores of school districts of choice and school districts of residence pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 60640.

(3) The graduation rates of school districts of residence and school districts of choice.

(4) The enrollment of school districts of residence and school districts of choice for the previous five years.

(5) The fiscal health of school districts of residence and school districts of choice, including, but not limited to, both of the following:

(A) Increasing or declining enrollment.

(B) Whether a school district received a negative or qualified rating pursuant to Section 42131.

(6) Whether a school district of residence has exceeded the transfer limits specified in Section 48307.

(7) The number of pupils described in subparagraphs (D) and (E) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) transported pursuant to this article pursuant to Section 48311.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 865, Sec. 7. (SB 897) Effective January 1, 2025.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 7. Pupil Attendance Alternatives


text: It is the intent of the Legislature that every parent in this state be informed of his or her opportunity for currently existing school district of choice options under this article regardless of ethnicity, primary language, literacy, or special needs.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 15, Sec. 41. (AB 99) Effective June 27, 2017.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 7. Pupil Attendance Alternatives


text: Commencing with the 2018–19 school year, and each year thereafter, the department shall investigate complaints regarding a school district operating as a school district of choice without registering pursuant to subdivision (g) of Section 48301 and a school district of choice failing to report data required pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 48313. If the Superintendent finds that a school district is accepting pupils through a school district of choice program and the school district is not registered or the school district fails to report the required data, the Superintendent shall withhold from the school district’s apportionment pursuant to Section 42238.02 or 42238.03 an amount attributable to the average daily attendance of pupils enrolled through the school district of choice in the previous year. The Superintendent shall withhold this amount of the school district’s apportionment until the school district registers or reports the required data.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 15, Sec. 44. (AB 99) Effective June 27, 2017.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 7. Pupil Attendance Alternatives


text:
(a) In enacting this article it is the intent of the Legislature that intensive guidance and coordinated community services may be provided to meet the special needs of pupils with school attendance problems or school behavior problems.

(b) Any school attendance review board, established pursuant to this article, which determines that available public and private services are insufficient or inappropriate to correct school attendance or school behavior problems of minors may:

(1) Propose and promote the use of alternatives to the juvenile court system.

(2) Provide, in any proposed alternative, for maximum utilization of community and regional resources appropriately employed in behalf of minors prior to any involvement with the judicial system.

(3) Encourage an understanding that any alternative based on the utilization of community resources carries an inherent agency and citizen commitment directed toward the continuing improvement of such resources and the creation of resources where none exist.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 327, Sec. 9. Effective June 30, 1982.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 8. School Attendance Review Boards

path: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION > 4. INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES > 27. PUPILS > 2. Compulsory Education Law > 8. School Attendance Review Boards


text:
(a) (1) A county school attendance review board may be established in each county. The county school attendance review board may accept referrals or requests for hearing services from one or more school districts within its jurisdiction pursuant to subdivision (f). A county school attendance review board may be operated through a consortium or partnership of a county with one or more school districts or between two or more counties.

(2) A county school attendance review board, if established, shall include, but need not be limited to, all of the following:

(A) A parent.

(B) A representative of school districts.

(C) A representative of the county probation department.

(D) A representative of the county welfare department.

(E) A representative of the county superintendent of schools.

(F) A representative of law enforcement agencies.

(G) A representative of community-based youth service centers.

(H) A representative of school guidance personnel.

(I) A representative of child welfare and attendance personnel.

(J) A representative of school or county health care personnel.

(K) A representative of school, county, or community mental health personnel.

(L) A representative of the county district attorney’s office. If more than one county is represented in a county school attendance review board, a representative from each county’s district attorney’s office may be included.

(M) A representative of the county public defender’s office. If more than one county is represented in a county school attendance review board, a representative from each county’s public defender’s office may be included.

(3) Notwithstanding paragraph (2), for purposes of conducting hearings, the chairperson of the county school attendance review board is authorized to determine the members needed at a hearing, based on the needs of the pupil, in order to address attendance or behavioral problems.

(4) The school district representatives on the county school attendance review board shall be nominated by the governing boards of school districts and shall be appointed by the county superintendent of schools. All other persons and group representatives shall be appointed by the county board of education.

(5) (A) If a county school attendance review board exists, the county superintendent of schools shall, at the beginning of each school year, convene a meeting of the county school attendance review board for purposes of adopting plans to promote interagency and community cooperation and to reduce the duplication of services provided to youth who have serious school attendance and behavior problems.

(B) Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), for purposes of conducting hearings, a county school attendance review board may meet as needed.

(b) (1) Local school attendance review boards may include, but need not be limited to, all of the following:

(A) A parent.

(B) A representative of school districts.

(C) A representative of the county probation department.

(D) A representative of the county welfare department.

(E) A representative of the county superintendent of schools.

(F) A representative of law enforcement agencies.

(G) A representative of community-based youth service centers.

(H) A representative of school guidance personnel.

(I) A representative of child welfare and attendance personnel.

(J) A representative of school or county health care personnel.

(K) A representative of school, county, or community mental health personnel.

(L) A representative of the county district attorney’s office. If more than one county is represented in a local school attendance review board, a representative from each county’s district attorney’s office may be included.

(M) A representative of the county public defender’s office. If more than one county is represented in a county school attendance review board, a representative from each county’s public defender’s office may be included.

(2) Other persons or group representatives shall be appointed by the county board of education.

(c) A county school attendance review board may elect, pursuant to regulations adopted pursuant to Section 48324, one member as chairperson with responsibility for coordinating services of the county school attendance review board.

(d) A county school attendance review board may provide for the establishment of local school attendance review boards in any number as shall be necessary to carry out the intent of this article.

(e) In any county in which there is no county school attendance review board the governing board of a school district may elect to establish a local school attendance review board, which shall operate in the same manner and have the same authority as a county school attendance review board.

(f) A county school attendance review board may provide guidance to local school attendance review boards.

(g) Each county school attendance review board and each local school attendance review board shall, at least annually, consult with pupils who reflect the diversity of all the schools that are served by the board for the purpose of soliciting input that will assist board members in gaining a better understanding of, and proposing interventions for, pupil attendance challenges and behavioral challenges.

(h) If the county school attendance review board determines that the needs of pupils, as defined in this article, can best be served by a single board, the county school attendance review board may then serve as the school attendance review board for all pupils in the county, or, upon the request of any school district in the county, the county school attendance review board may serve as the school attendance review board for pupils of that school district.

(i) This article is not intended to prohibit an agreement on the part of counties to provide these services on a regional basis.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 13, Sec. 1. (AB 1939) Effective January 1, 2025.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 8. School Attendance Review Boards


text:
(a) In every case in which a minor pupil has been referred to it under Section 48263, each county or local school attendance review board may, for the purpose of making a proper disposition of the referral, issue subpoenas pursuant to the procedures provided in Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 1985) of Title 3 of Part 4 of the Code of Civil Procedure and subject to subdivision (f), or may request the juvenile court having jurisdiction to issue subpoenas, requiring the production of pertinent or material written information or the attendance of any of the following persons:

(1) The minor.

(2) The minor’s parents, guardians, or other person having control of the minor.

(3) The school authority referring the minor.

(4) Any other person who has pertinent or material information concerning the matter.

(b) The juvenile court may issue subpoenas requiring the attendance of witnesses or the production of pertinent or material written information, subject to Section 1985 of the Code of Civil Procedure.

(c) Enforcement of a subpoena issued by a county or local school attendance review board is within the jurisdiction of the juvenile court. The juvenile court does not have jurisdiction to order detention in any secure facility or other confinement for failure to comply with a subpoena issued pursuant to this section.

(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize a county or local school attendance review board to issue a subpoena for the production of written materials or the attendance of any person except as specifically provided in subdivision (a) with respect to the limited purpose of making a proper disposition of the referral of a minor pupil made pursuant to Section 48263.

(e) Nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize a county or local school attendance review board to issue a subpoena or request a subpoena to be issued for the production of written materials or the attendance of any person if it is verified that the minor pupil is enrolled and in regular attendance in a private school maintaining kindergarten or any of grades 1 to 12, inclusive, that has filed an affidavit pursuant to Sections 33190 and 48222 of the Education Code.

(f) A county or local school attendance review board shall not issue a subpoena that includes a request for production of written materials, but may request a juvenile court having jurisdiction to issue a subpoena for production of written materials pursuant to subdivision (a).

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 506, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1995.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 8. School Attendance Review Boards


text: The county school attendance review board may encourage local school attendance review boards to maintain a continuing inventory of community resources, including alternative educational programs, and to make recommendations for the improvement of such resources and programs or for the creation of new resources and programs where none exist.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 327, Sec. 11. Effective June 30, 1982.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 8. School Attendance Review Boards


text: Each of the departments or agencies authorized to participate in school attendance review boards may assign personnel to represent the department or agency on a continuing basis in accordance with the intent of this article. The duties, obligations, or responsibilities which may be imposed on local governmental entities by this act are such that the related costs are incurred as a part of their normal operating procedures. The minor costs of such services may be borne by each agency or department and each or all of the participants may apply for and utilize state or federal funds as may be available.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 327, Sec. 12. Effective June 30, 1982.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 8. School Attendance Review Boards


text: The county school attendance review board may adopt such rules and regulations not inconsistent with law, as are necessary for its own government and to enable it to carry out the provisions of this article. The rules and regulations may be binding upon the local school attendance review boards which are established pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 48321.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 327, Sec. 13. Effective June 30, 1982.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 8. School Attendance Review Boards


text:
(a) The Legislature finds and declares that statewide policy coordination and personnel training with respect to county attendance review boards will greatly facilitate the achievement of the goals expressed in Section 48320. It is therefore the intent of the Legislature in enacting this section to do the following:

(1) Encourage the cooperation, coordination, and development of strategies to support county school attendance review boards in carrying out their responsibilities to establish local school attendance review boards as necessary. These strategies may include, but need not be limited to, plans for the training of school attendance review board personnel.

(2) Divert pupils with serious attendance and behavioral problems from the juvenile justice system to agencies more directly related to the state public school system by developing a system for gathering and dispensing information on successful community-based and school-based programs.

(3) Reduce duplication of the services of state and county agencies in serving high-risk youth, including youth with school attendance or behavioral problems.

(4) Reduce the number of dropouts in the state public education system by promoting interagency cooperation among those agencies which have as their goals preventing students from dropping out, and increasing the holding power of the public schools.

(b) The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall coordinate and administer a state school attendance review board, as follows:

(1) On or before January 31 of each year, the superintendent shall extend invitations of participation to representatives of appropriate groups throughout the state, including, but not limited to, representatives of school districts, parent groups, county probation departments, county welfare departments, county superintendents of schools, law enforcement agencies, community-based youth service centers, school guidance personnel, child welfare and attendance personnel, the health care profession and state associations having an interest in youth with school attendance or behavioral problems. The superintendent shall also request the participation of representatives from interested state agencies or departments, including, but not limited to, the Department of the California Youth Authority, the Department of Justice, the State Department of Social Services, and the Office of Criminal Justice Planning. To the extent feasible, members of the board shall include persons who are currently members of county or local school attendance review boards. For every year after the first year that the board is convened, the purpose of the invitations of participation shall be to inform appropriate groups, state agencies, and departments of the purposes of the board, to fill vacancies, and to supplement the membership of the board as necessary.

(2) The superintendent shall prescribe an appropriate deadline for acceptance of invitations of participation as a member of the state school attendance review board for that particular year, and the invitations accepted on or before the deadline shall constitute the board for that year, except that the board shall also include a representative of the State Department of Education designated by the director of that department. The representative of the State Department of Education shall be the chairperson of the board.

(3) The superintendent shall convene the board at least four times during the year. At its first meeting, the board shall elect any officers, other than its chairperson, as it deems necessary. Members of the board shall serve without compensation and without reimbursement of travel and living expenses.

(4) The State Department of Education shall provide assistance as requested by the Superintendent of Public Instruction in order to implement the provisions of this section.

(c) The state school attendance review board shall make recommendations annually to the Superintendent of Public Instruction, and to 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, and shall propose uniform guidelines or other means to attain the goals stated in subdivision (a).

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 222, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2001.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 8. School Attendance Review Boards


text:
The department shall, by the beginning of the 2026–27 school year, post information on its internet website about the methods of reducing chronic absenteeism listed in subdivisions (a) to (g), inclusive.

(a) Identifying barriers to attendance for chronically absent pupils through screenings and interpersonal data collection.

(b) Developing and implementing absence intervention plans that may include supportive services for pupils and families.

(c) Home visits to chronically absent pupils.

(d) Counseling and wellness check-ins.

(e) Workshop trainings for families of chronically absent pupils.

(f) Partnering with public and nonprofit agencies to provide assistance to families and pupils to reduce absences.

(g) Forming schoolsite absence intervention teams. Members of schoolsite absence intervention teams may include, but need not be limited to, the following:

(1) A pupil personnel services (PPS) credentialholder.

(2) A representative from the school or school district.

(3) A representative from the school or school district who has a relationship with truant children.

(4) A representative of community-based youth service centers.

(5) A representative of child welfare and attendance personnel.

(6) A representative of school or county health care personnel.

(7) A representative of school, county, or community mental health personnel.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2024, Ch. 154, Sec. 1. (AB 2771) Effective January 1, 2025.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 8. School Attendance Review Boards


text:
In enacting this article it is the intent of the Legislature to encourage school districts and county offices of education maintaining any classes in kindergarten and grades 1 to 12, inclusive, to adopt pupil attendance policies based on the active involvement of parents, pupils, teachers, administrators, other personnel, and community members which include proposals and procedures for the following:

(a) Notifying parents of pupil absences, including notification of parents on the day of each absence.

(b) Increasing parent and pupil awareness of the importance of regular pupil attendance.

(c) Auditing and accountability of pupil attendance.

(d) Staff development for certificated and classified personnel.

(e) Alternative learning programs designed to respond to the different ways pupils learn, such as independent study.

(f) Joint efforts between law enforcement and schools, such as school level attendance review teams and periodic efforts to return truant pupils to school.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1329, Sec. 10.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 9. Improvement of Pupil Attendance

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text: The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall prepare and disseminate to school districts and county superintendents of schools information regarding effective practices to improve pupil attendance.

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 9. Improvement of Pupil Attendance


text:
(a) For purposes of this section, “local educational agency” means a school district, county office of education, or charter school.

(b) Notwithstanding any other law, the governing board or body of a local educational agency may enter into an agreement with one or more local educational agencies to offer the same or similar corresponding individual courses and coursework to a pupil from another local educational agency subject to the agreement who has been impacted by any of the following:

(1) Disruptions or cancellations in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) classes.

(2) Disruptions or cancellations in dual language immersion programs.

(3) Teacher shortages in STEM classes or dual language immersion programs.

(c) If the governing board or body of a local educational agency elects to accept pupils pursuant to subdivision (b), it shall determine the number of pupils it is willing to offer the same or similar corresponding individual courses or coursework to under this section and shall accept pupils who apply for the same or similar corresponding individual courses or coursework until the local educational agency is at maximum capacity.

(d) The local educational agency accepting pupils pursuant to subdivision (b) shall ensure that the pupils admitted are selected through an unbiased process that prohibits an inquiry into, or evaluation or consideration of, whether or not a pupil should be authorized to participate in the course or coursework based upon the pupil’s academic or athletic performance, proficiency in English, physical condition, any of the individual characteristics set forth in Section 200, or family income.

(e) If the number of pupils seeking a classroom opportunity pursuant to subdivision (b) exceeds the number of seats available in a classroom of the local educational agency offering to serve pupils from another local educational agency, the approval for study shall be determined by a random drawing held in public at a regularly scheduled meeting of the governing board or body of the local educational agency offering to serve pupils from another local educational agency.

(f) Local educational agencies that enter into a collaborative agreement pursuant to subdivision (b) shall publicly post information to ensure that pupils and their families are aware of the opportunities to participate under the agreement. This publicly available information shall include, at a minimum, any applicable forms and the timelines for submissions pursuant to the agreement.

(g) Notwithstanding any other law, the average daily attendance attributable to a pupil authorized to participate in the course or coursework by a local educational agency pursuant to this section shall remain with the local educational agency that the pupil originated from for purposes of state apportionment. The agreement entered into pursuant to subdivision (b) shall include an appropriate shared cost structure negotiated by the collaborating local educational agencies.

(h) On or before January 1, 2028, the department shall evaluate the programs implemented pursuant to this section, including an analysis of whether pupils benefited from the programs and any obstacles to creating the programs.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 711, Sec. 2. (SB 941) Effective January 1, 2023. Inoperative July 1, 2029, pursuant to Section 48349. Repealed as of January 1, 2030, pursuant to Section 48349.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

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text: This article shall become inoperative on July 1, 2029, and, as of January 1, 2030, is repealed.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 711, Sec. 2. (SB 941) Effective January 1, 2023. Repealed as of January 1, 2030, by its own provisions. Note: Repeal affects Article 9.5, commencing with Section 48345.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 9.5. Local Educational Agency Instruction Collaboration Agreements


text: This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the Open Enrollment Act.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2010, 5th Ex. Sess., Ch. 3, Sec. 1. (SB 4 5x) Effective April 12, 2010.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 10. Open Enrollment Act

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text: The purpose of this article is to improve pupil achievement, in accordance with the regulations and guidelines for the federal Race to the Top Fund, authorized under the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5), and to enhance parental choice in education by providing additional options to pupils to enroll in public schools throughout the state without regard to the residence of their parents.

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 10. Open Enrollment Act


text:
For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply:

(a) “Low-achieving school” means any school identified by the Superintendent pursuant to the following:

(1) Excluding the schools, and taking into account the impact of the criteria in paragraph (2), the Superintendent annually shall create a list of 1,000 schools ranked by increasing API with the same ratio of elementary, middle, and high schools as existed in decile 1 in the 2008–09 school year.

(2) In constructing the list of 1,000 schools each year, the Superintendent shall ensure each of the following:

(A) A local educational agency shall not have more than 10 percent of its schools on the list. However, if the number of schools in a local educational agency is not evenly divisible by 10, the Superintendent shall round up to the next whole number of schools.

(B) Court, community, or community day schools shall not be included on the list.

(C) Charter schools shall not be included on the list.

(b) “Parent” means the natural or adoptive parent or guardian of a dependent child.

(c) “School district of enrollment” means a school district other than the school district in which the parent of a pupil resides, but in which the parent of the pupil nevertheless intends to enroll the pupil pursuant to this article.

(d) “School district of residence” means a school district in which the parent of a pupil resides and in which the pupil would otherwise be required to enroll pursuant to Section 48200.

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 10. Open Enrollment Act


text: The state board shall adopt emergency regulations to implement this article.

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 10. Open Enrollment Act


text:
(a) The parent of a pupil enrolled in a low-achieving school may submit an application for the pupil to attend a school in a school district of enrollment pursuant to this article.

(b) (1) Consistent with the requirements of Section 1116(b)(1)(E) of the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 2001 (20 U.S.C. Sec. 6301 et seq.), on or before the first day of the school year, or, if later, on the date the notice of program improvement, corrective action, or restructuring status is required to be provided under federal law the district of residence shall provide the parents and guardians of all pupils enrolled in a school determined in subdivision (a) of Section 48352 with notice of the option to transfer to another public school served by the school district of residence or another school district.

(2) An application requesting a transfer pursuant to this article shall 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. The school district of enrollment may waive the deadline specified in this paragraph.

(3) The application deadline specified in paragraph (2) does not apply to an application requesting a transfer if the parent, with whom the pupil resides, is enlisted in the military and was relocated by the military within 90 days prior to submitting the application.

(4) The application may request enrollment of the pupil in a specific school or program within the school district of enrollment.

(5) A pupil may enroll in a school in the school district of enrollment in the school year immediately following the approval of his or her application.

(6) In order to provide priority enrollment opportunities for pupils residing in the school district, a school district of enrollment shall establish a period of time for resident pupil enrollment prior to accepting transfer applications pursuant to this article.

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 10. Open Enrollment Act


text:
(a) The school district of residence of a pupil or a school district of enrollment to which a pupil has applied to attend may prohibit the transfer of the pupil pursuant to this article or limit the number of pupils who transfer pursuant to this article if the governing board of the district determines that the transfer would negatively impact either of the following:

(1) A court-ordered or voluntary desegregation plan of the district.

(2) The racial and ethnic balance of the district, provided that any policy adopted pursuant to this paragraph is consistent with federal and state law.

(b) A school district of residence shall not adopt any other policies that in any way prevent or discourage pupils from applying for a transfer to a school district of enrollment.

(c) Communications to parents or guardians by districts regarding the open enrollment options provided by this article shall be factually accurate and not target individual parents or guardians or residential neighborhoods on the basis of a child’s actual or perceived academic or athletic performance or any other personal characteristic.

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 10. Open Enrollment Act


text:
(a) A school district of enrollment may adopt specific, written standards for acceptance and rejection of applications pursuant to this article. The standards may include consideration of the capacity of a program, class, grade level, school building, or adverse financial impact. Subject to subdivision (b), and except as necessary in accordance with Section 48355, the standards shall not include consideration of a pupil’s previous academic achievement, physical condition, proficiency in the English language, family income, or any of the individual characteristics set forth in Section 200.

(b) In considering an application pursuant to this article, a nonresident school district may apply its usual requirements for admission to a magnet school or a program designed to serve gifted and talented pupils.

(c) Subject to the rules and standards that apply to pupils who reside in the school district of enrollment, a resident pupil who is enrolled in one of the district’s schools pursuant to this article shall not be required to submit an application in order to remain enrolled.

(d) A school district of enrollment shall ensure that pupils enrolled pursuant to standards adopted pursuant to this section are enrolled in a school with a higher Academic Performance Index than the school in which the pupil was previously enrolled and are selected through a random, unbiased process that prohibits an evaluation of whether or not the pupil should be enrolled based on his or her individual academic or athletic performance, or any of the other characteristics set forth in subdivision (a), except that pupils applying for a transfer pursuant to this article shall be assigned priority for approval as follows:

(1) First priority for the siblings of children who already attend the desired school.

(2) Second priority for pupils transferring from a program improvement school ranked in decile 1 on the Academic Performance Index determined pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 48352.

(3) If the number of pupils who request a particular school exceeds the number of spaces available at that school, a lottery shall be conducted in the group priority order identified in paragraphs (1) and (2) to select pupils at random until all of the available spaces are filled.

(e) The initial application of a pupil for transfer to a school within a school district of enrollment shall not be approved if the transfer would require the displacement from the desired school of any other pupil who resides within the attendance area of that school or is currently enrolled in that school.

(f) A pupil approved for a transfer to a school district of enrollment pursuant to this article shall be deemed to have fulfilled the requirements of Section 48204.

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 10. Open Enrollment Act


text: Within 60 days of receiving an application pursuant to Section 48354, a school district of enrollment shall notify the applicant parent and the school district of residence in writing whether the application has been accepted or rejected. If an application is rejected, the school district of enrollment shall state in the notification the reasons for the rejection.

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 10. Open Enrollment Act


text: A school district of enrollment that enrolls a pupil pursuant to this article shall accept credits toward graduation that were awarded to the pupil by another school district and shall graduate the pupil if the pupil meets the graduation requirements of the school district of enrollment.

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 10. Open Enrollment Act


text:
(a) Each school district is encouraged to keep an accounting of all requests made for alternative attendance pursuant to this article and records of all disposition of those requests that may include, but are not limited to, all of the following:

(1) The number of requests granted, denied, or withdrawn. In the case of denied requests, the records may indicate the reasons for the denials.

(2) The number of pupils who transfer out of the district.

(3) The number of pupils who transfer into the district.

(4) The race, ethnicity, gender, self-reported socioeconomic status, and the school district of residence of each of the pupils described in paragraphs (2) and (3).

(5) The number of pupils described in paragraphs (2) and (3) who are classified as English learners or identified as individuals with exceptional needs, as defined in Section 56026.

(b) The information maintained pursuant to subdivision (a) may be reported to the governing board of the school district at a regularly scheduled meeting of the governing board.

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 10. Open Enrollment Act


text:
(a) For a school district of enrollment that is a basic aid school district, the apportionment of state funds for average daily attendance credited pursuant to this article shall be 70 percent of the school district local control funding formula base grant that would have been apportioned to the school district of residence pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 42238.02. Apportionment of these funds shall begin in the second consecutive year of enrollment, and continue annually until the pupil graduates from, or is no longer enrolled in, the school district of enrollment.

(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), until the Superintendent determines that the school district of residence is funded pursuant to Section 42238.02, the Superintendent shall apportion, for average daily attendance pursuant to this article, the lesser of the amount calculated pursuant to subdivision (a) or 70 percent of the sum of the entitlements for the school district of residence for the specified fiscal year as computed pursuant to paragraphs (1) to (4), inclusive, of subdivision (a), and paragraph (3) of subdivision (b), of Section 42238.03, divided by the average daily attendance pursuant to this article for that fiscal year and then multiplied by the ratio of local control funding formula base grant funding computed pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 42238.02 to the local control funding formula amount for the fiscal year computed pursuant to Section 42238.02.

(c) If the entitlements for the school district of residence computed pursuant to paragraphs (1) to (4), inclusive, of subdivision (a), and paragraph (3) of subdivision (b), of Section 42238.03, include funding calculated pursuant to Article 4 (commencing with Section 42280) of Chapter 7 of Part 24 of Division 3 for a fiscal year, subdivision (b) shall not apply and the apportionment of state funds for the average daily attendance credited pursuant to this section for that fiscal year shall be calculated pursuant to subdivision (a).

(d) For purposes of this section, “basic aid school district” means a school district that does not receive an apportionment of state funds as described in subdivision (o) of Section 42238.02 for a fiscal year in which this section may apply.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 32, Sec. 48. (AB 1808) Effective June 27, 2018.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 10. Open Enrollment Act


text:
(a) From federal funds appropriated for this purpose, the Superintendent shall contract for an independent evaluation of the open enrollment program operated pursuant to this article. The evaluation shall, at a minimum, consider all of the following:

(1) The levels of, and changes in, academic achievement of pupils in school districts of residence and school districts of enrollment for pupils who do and do not elect to enroll in a school district of enrollment.

(2) Fiscal and programmatic effects on school districts of residence and school districts of enrollment.

(3) Numbers and demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of pupils who do and do not elect to enroll in a school district of enrollment.

(b) The Superintendent shall provide a final evaluation report to the Legislature, Governor, and state board on or before October 1, 2014.

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 10. Open Enrollment Act


text: No exercise of discretion by a district of enrollment in its administration of this article shall be overturned absent a finding as designated by a court of competent jurisdiction that the district governing board acted in an arbitrary and capricious manner.

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 10. Open Enrollment Act


text: All persons 16 years of age or older and under 18 years of age, not otherwise exempted by this chapter, shall attend upon special continuation education classes maintained by the governing board of the high school district in which they reside, or by the governing board of a neighboring high school district, for not less than four 60-minute hours per week for the regularly established annual school term. Such minimum attendance requirement of four 60-minute hours per week may be satisfied by any combination of attendance upon special continuation education classes and regional occupational centers or programs.

history: (History: Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

chapter: 3. Compulsory Continuation Education

article: 1. Pupils Subject To

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text: The complaint of any citizen of a school district that such school district has failed to meet the requirements of providing continuation education classes pursuant to this chapter shall be presented to the county superintendent of the county in which such district is located. If, upon investigation, the county superintendent of schools finds the complaint to be justified, he shall forward the complaint along with the results of his investigation to the Superintendent of Public Instruction who shall take steps to enforce compliance with the provisions of this chapter.

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 1. Pupils Subject To


text: Whenever a minor subject to the provisions of this chapter, who is not otherwise exempted by this chapter, cannot give satisfactory proof of regular employment he shall attend, for not less than 15 hours per week, special continuation education classes during the period of unemployment. The minimum attendance requirement of 15 hours per week may be satisfied by any combination of attendance upon special continuation education classes and regional occupational centers or programs.

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 1. Pupils Subject To


text: If any person subject to the provisions of this chapter is an habitual truant or is irregular in attendance as required by this chapter or is habitually insubordinate or disorderly during attendance at school, the county superintendent of schools may request a petition on his behalf in the juvenile court of the county.

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 1. Pupils Subject To


text:
There are exempted from compulsory attendance in continuing education classes as otherwise required by Sections 48400 and 48402, persons who:

(a) Have been graduated from a high school maintaining a four-year course above the eighth grade of the elementary schools, or who have had an equal amount of education in a private school or from a private tutor.

(b) Are in attendance upon a public or private full-time day school, or satisfactory part-time classes maintained by other agencies.

(c) Are disqualified for attendance in these classes because of their physical or mental condition, or because of personal services that must be rendered to their dependents.

(d) Are satisfactorily attending a regional occupational program or center as provided in Section 48432.

(e) Have successfully demonstrated proficiency equal to or greater than standards established by the State Department of Education pursuant to Section 48412, and have verified approval submitted by their parent or guardian.

(f) Are subject to Section 48400 but not Section 48402 and are in attendance upon classes for adults for not less than four clock hours per calendar week.

(g) Are exempt from compulsory school attendance under Section 48231.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1296, Sec. 10. Effective October 11, 1993.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 2. Pupils Exempt

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text:
(a) (1) A person 16 years of age or older, or who has been enrolled in grade 10 for one school year or longer, or who will complete one school year of enrollment in grade 10 at the end of the semester during which the next regular examination will be conducted, may have their proficiency in basic skills taught in public high schools verified according to criteria established by the department.

(2) The state board shall award a “certificate of proficiency” to persons who demonstrate that proficiency. The certificate of proficiency shall be equivalent to a high school diploma, and the department shall keep a permanent record of the issuance of all certificates.

(b) (1) (A) The department shall develop standards of competency in basic skills taught in public high schools and shall provide for the administration of examinations prepared by or with the approval of the department to verify competency. Regular examinations shall be held at least once in the fall semester and at least once in the spring semester of every school year on dates, as determined by the department, that will enable notification of examinees and the schools they attend, if any, of the results of the examinations not later than two weeks before the date on which that semester ends in a majority of school districts that maintain high schools.

(B) For the 2020–21 school year, regular examinations shall be offered only if they can be administered in accordance with state and local public health orders, as determined by the Superintendent.

(2) In addition to regular examinations, the department may, at the discretion of the Superintendent, conduct examinations for all eligible persons at least once during each summer recess and may conduct examinations at any other time that the Superintendent deems necessary to accommodate eligible persons whose religious convictions or physical handicaps prevent their attending one of the regular examinations.

(c) (1) The department may charge a fee for each examination application in an amount sufficient to recover the costs of administering the requirements of this section. However, the fee shall not exceed an amount equal to the cost of test renewal and administration per examination application. Pursuant to Section 16370 of the Government Code, there is hereby authorized in the State Treasury a Special Deposit Fund Account, which shall consist of fees that may be prescribed by this section. All of the fees collected are hereby appropriated, without regard to fiscal years, for the support of the department to be used pursuant to this section.

(2) The department shall not charge the fee to an examinee who meets all of the following criteria:

(A) The examinee qualifies as a homeless child or youth, as defined in paragraph (2) of Section 725 of the federal McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 11434a(2)), or as a foster youth, as defined in subdivision (h).

(B) The examinee has not attained 25 years of age as of the date of the scheduled examination.

(C) For an examinee who qualifies as a homeless child or youth pursuant to subparagraph (A), the examinee can verify the examinee’s status as a homeless child or youth. A homeless services provider that has knowledge of the examinee’s housing status may verify the examinee’s status for purposes of this subparagraph.

(3) For purposes of this subdivision, a “homeless services provider” includes either of the following:

(A) A homeless services provider listed in paragraph (3) of subdivision (e) of Section 103577 of the Health and Safety Code.

(B) Any other person or entity that is qualified to verify an individual’s housing status, as determined by the department.

(4) The loss of fees pursuant to paragraph (2), if any, shall be deemed to be a cost of administering this section for purposes of paragraph (1).

(d) (1) The state board shall adopt rules and regulations as necessary for implementation of this section.

(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the state board shall adopt emergency regulations, as necessary, to implement the provisions of subdivision (c), as amended by Chapter 384 of the Statutes of 2015. The adoption of these regulations shall be deemed to be an emergency and necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, and safety, or general welfare.

(e) The department shall periodically review the effectiveness of the examinations administered pursuant to this section. The costs of this review may be recovered through the fees levied pursuant to subdivision (c).

(f) (1) On or before December 1, 2018, the Superintendent shall submit a report to the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature that includes, but is not limited to, all of the following:

(A) The number of homeless youth and foster youth that took a high school proficiency test in each of the 2016, 2017, and 2018 calendar years.

(B) The impact of the opportunity to take a high school proficiency test at no cost on the number and percentage of homeless youth and foster youth taking a high school proficiency test.

(C) The estimated number of homeless youth and foster youth who may take a high school proficiency test in future years.

(D) Recommendations for a permanent funding source to cover the cost of the waived fees.

(E) The annual and projected administrative cost to the department.

(F) The annual and projected reimbursement to contractors pursuant to this section.

(2) The requirement for submitting a report imposed under paragraph (1) is inoperative on January 1, 2020, pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code.

(g) Additional state funds shall not be appropriated for purposes of implementing paragraph (2) of subdivision (c).

(h) For purposes of this section, a “foster youth” means any individual who meets or has ever met one of the following criteria:

(1) A child who was the subject of a petition filed pursuant to Section 300 of the Welfare and Institutions Code and removed from the child’s home by the juvenile court pursuant to Section 319 or 361 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.

(2) A child who was the subject of a petition filed pursuant to Section 602 of the Welfare and Institutions Code and removed from the child’s home by the juvenile court pursuant to Section 727 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 38, Sec. 51. (SB 153) Effective June 29, 2024.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 2. Pupils Exempt


text: Persons 16 years of age or older and under 18 years of age who have not been graduated from high school shall be permitted by the governing board to enroll in continuation classes conducted by the school district pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 48430) of this chapter if such enrollment does not preclude attainment of the goals of continuation education schools and classes prescribed in Article 3 (commencing with Section 48430) of this chapter, as determined by the governing board. The provisions of Article 5 (commencing with Section 48260) of Chapter 2 of this part shall be applicable to such persons.

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 2. Pupils Exempt


text: Any person 16 or 17 years of age exempt from compulsory continuation attendance laws by subdivision (e) of Section 48410 who has terminated his enrollment on the basis of such exemption shall be permitted by the governing board of the school district in which he resides to reenroll in the district, without prejudice, as if he had never taken advantage of subdivision (e) of Section 48410. If such person subsequently again terminates enrollment on the basis of such exemption, the district may deny him reenrollment until the beginning of the next semester in the district’s academic year.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1977, Ch. 36.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 2. Pupils Exempt


text: In the case of attendance upon private school, exemption from the requirements of attendance upon compulsory continuation education shall be valid only after verification by the attendance supervisor of the district, or other person designated by the board of education, that the private school has complied with the provisions of Section 33190 requiring the annual filing by the owner or other head of a private school of an affidavit or statement of prescribed information with the Superintendent of Public Instruction. The verification required by this section shall not be construed as an evaluation, recognition, approval, or endorsement of any private school or course.

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 2. Pupils Exempt


text:
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a child who, at the time a leave of absence is to begin, will be between the ages of 16 and 18, inclusive, may take a leave of absence from compulsory continuation education classes or, if exempted pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 48410, from the school that the child attends, for a period of up to two semesters, if all the following conditions are satisfied:

(a) The school district governing board adopts a written policy to allow student leaves of absence consistent with this section.

(b) The purpose of the leave is supervised travel, study, training, or work not available to the student under another education option.

(c) A written agreement is entered into that is signed by the child, the child’s parent or guardian, the principal or administrative officer of the school that the child would otherwise attend, a classroom teacher familiar with the child’s academic progress selected by the child, and the district supervisor of child welfare and attendance, and that provides for all of the following:

(1) The purpose of the leave.

(2) The length of time the child will be on leave.

(3) A meeting between or contact with the child and a school official designated in the agreement at least once a month while the child is on leave.

(4) A statement incorporating the provisions contained in subdivision (b).

(d) The child shall be entitled to return to school at any time. No child who takes a leave of absence shall be penalized from completing his or her academic requirements within a time period equal to that of classmates who did not take a leave of absence, plus a period of time equal to the leave of absence. However, when a child reenrolls at any time other than the beginning of a semester, the school shall not be required to give makeup sessions during that semester for the classes that the child has missed.

(e) A leave of absence may be extended for an additional semester upon approval by all parties to the written agreement and the local school attendance review board.

(f) No leave of absence may be taken that would continue past the end of the school year in which the leave is taken.

(g) If the student does not contact the designated school official as stipulated in the written agreement, the leave of absence shall be nullified.

Any party to the written agreement may nullify the written agreement for cause at any time.

(h) No more than 1 percent of the students enrolled and in attendance at each school shall be permitted to take a leave of absence during each academic year.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 21, Sec. 1. Effective March 7, 1988.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 2. Pupils Exempt


text:
It is the intent of the Legislature that continuation education schools and classes shall be established and maintained to provide all of the following:

(1) An opportunity for pupils to complete the required academic courses of instruction to graduate from high school.

(2) A program of instruction which emphasizes occupational orientation or a work-study schedule and offers intensive guidance services to meet the special needs of pupils.

(3) A program designed to meet the educational needs of each pupil, including, but not limited to, independent study, regional occupation programs, work study, career counseling, and job placement services, as a supplement to classroom instruction.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 498, Sec. 83. Effective July 28, 1983.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 3. Continuation Classes

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text: The governing board of each high school district shall establish and maintain a program of guidance, placement, and followup for all minors within the district subject to compulsory continuation education.

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 3. Continuation Classes


text:
The governing board of each high school district and each unified school district shall establish and maintain within its boundaries special continuation education classes and may establish and maintain regional occupational centers or programs, in accordance with the provisions of Section 52301, whenever there are any minors residing within the district who are subject to compulsory continuation education; provided, that if there are fewer than 100 students enrolled in grade 12 in any school of the district maintaining that grade, the governing board of the district may apply to the State Department of Education for exemption of that school from the requirements of this section and such exemption may be granted in accordance with rules and regulations that shall be adopted by the State Board of Education to govern the granting of the exemptions. An exemption may also be granted to schools having an enrollment of more than 100 pupils in grade 12 if the district seeking the exemption has entered into an agreement with another high school district or unified school district to maintain special continuation education classes for minors residing in either of the districts, but shall not be granted if the agreement would make it necessary for such minors to travel an excessive distance from their homes to the continuation education classes.

If there is a regional occupational center or program as provided in Article 1 (commencing with Section 52300) of Chapter 9 of Part 28, of this division within a county, the governing board of any school district within that county may enroll minors, otherwise subject to, and in lieu of, continuation education, in the center or program in accordance with the provisions of Section 52314.

Any minor admitted to a regional occupational center or program under the provisions of Section 52314.5 shall be considered to have enrolled in the regional occupational center or program in lieu of continuation education classes. Nothing in this section shall prohibit a minor from enrolling in a program of continuation education or a regular high school program if the minor voluntarily chooses to enroll in the program.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 814, Sec. 1.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 3. Continuation Classes


text:
(a) If the governing board of a school district chooses to voluntarily enroll high school pupils in a continuation school, the governing board of the school district shall establish and adopt policies and procedures governing the identification, placement, and intake procedures for these pupils. These policies and procedures shall ensure that there is a clear criterion for determining which pupils may voluntarily transfer or be recommended for a transfer to a continuation school and that this criterion is not applied arbitrarily, but is consistently applied on a districtwide basis. Approval for the voluntary transfer of a pupil to a continuation school shall be based on a finding that the voluntary placement will promote the educational interests of the pupil.

(b) The policies and procedures adopted under this section shall also ensure all of the following:

(1) That voluntary placement in a continuation school shall not be used as an alternative to expulsion unless alternative means of correction have been attempted pursuant to Section 48900.5.

(2) Shall strive to ensure that no specific group of pupils, including a group based on race, ethnicity, language status, or special needs, is disproportionately enrolled in continuation schools within the school district.

(3) If the governing board of a school district chooses to permit pupils to voluntarily transfer to a continuation school, a copy of the policies and procedures adopted under this section shall be provided to a pupil whose voluntary transfer to a continuation school is under consideration, and to the parent or legal guardian of that pupil.

(4) That the transfer is voluntary and the pupil has a right to return to his or her previous school.

(5) Upon a parent or legal guardian’s request and before a pupil is transferred, the parent or legal guardian may meet with a counselor, principal, or administrator from both the transferor school and the continuation school to determine if transferring is the best option for the pupil.

(6) To the extent possible, voluntary transfer to a continuation school occurs within the first four weeks of each semester.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2013, Ch. 365, Sec. 1. (AB 570) Effective January 1, 2014.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 3. Continuation Classes


text:
(a) The governing board of each high school or unified school district that assigns pupils to continuation schools shall adopt rules and regulations governing procedures for the involuntary transfer of pupils to continuation schools.

(b) The rules and regulations shall provide that written notice be given to the pupil and the pupil’s parent or guardian or, if the pupil is a foster child, the foster child’s educational rights holder, attorney, and county social worker, or, if the pupil is an Indian child, as defined in Section 224.1 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, the Indian child’s tribal social worker and, if applicable, county social worker informing them of the opportunity to request a meeting with a designee of the district superintendent of schools before the transfer.

(c) At the meeting, the pupil, the pupil’s parent or guardian, or, if applicable, the foster child’s educational rights holder, attorney, and county social worker, or, if applicable, the Indian child’s tribal social worker or, if applicable, county social worker shall be informed of the specific facts and reasons for the proposed transfer and shall have the opportunity to inspect all documents relied upon, question any evidence and witnesses presented, and present evidence on the pupil’s behalf. The pupil may designate one or more representatives and witnesses to be present with the pupil at the meeting.

(d) A decision to transfer the pupil involuntarily shall be based on a finding that the pupil committed an act enumerated in Section 48900, or has been habitually truant or irregular in attendance from instruction upon which the pupil is lawfully required to attend.

(e) The decision to transfer shall be in writing, stating the facts and reasons for the decision, and sent to the pupil and the pupil’s parent or guardian or, if applicable, the foster child’s educational rights holder, attorney, and county social worker, or, if applicable, the Indian child’s tribal social worker and, if applicable, county social worker. It shall indicate whether the decision is subject to periodic review and the periodic review procedure.

(f) The persons involved in the final decision to make an involuntary transfer of a pupil to a continuation school shall not be a member of the staff of the school in which the pupil is enrolled at the time that the decision is made.

(g) A pupil, with the concurrence of a designee of the district superintendent of schools, may transfer voluntarily to a continuation school in order to receive special attention such as individualized instruction.

(h) Involuntary transfer to a continuation school shall be imposed only when other means fail to bring about pupil improvement; provided that a pupil may be involuntarily transferred the first time the pupil commits an act enumerated in Section 48900 if the principal determines that the pupil’s presence causes a danger to persons or property or threatens to disrupt the instructional process.

(i) An involuntary transfer to a continuation school shall not extend beyond the end of the semester following the semester during which the acts leading directly to the involuntary transfer occurred unless the governing board of the school district adopts a procedure for yearly review of the involuntary transfer conducted pursuant to this section at the request of the pupil, the pupil’s parent or guardian, or, if applicable, the foster child’s educational rights holder, attorney, or county social worker, or, if applicable, the Indian child’s tribal social worker or, if applicable, county social worker.

(j) A pupil who has voluntarily transferred to a continuation school shall have the right to return to the regular high school at the beginning of the following school year and, with the consent of a designee of the district superintendent of schools, may return at any time.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 131, Sec. 36. (AB 1754) Effective January 1, 2024.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 3. Continuation Classes


text: Special continuation education classes or classes conducted by a regional occupational center or any combination thereof shall provide at least four 60-minute hours of instruction per week for each minor within the high school district who is subject to compulsory continuation education.

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 3. Continuation Classes


text:
(a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), such classes shall be maintained during the district’s regular school hours, or during special school hours for these classes established by the governing board.

(b) If the school district maintains classes for adults, the governing board of the school district may maintain continuation education classes during such hours and for such length of time during the day or evening as the classes for adults are maintained.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 365, Sec. 1.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 3. Continuation Classes


text: Such classes shall provide suitable instruction for the various individuals for whose benefit they are established.

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 3. Continuation Classes


text: The State Board of Education shall prescribe and enforce standards and regulations for the organization and administration of programs of guidance, placement and followup, for programs of coordination and instruction in continuation education, for the special reimbursement thereof, and for the certification of teachers and coordinators for continuation education.

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 3. Continuation Classes


text: The governing board of a school district or school districts, as the case may be, maintaining special continuation education classes may accept and expend grants from the federal government or from other public or private sources for the purpose of this article.

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 3. Continuation Classes


text:
It is the intent of the Legislature that special funds for eligible pupils be expended by the continuation schools in which those pupils are enrolled.

State and federal categorical funds shall be allocated to continuation schools in the same manner as to comprehensive schools to the maximum extent permitted by state and federal laws and regulations.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 498, Sec. 87. Effective July 28, 1983.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 3. Continuation Classes


text: Each parent, guardian, or other person having control or charge of any minor required to attend special continuation education classes, shall compel the attendance of the minor upon the classes. He shall retain a copy of the permit to work and shall present it upon request of any officer of the law, or other person authorized to enforce the provisions of this chapter.

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 4. Violations

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text: The governing board of any high school district in which a minor resides who violates the provisions of this chapter shall, on the complaint of any person, make full and impartial investigation of all charges against any parent, guardian, or other person having control or charge of the minor for violation of the provisions of Section 48450.

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 4. Violations


text: If it appears upon the investigation that any parent, guardian, or other person having control or charge of the minor has violated the provisions of Section 48450, the clerk of the board, or other person authorized by the board to bring such actions, shall make and file in the proper court a criminal complaint against the parent, guardian, or other person having control or charge of the minor, charging the violation, and shall see that the charge is prosecuted by the proper authorities.

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 4. Violations


text: In cities, and in cities and counties, and in school districts having an attendance supervisor, the attendance supervisor shall make and file the complaint provided for in this article, and shall see that the charge is prosecuted by the proper authorities.

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 4. Violations