BILL NUMBER: AB 1672	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Holden

                        FEBRUARY 12, 2014

   An act to amend Section 48273 of the Education Code, relating to
pupil attendance.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1672, as introduced, Holden. Pupil attendance: truancy.
   Existing law authorizes the establishment of county and local
school attendance review boards, and authorizes a school district to
refer a pupil to a school attendance review board or the probation
department for, among other things, truancy. Existing law, under
specified circumstances, authorizes a school attendance review board
or probation officer to direct the county superintendent of schools
to request a petition on behalf of the pupil in the juvenile court of
the county. Existing law requires the governing board of a school
district to adopt rules and regulations to require appropriate
officers and employees of the school district to gather and transmit
to the county superintendent of schools the number and types of
referrals to school attendance review boards and of requests for
petitions to the juvenile court.
   This bill would also require the information to be transmitted to
the Superintendent of Public Instruction, and would expand the
information required to be gathered and submitted to include, among
other things, the number and percentage of chronic absentees in the
school district, the number of pupils referred to a school attendance
review board who improved their attendance, and the number of pupils
and parents or guardians referred to community services, as
specified. The bill would require the information to be disaggregated
by specified subgroups, including gender, ethnicity, and foster
youth status. The bill would require a county office of education to
make available on its Internet Web site, if one is available, certain
reports and information received from school attendance review
boards. By imposing additional requirements on local educational
agencies, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
   The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local
agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.
   This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates
determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state,
reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these
statutory provisions.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: yes.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 48273 of the Education Code is amended to read:

   48273.   (a)    The governing board of each
school district shall adopt rules and regulations to require the
appropriate officers and employees of the  school  district
to gather and transmit to the county superintendent of schools
 the number and types of referrals to school attendance
review boards and of requests for petitions to the juvenile court
pursuant to Section 48263.   and the Superintendent all
of the following information:  
   (1) The number of pupils enrolled in the school district that the
school attendance review board represents.  
   (2) The number of chronic absentees, as defined in Section 60901,
in the school district that the school attendance review board
represents.  
   (3) The percentage of chronic absentees, as defined in Section
60901, in the school district that the school attendance review board
represents.  
   (4) The number of pupils in the school district referred to a
school-level meeting, such as a student attendance review team or a
student success team.  
   (5) The number of pupils in the school district referred to a
school attendance review board meeting.  
   (6) The number of pupils referred to a school attendance review
board who improved their attendance by at least 50 percent during the
following semester or trimester after attending the school
attendance review board meeting.  
   (7) The number of pupils and parents or guardians referred to the
district attorney, city prosecutor, or probation department for
mediation or prosecution following a school attendance review board
meeting.  
   (8) The number of pupils and parents or guardians referred to the
community services referenced in Section 48320 following a school
attendance review board meeting.  
   (9) The number of pupils referred to alternative education
placement following a school attendance review board meeting. 

   (b) The information listed in subdivision (a) shall be
disaggregated and submitted by the following subgroups:  
   (1) English learner status.  
   (2) Foster youth status.  
   (3) Gender.  
   (4) Grade levels.  
   (5) Low income status.  
   (6) Race or ethnicity.  
   (c) The county office of education shall make available on its
Internet Web site, if one is available, the contents of the school
attendance review board reports it receives from local school
attendance review boards, or that summarize the results of those
reports, or that the county office of education creates, if the
county school attendance review board accepts referrals. The
information shall be made available in an anonymized format that is
easy for the public to access and understand. 
  SEC. 2.  If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this
act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local
agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant
to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of
the Government Code.