California Assembly Bill AB1772 Amended / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: AB 1772AMENDED BILL TEXT AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MARCH 29, 2012 INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Buchanan FEBRUARY 17, 2012 An act to amend  Section 48414   Sections 48200 and 48210  of the Education Code, relating to  pupil instruction   compulsory education  . LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 1772, as amended, Buchanan.  Pupil instruction: compulsory education.   Compulsory kindergarten.   Under existing law, a person between the ages of 6 and 18 years who is not exempted by law is subject to compulsory full-time education. Existing law excludes a child under 6 years of age from the public schools, subject to specified exceptions.   Existing law requires a school district maintaining a kindergarten to admit a child who will have his or her 5th birthday on or before certain specified dates during that school year.   This bill would require a child to attend compulsory kindergarten if he or she meets the age requirements for admission to kindergarten, subject to specified exemptions. By increasing the duration of compulsory education, this 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.   Existing law requires any person 16 or 17 years of age who is exempt from compulsory continuation attendance laws, as specified, 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 the exemption. Existing law also provides that if such person subsequently again terminates enrollment on the basis of the same exemption, the district may deny him reenrollment until the beginning of the next semester in the district's academic year.   This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to those provisions.  Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  no   yes  . State-mandated local program:  no   yes  . THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:  SECTION 1.   Section 48200 of the   Education Code   is amended to read:  48200.  (a)     Each   Except as provided in subdivision (b), a  person between the ages of 6 and 18 years not exempted under  the provisions of  this chapter or Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 48400) is subject to compulsory full-time education.  Each   A  person subject to compulsory full-time education and  each   a  person subject to compulsory continuation education not exempted under  the provisions of  Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 48400) shall attend the public full-time day school or continuation school or classes and for the full time designated as the length of the schoolday by the governing board of the school district in which the residency of either the parent or legal guardian is located  and each   . A  parent, guardian, or other person having control or charge of the pupil shall send the pupil to the public full-time day school or continuation school or classes and for the full time designated as the length of the schoolday by the governing board of the school district in which the residence of either the parent or legal guardian is located.  (b) A person eligible for enrollment in kindergarten pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 48000 and not exempted under this chapter is subject to compulsory kindergarten, and shall attend public kindergarten for the full time specified in Section 46111. The parent, guardian, or other person having control or charge of a person subject to compulsory kindergarten shall send him or her to the public kindergarten for the full time designated in Section 46111.   (c)    Unless otherwise provided for in this code, a pupil shall not be enrolled for less than the minimum schoolday established by law.  SEC. 2.   Section 48210 of the   Education Code   is amended to read:  48210. Children under six years of age are excluded from the public schools, except  as provided   :   (a)     A child subject to compulsory kindergarten pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 48200.   (b)     As   otherwise provided  in this code.  SEC. 3.   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.   SECTION 1.   Section 48414 of the Education Code is amended to read: 48414. A person 16 or 17 years of age exempt from compulsory continuation attendance laws by subdivision (e) of Section 48410 who has terminated his or her enrollment on the basis of such exemption shall be permitted by the governing board of the school district in which he or she resides to reenroll in the school district, without prejudice, as if he or she had never taken advantage of subdivision (e) of Section 48410. If such person subsequently again terminates enrollment on the basis of such exemption, the school district may deny him or her reenrollment until the beginning of the next semester in the school district's academic year.