BILL NUMBER: SB 1343AMENDED BILL TEXT AMENDED IN SENATE APRIL 12, 2016 INTRODUCED BY Senator Wolk FEBRUARY 19, 2016 An act to add Article 1.5 (commencing with Section 48928) to Chapter 6 of Part 27 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Education Code, relating to pupils. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 1343, as amended, Wolk. Pupils: intradistrict transfer of pupil convicted of violent felony or misdemeanor. Existing law establishes a system of public elementary and secondary education in this state. Existing law establishes school districts throughout the state and authorizes these districts to provide instruction at the elementary and secondary schools they operate and maintain. Existing law provides for the governance of these school districts through elected school district governing boards. This bill would authorize school district governing boards to transfer to another school in that school district pupilsofenrolled in that school district who have been convicted of violent felonies, as defined, or designatedmisdemeanors.misdemeanors if the pupil to be transferred and the victim of the crime for which the pupil was convicted are enrolled at the same school. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Article 1.5 (commencing with Section 48928) is added to Chapter 6 of Part 27 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Education Code, to read: Article 1.5. Transfer of Pupil Convicted of Violent Felony or Misdemeanor 48928. Notwithstanding any other law, the governing board of a school district may transfer to another school in that school district a pupilofenrolled in that school district who has been convicted of a violent felony, as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 667.5 of the Penal Code, or convicted of a misdemeanor listed in Section 29805 of the PenalCode.Code if the pupil to be transferred and the victim of the crime for which the pupil was convicted are enrolled at the same school.