Amended IN Senate March 26, 2020 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 1424Introduced by Senator McGuireFebruary 21, 2020 An act to add Section 48270 to the Education Code, relating to elementary and secondary education. pupil attendance.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 1424, as amended, McGuire. Elementary and secondary education. Pupil attendance: chronic absenteeism.Existing law requires a school district to classify a pupil subject to compulsory full-time education who is absent or tardy from school without a valid excuse on a specified number of occasions as a truant and requires the school district to report the pupil to the attendance supervisor or the superintendent of the school district.This bill would require the State Department of Education to establish a grant program to provide key resources to school districts to help them enhance programs to reduce chronic absenteeism of pupils in the state.Existing law establishes a system of public elementary and secondary schools in this state and authorizes local educational agencies throughout the state to operate schools and provide instruction to pupils in kindergarten and grades 1 to 12, inclusive.This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact future legislation relating to elementary and secondary education in California.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NOYES Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(1) Pupils are considered chronically absent if they are absent at least 10 percent of the instructional days that they were enrolled to attend in a school.(2) Missing as much as 10 percent of the school year, or approximately 18 days, can have adverse consequences for a pupil as early as kindergarten.(3) A significant body of research shows that pupils with high rates of absenteeism are less likely to be able to read at grade level by the end of the 3rd grade, are more likely to dropout of high school, and are less successful in college.(4) In California, rates for several racial and ethnic student groups, including Native Americans, African Americans and Pacific Islanders, are significantly higher than the statewide rate. Meanwhile, rates for Latinos, Whites, Asians, and Filipinos are just above or below the state average.(b) It is the intent of the Legislature to address the issues of chronic absenteeism in school districts throughout the state.SEC. 2. Section 48270 is added to the Education Code, to read:48270. (a) The department shall establish a grant program to provide key resources to school districts to help them enhance programs to reduce chronic absenteeism of pupils in the state.(b) These resources may include, but are not limited to, resources needed to hire outreach workers who conduct home visits with the families of pupils who are chronically absent and to support the efforts of attendance clerks to track chronic absenteeism in schools.SECTION 1.It is the intent of the Legislature to enact future legislation relating to elementary and secondary education in California.
Amended IN Senate March 26, 2020 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 1424Introduced by Senator McGuireFebruary 21, 2020 An act to add Section 48270 to the Education Code, relating to elementary and secondary education. pupil attendance.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 1424, as amended, McGuire. Elementary and secondary education. Pupil attendance: chronic absenteeism.Existing law requires a school district to classify a pupil subject to compulsory full-time education who is absent or tardy from school without a valid excuse on a specified number of occasions as a truant and requires the school district to report the pupil to the attendance supervisor or the superintendent of the school district.This bill would require the State Department of Education to establish a grant program to provide key resources to school districts to help them enhance programs to reduce chronic absenteeism of pupils in the state.Existing law establishes a system of public elementary and secondary schools in this state and authorizes local educational agencies throughout the state to operate schools and provide instruction to pupils in kindergarten and grades 1 to 12, inclusive.This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact future legislation relating to elementary and secondary education in California.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NOYES Local Program: NO
Amended IN Senate March 26, 2020
Amended IN Senate March 26, 2020
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION
Senate Bill
No. 1424
Introduced by Senator McGuireFebruary 21, 2020
Introduced by Senator McGuire
February 21, 2020
An act to add Section 48270 to the Education Code, relating to elementary and secondary education. pupil attendance.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 1424, as amended, McGuire. Elementary and secondary education. Pupil attendance: chronic absenteeism.
Existing law requires a school district to classify a pupil subject to compulsory full-time education who is absent or tardy from school without a valid excuse on a specified number of occasions as a truant and requires the school district to report the pupil to the attendance supervisor or the superintendent of the school district.This bill would require the State Department of Education to establish a grant program to provide key resources to school districts to help them enhance programs to reduce chronic absenteeism of pupils in the state.Existing law establishes a system of public elementary and secondary schools in this state and authorizes local educational agencies throughout the state to operate schools and provide instruction to pupils in kindergarten and grades 1 to 12, inclusive.This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact future legislation relating to elementary and secondary education in California.
Existing law requires a school district to classify a pupil subject to compulsory full-time education who is absent or tardy from school without a valid excuse on a specified number of occasions as a truant and requires the school district to report the pupil to the attendance supervisor or the superintendent of the school district.
This bill would require the State Department of Education to establish a grant program to provide key resources to school districts to help them enhance programs to reduce chronic absenteeism of pupils in the state.
Existing law establishes a system of public elementary and secondary schools in this state and authorizes local educational agencies throughout the state to operate schools and provide instruction to pupils in kindergarten and grades 1 to 12, inclusive.
This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact future legislation relating to elementary and secondary education in California.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(1) Pupils are considered chronically absent if they are absent at least 10 percent of the instructional days that they were enrolled to attend in a school.(2) Missing as much as 10 percent of the school year, or approximately 18 days, can have adverse consequences for a pupil as early as kindergarten.(3) A significant body of research shows that pupils with high rates of absenteeism are less likely to be able to read at grade level by the end of the 3rd grade, are more likely to dropout of high school, and are less successful in college.(4) In California, rates for several racial and ethnic student groups, including Native Americans, African Americans and Pacific Islanders, are significantly higher than the statewide rate. Meanwhile, rates for Latinos, Whites, Asians, and Filipinos are just above or below the state average.(b) It is the intent of the Legislature to address the issues of chronic absenteeism in school districts throughout the state.SEC. 2. Section 48270 is added to the Education Code, to read:48270. (a) The department shall establish a grant program to provide key resources to school districts to help them enhance programs to reduce chronic absenteeism of pupils in the state.(b) These resources may include, but are not limited to, resources needed to hire outreach workers who conduct home visits with the families of pupils who are chronically absent and to support the efforts of attendance clerks to track chronic absenteeism in schools.SECTION 1.It is the intent of the Legislature to enact future legislation relating to elementary and secondary education in California.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(1) Pupils are considered chronically absent if they are absent at least 10 percent of the instructional days that they were enrolled to attend in a school.(2) Missing as much as 10 percent of the school year, or approximately 18 days, can have adverse consequences for a pupil as early as kindergarten.(3) A significant body of research shows that pupils with high rates of absenteeism are less likely to be able to read at grade level by the end of the 3rd grade, are more likely to dropout of high school, and are less successful in college.(4) In California, rates for several racial and ethnic student groups, including Native Americans, African Americans and Pacific Islanders, are significantly higher than the statewide rate. Meanwhile, rates for Latinos, Whites, Asians, and Filipinos are just above or below the state average.(b) It is the intent of the Legislature to address the issues of chronic absenteeism in school districts throughout the state.
SECTION 1. (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(1) Pupils are considered chronically absent if they are absent at least 10 percent of the instructional days that they were enrolled to attend in a school.(2) Missing as much as 10 percent of the school year, or approximately 18 days, can have adverse consequences for a pupil as early as kindergarten.(3) A significant body of research shows that pupils with high rates of absenteeism are less likely to be able to read at grade level by the end of the 3rd grade, are more likely to dropout of high school, and are less successful in college.(4) In California, rates for several racial and ethnic student groups, including Native Americans, African Americans and Pacific Islanders, are significantly higher than the statewide rate. Meanwhile, rates for Latinos, Whites, Asians, and Filipinos are just above or below the state average.(b) It is the intent of the Legislature to address the issues of chronic absenteeism in school districts throughout the state.
SECTION 1. (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
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(1) Pupils are considered chronically absent if they are absent at least 10 percent of the instructional days that they were enrolled to attend in a school.
(2) Missing as much as 10 percent of the school year, or approximately 18 days, can have adverse consequences for a pupil as early as kindergarten.
(3) A significant body of research shows that pupils with high rates of absenteeism are less likely to be able to read at grade level by the end of the 3rd grade, are more likely to dropout of high school, and are less successful in college.
(4) In California, rates for several racial and ethnic student groups, including Native Americans, African Americans and Pacific Islanders, are significantly higher than the statewide rate. Meanwhile, rates for Latinos, Whites, Asians, and Filipinos are just above or below the state average.
(b) It is the intent of the Legislature to address the issues of chronic absenteeism in school districts throughout the state.
SEC. 2. Section 48270 is added to the Education Code, to read:48270. (a) The department shall establish a grant program to provide key resources to school districts to help them enhance programs to reduce chronic absenteeism of pupils in the state.(b) These resources may include, but are not limited to, resources needed to hire outreach workers who conduct home visits with the families of pupils who are chronically absent and to support the efforts of attendance clerks to track chronic absenteeism in schools.
SEC. 2. Section 48270 is added to the Education Code, to read:
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48270. (a) The department shall establish a grant program to provide key resources to school districts to help them enhance programs to reduce chronic absenteeism of pupils in the state.(b) These resources may include, but are not limited to, resources needed to hire outreach workers who conduct home visits with the families of pupils who are chronically absent and to support the efforts of attendance clerks to track chronic absenteeism in schools.
48270. (a) The department shall establish a grant program to provide key resources to school districts to help them enhance programs to reduce chronic absenteeism of pupils in the state.(b) These resources may include, but are not limited to, resources needed to hire outreach workers who conduct home visits with the families of pupils who are chronically absent and to support the efforts of attendance clerks to track chronic absenteeism in schools.
48270. (a) The department shall establish a grant program to provide key resources to school districts to help them enhance programs to reduce chronic absenteeism of pupils in the state.(b) These resources may include, but are not limited to, resources needed to hire outreach workers who conduct home visits with the families of pupils who are chronically absent and to support the efforts of attendance clerks to track chronic absenteeism in schools.
48270. (a) The department shall establish a grant program to provide key resources to school districts to help them enhance programs to reduce chronic absenteeism of pupils in the state.
(b) These resources may include, but are not limited to, resources needed to hire outreach workers who conduct home visits with the families of pupils who are chronically absent and to support the efforts of attendance clerks to track chronic absenteeism in schools.
It is the intent of the Legislature to enact future legislation relating to elementary and secondary education in California.