School enrollment: City of La Palma: high school districts.

Existing law requires each person between 6 and 18 years of age who is not otherwise exempted to attend the public full-time day school or continuation school or classes in the school district in which his or her parent or guardian is a resident. Existing law authorizes the governing board of a school district to adopt a resolution to become a school district of choice, as defined, and accept interdistrict pupil transfers. This bill would require a high school district that serves the City of La Palma in the County of Orange, upon the request of a parent or guardian who resides within the city limits, to enroll the child of the parent or guardian in a school located in that city without regard to the attendance boundaries of the high school district. The high school district from which a pupil transfers pursuant to the bill would be required to send all school records of the pupil to the new school in accordance with state law. By requiring the high school districts that serve the City of La Palma in the County of Orange to enroll pupils they were not previously required to enroll and performing other duties with regard to those pupils, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the high school districts that serve the City of La Palma in the County of Orange. 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.