Existing law authorizes the governing boards of 2 or more school districts to enter into an agreement for the interdistrict attendance of pupils who are residents of the school districts. If either school district fails to approve the interdistrict attendance of a pupil, or in the case of the failure or refusal of the school districts to enter into an agreement, existing law authorizes the person having legal custody of the pupil to appeal to the county board of education in accordance with a prescribed procedure. Existing law requires the county board of education to determine, within 30 calendar days after the appeal is filed, whether the pupil should be permitted to attend in the school district in which the pupil desires to attend and the applicable period of time. This bill would state the intent of the Legislature that school districts and county boards of education use their best efforts to expeditiously process interdistrict attendance appeals. The bill also would require, until July 1, 2015, that, in a class 1 county, which is defined in existing law as a county with 1994–95 average daily attendance of more than 500,000, or a class 2 county, which is defined in existing law as a county with 1994–95 average daily attendance of at least 180,000 but less than 500,000, the county board of education determine whether the pupil should be permitted to attend the school district in which the pupil desires to attend and the applicable period of time within 40 schooldays after the appeal is filed rather than 30 calendar days after the appeal is filed.
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This measure would recognize May 2011 as Asian and Pacific Islander American Heritage Month.
This measure declares that Sundays are "Eat Local, Buy California Grown Day," and encourages families, restaurants, and grocers to buy California-grown floriculture, fiber, and foods.
This measure would declare February 19, 2011, as a Day of Remembrance in order to increase public awareness of the events surrounding the internment of Americans of Japanese ancestry during World War II.
This measure would designate the week of April 18 to 24, 2011, as "California Week of Remembrance for the Armenian Genocide of 1915–1923," and would memorialize the Congress and the President of the United States to observe the California Week of Remembrance for the Armenian Genocide by participating in the Armenian Genocide Commemorative Project.
This measure would declare the week of April 10, 2011, to April 16, 2011, inclusive, as Crime Victims' Rights Week.
This measure would declare the week of June 6 through June 12, 2011, to be Dropout Recovery Week and would state the Legislature's intent to encourage the support of dropout recovery high schools with creative teaching strategies, alternative assessments, and adequate resources.
This measure would request the President and the Congress of the United States to consider and enact legislation to conduct a study regarding the feasibility of the collection process for a transportation revenue source based on vehicle miles traveled, in order to facilitate the creation of a reliable and steady transportation funding mechanism for the maintenance and improvement of surface transportation infrastructure.
This measure would recognize that the California Prayer Breakfast is commemorating and celebrating its 50th year of existence at the State Capitol in 2011 with the California Prayer Breakfast being held on May 19, 2011, at the Sheraton Grand Sacramento Hotel.