CHAPTER 4. Attendance at Adjustment Schools [48600. - 48666.]

Chapter 4 enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.

§§ 48600–48666 · 39 sections

1. ARTICLE 1. Twenty-four Hour Elementary Schools §§ 48600–48618 · 19 sections

   • § 48600 (a) The purpose of this article is to provide for the operation of 24-hour elementary schools, established pursuant to Article 27 (commencing with Section 940)…
   • § 48601 This article shall be construed in conformity with the intent as well as the express provisions thereof and shall confer upon the county probation officer, and…
   • § 48602 The county superintendent of schools or the governing board of the district, as the case may be, which shall have, in reference to 24-hour schools, the same…
   • § 48603 The cost of securing sites or constructing and equipping buildings and in general the cost of housing and equipping any 24-hour school, including the necessary…
   • § 48604 The superintendent appointed pursuant to Section 942 of the Welfare and Institutions Code may reside in the 24-hour school and may be furnished suitable…
   • § 48605 Admission and discharge of minors with behavioral disorders to programs provided under the provisions of this article shall be made only on the basis of an…
   • § 48606 The board of admission, or some person or persons designated by it, shall investigate the case of any child whose name is submitted in writing accompanied by a…
   • § 48607 The county superintendent or governing board, as the case may be, maintaining a 24-hour school may accept in the school any minor between the ages of 8 and 16…
   • § 48608 If the parent or guardian of the pupil refuses to enter into a contract providing for the payment to the county or school district, as the case may be, of a…
   • § 48609 The principal of any school in the county or district, as the case may be, in which there has been established a 24-hour school shall report to the county…
   • § 48610 Any minor who has been placed in the care and control of the 24-hour school without the consent of the parent or guardian, shall remain therein, if placed by…
   • § 48611 If the minor has been placed in the 24-hour school by order of the county superintendent or superintendent of schools of the district, as the case may be, the…
   • § 48612 If, in the opinion of the principal of any 24-hour school, the further detention of any minor is detrimental to the minor, the minor may upon order of the…
   • § 48613 Any pupil who absents himself from any 24-hour elementary school without permission being first obtained from the principal shall be deemed an habitual truant…
   • § 48614 The course of study for the pupils and the methods used in enforcing the course of study shall be approved by the county superintendent or the governing board…
   • § 48615 Each 24-hour school may conduct clinics for the diagnosis and observation of children and may advise parents and school authorities regarding courses of study…
   • § 48616 The funding of the educational vocational program conducted in a 24-hour school shall be in the manner described by Section 41703 when maintained by the county…
   • § 48617 The county probation officer having management and control of a 24-hour school may enter into a contract with any other county or state agency to provide for…
   • § 48618 The enrollment in each 24-hour school shall be limited to the standards established under Section 56615.
2. ARTICLE 2. Opportunity Schools §§ 48640–48641 · 2 sections

   • § 48640 Opportunity schools established pursuant to this article by the county board of education shall be limited to counties which have an average daily attendance…
   • § 48641 An opportunity school established by a county board of education in a county which has an average daily attendance of less than 8,000 shall be deemed to be in…
3. ARTICLE 2.5. Juvenile Court Schools §§ 48645–48650 · 12 sections

   • § 48645 The purpose of this article is to provide for the administration and operation of public schools in juvenile halls, juvenile homes, day centers, juvenile…
   • § 48645.1 Public schools or classes in any juvenile hall, juvenile home, day center, juvenile ranch, juvenile camp, regional youth educational facility, or Orange County…
   • § 48645.2 The county board of education shall provide for the administration and operation of juvenile court schools established pursuant to Section 48645.1: (a) By the…
   • § 48645.3 (a) Juvenile court schools shall be conducted in a manner as shall be prescribed by the county board of education to best accomplish the provisions of Section…
   • § 48645.5 (a) Each public school district and county office of education shall accept for credit full or partial coursework satisfactorily completed by a pupil while…
   • § 48645.6 Plans for any juvenile court school classrooms, offices, or any other school structures in any juvenile hall, juvenile home, day center, juvenile ranch, or…
   • § 48645.7 (a) When a juvenile court school pupil qualifies for an exemption from local graduation requirements pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 48645.5, the county…
   • § 48646 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that all pupils, including the state’s justice-involved youth, have access to their constitutional right of a free and…
   • § 48647 (a) Local educational agencies are strongly encouraged to enter into memoranda of understanding and create joint policies, systems, including data sharing…
   • § 48648 (a) Commencing with the 2024–25 fiscal year, the department shall annually report all of the following on its internet website: (1) The number and percentage…
   • § 48649 (a) The department shall, within existing resources, enter into a contract for an independent evaluation of county juvenile court and county community schools.…
   • § 48650 (a) (1) The Superintendent shall convene a workgroup on meeting the needs of pupils with disabilities who enroll in juvenile court schools operated by county…
4. ARTICLE 3. Community Day Schools §§ 48660–48666 · 6 sections

   • § 48660 (a) The governing board of a school district may establish one or more community day schools for pupils who meet one or more of the conditions described in…
   • § 48660.1 It is the intent of the Legislature that school districts operating community day schools to the extent possible include the following program components: (a)…
   • § 48661 (a) A community day school shall not be situated on the same site as an elementary, middle, junior high, comprehensive senior high, opportunity, or…
   • § 48662 (a) The governing board of a school district that establishes a community day school shall adopt policies that provide procedures for the involuntary transfer…
   • § 48663 (a) The minimum schoolday in a community day school is 360 minutes of classroom instruction provided by a certificated employee of the district reporting the…
   • § 48666 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the governing board of a school district maintaining a community day school may establish attendance policies for…