(1) Existing law authorizes the governing board of any school district to accept interdistrict transfers of pupils in accordance with a policy adopted by resolution, and sets forth various requirements in that regard, including, among other things, requirements relating to attendance priorities, applications for transfer, and the calculation of average daily attendance. Existing law imposes certain reporting requirements in connection with interdistrict transfers to certain school districts and county offices of education, the Superintendent of Public Instruction, and the Department of Finance, and requires the Department of Finance to report specified information to the Legislative Analyst, upon request. Existing law makes those provisions inoperative on July 1, 2016, and repeals them on January 1, 2017.
California SB 597 (20152016) — Pupil attendance: interdistrict transfers.
(1) Existing law authorizes the governing board of any school district to accept interdistrict transfers of pupils in accordance with a policy adopted by resolution, and sets forth various requirements in that regard, including, among other things, requirements relating to attendance priorities, applications for transfer, and the calculation of average daily attendance. Existing law imposes certain reporting requirements in connection with interdistrict transfers to certain school districts and county offices of education, the Superintendent of Public Instruction, and the Department of Finance, and requires the Department of Finance to report specified information to the Legislative Analyst, upon request. Existing law makes those provisions inoperative on July 1, 2016, and repeals them on January 1, 2017.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 6–0 (pass) · lower
SB 597 Huff Senate Third Reading By MEDINA — 78–0 (pass) · lower
Special Consent #9 — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 8–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Huff — primary (person)
Medina — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2015-02-27 Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction
2015-03-02 From printer. May be acted upon on or after April 1.
2015-03-02 Read first time. reading-1
2015-03-12 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
2015-03-20 Set for hearing April 8.
2015-04-14 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 522.) (April 8). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2015-04-15 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
2015-04-24 Set for hearing May 4.
2015-05-04 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8, be amended, and ordered to consent calendar. committee-passage, reading-2, amendment-passage
2015-05-05 Read second time and amended. Ordered to consent calendar. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2015-05-11 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 953.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2015-05-11 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2015-05-22 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
2015-05-26 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
2015-07-02 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (July 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2015-08-19 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 19). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2015-08-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2015-08-27 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2632.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2015-08-27 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2015-08-31 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2015-09-01 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2379.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2015-09-03 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10 a.m.
2015-10-01 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2015-10-01 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 421, Statutes of 2015.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4fd3a78e-7e96-4cd3-8744-c76aa01ca743. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).