republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/ab-1085.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "School attendance: interdistrict attendance."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 1085"
citation: "California AB 1085 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["School attendance: interdistrict attendance."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Davis"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2011-02-18"
last_action: "2011-07-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/06efa023-4238-471b-ba41-ce7525dee5d4"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1085"
source_hash: "70c108060f82d625e00e20b70e3e70b0ce947c81031ce11b692755bec6614765"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 1085 (20112012) — School attendance: interdistrict attendance.

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.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/18/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1085&version=20110AB108599INT)
2. **04/26/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1085&version=20110AB108598AMD)
3. **06/15/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1085&version=20110AB108597AMD)
4. **07/15/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1085&version=20110AB108595CHP)
5. **AB1085** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1085)
6. **06/28/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1085&version=20110AB108596ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1085 DAVIS Assembly Third Reading — **66–6** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1085 Davis By Price — **25–10** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **8–1** (pass) · upper
- AB 1085 DAVIS Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **59–15** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **9–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Davis — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2011-02-18** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2011-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2011-03-14** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-30** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2011-04-25** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 13). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-26** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-04-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-05-02** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 66. Noes 6. Page 1170.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-05-02** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2011-05-12** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-14** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) (June 8). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-15** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-06-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 25. Noes 10. Page 1535.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-06-23** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 25 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2011-06-27** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 59. Noes 15. Page 2075.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-06-30** Enrolled measure version corrected.
- **2011-07-07** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12:15 p.m.
- **2011-07-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-07-15** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 87, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/06efa023-4238-471b-ba41-ce7525dee5d4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).