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. The county board of education may enroll pupils in a county
community school who are any of the following:
(a) Expelled from a school district for any reason other than
those specified in subdivision (a) or (c) of Section 48915.
(b) (1) Referred to a county community school by a school district
as a result of the recommendation by a school attendance review
board. A pupil shall not be referred to a county community school by
a school district pursuant to this subdivision unless the school
district and the county office of education determine all of the
following:
(A) The county community school has space available to enroll the
pupil.
(B) The county community school meets the educational needs of the
pupil.
(C) (i) The parent, guardian, or responsible adult of the pupil
has not expressly objected to the referral based on one or more of
the following reasons:
(I) Reasonable concerns related to the pupil's safety.
(II) Geographic accessibility.
(III) Inability to transport.
(IV) The school does not meet the pupil's educational needs.
(ii) The school district may require the objection to be in
writing if it has advised the parent, guardian, or responsible adult
that they may object, in writing, for one of these reasons.
(2) If the county community school recommended pursuant to
paragraph (1) is not geographically accessible to the pupil, the
school attendance review board shall also include in its
recommendation a school option for the pupil that is geographically
accessible to the pupil and meets the criteria specified in paragraph
(1).
(3) If the parent, guardian, or responsible adult of the pupil
objects for any of the reasons described in subclauses (I) to (IV),
inclusive, of clause (i) of subparagraph (C) of paragraph (1), the
school district may either address the express objection or find an
alternative placement in another comprehensive or continuation school
within the school district. If the school district has offered the
pupil all other options, the school district may refer the pupil to
the county community school.
(4) The pupil has the right to return to his or her prior school
or another appropriate school within his or her school district at
the end of the semester following the semester when the acts leading
to referral occurred. The right to return shall continue until the
end of the pupil's 18th year of age, except that a pupil with
exceptional needs, consistent with Section 56041 of this code and
Section 1412(a)(1)(A) of Title 20 of the United States Code, shall
have the right to return until he or she turns 22 years of age.
(c) (1) (A) On probation, with or without the supervision of a
probation officer and consistent with an order of a juvenile court,
who are considered to be wards of the court under Sections 601 and
602 of the Welfare and Institutions Code and ordered placed pursuant
to Sections 725, 729.2, and 791 of, and paragraph (2) of subdivision
(a) of Section 727 of, the Welfare and Institutions Code.
(B) Under the supervision of a probation officer, with the consent
of the minor and the minor's parent or guardian, pursuant to Section
654 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.
(C) Under the supervision of a probation officer pursuant to
Section 726 and paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 727 of
the Welfare and Institutions Code with the consent of the pupil's
parent, guardian, or responsible adult appointed by the juvenile
court to make educational decisions for the pupil. The enrollment of
a minor covered by this paragraph in a county community school shall
be consistent with paragraph (2) of subdivision (c) of Section 726 of
the Welfare and Institutions Code, which provides that all
educational and school placement decisions shall seek to ensure that
the youth is in the least restrictive educational program, has access
to the academic resources, services, and extracurricular and
enrichment activities that are available to all pupils, and are based
on the best interests of the child.
(D) Unless specifically ordered by a juvenile court, nothing in
this subdivision shall be construed to conflict with the existing
rights of a parent, guardian, or responsible adult appointed by the
juvenile court pursuant to Section 726 of the Welfare and
Institutions Code to make educational placement decisions for the
minor.
(E) With respect to a pupil's enrollment in a county community
school pursuant to subparagraph (B) or (C), and consistent with
paragraph (2) of subdivision (c) of Section 726 of the Welfare and
Institutions Code and California Rule of Court 5.651, all of the
following shall apply:
(i) The attorney for, or the person holding the educational rights
of, a pupil who is under the jurisdiction of the delinquency court
may use the procedures set forth in California Rule of Court 5.651 to
address any change of placement that results in the enrollment of
the pupil in a county community school that is not his or her school
of origin.
(ii) The attorney or the person holding the educational rights
appointed by the court for a pupil who is under the jurisdiction of
the delinquency court may, during a regularly scheduled hearing,
raise any concerns with respect to whether the enrollment of the
pupil in a county community school is meeting the educational needs
of the pupil.
(iii) Nothing in this subparagraph is intended to limit in any way
the rights or responsibilities of any person as set forth in
paragraph (2) of subdivision (c) of Section 726 of the Welfare and
Institutions Code and California Rule of Court 5.651.
(2) On probation or parole and not in attendance at any school,
where enrollment is with the consent of the parent, guardian, or
responsible adult, or the pupil, if he or she is 18 years of age or
older. Nothing in this subdivision shall impact the provision of
services or funding for youth up to 25 years of age pursuant to
subdivision (b) of Section 1982, as that section read on September
25, 2013.
(3) Expelled for any of the reasons specified in subdivision (a)
or (c) of Section 48915.
(4) Enrollment in a county community school pursuant to this
subdivision shall be consistent with subdivision (b) of Section
48645.5.
(d) Pupils whose school districts of attendance, or, for pupils
who do not have school districts of attendance, school districts of
residence, have, at the request of the pupil's parent, guardian, or
responsible adult, approved the pupil's enrollment in a county
community school, subject to the following:
(1) A pupil shall not be enrolled in a county community school
pursuant to this subdivision unless the school district determines
that the placement will promote the educational interests of the
pupil and the county community school has space available to enroll
the pupil.
(2) A parent, guardian, or responsible adult of a pupil enrolled
in a county community school pursuant to this subdivision may rescind
the request for the placement, and the pupil shall be immediately
reenrolled in the school that the pupil attended at the time of the
referral, or, with the consent of the parent, guardian, or
responsible adult, another appropriate school.
(e) The procedures outlined in subdivisions (b) to (e), inclusive,
of Section 51225.2 govern the transfer of credits, records,
including special education records, and grades required pursuant to
subdivision (a) of Section 48645.5 and Section 49068 when the pupil
transfers to and from the county community school.
(f) For purposes of this section, "geographically accessible"
means that the pupil can reasonably travel to and from the school and
is able to pay for any transportation costs that are above and
beyond the costs to attend his or her school of residence or prior
school, whichever is farther away.