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48308
. (a) (1) An application requesting a transfer pursuant to
this article shall be submitted by the parent or guardian of a pupil
to the school district of choice that has elected to accept transfer
pupils pursuant to Section 48301 prior to January 1 of the school
year preceding the school year for which the pupil is requesting to
be transferred. This application deadline may be waived upon
agreement of the school district of residence of the pupil and the
school district of choice.
(2) The application deadline specified in paragraph (1) does not
apply to an application requesting a transfer if the parent or
guardian of the pupil, with whom the pupil resides, is enlisted in
the military and was relocated by the military within 90 days prior
to submitting the application.
(b) The application may be submitted on a form provided for this
purpose by the department and may request enrollment of the pupil in
a specific school or program of the school district.
(c) (1) Not later than 90 days after the receipt by a school
district of an application for transfer, the governing board of the
school district may notify the parent or guardian in writing whether
the application has been provisionally accepted or rejected or of the
placement of the pupil on a waiting list. Final acceptance or
rejection shall be made by May 15 preceding the school year for which
the pupil is requesting to be transferred.
(2) (A) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the governing board of a
school district shall, not later than 90 days after receipt of an
application submitted according to paragraph (2) of subdivision (a),
make a final acceptance or rejection of that application. A pupil may
enroll in a school in the school district immediately upon his or
her acceptance.
(B) If an application submitted according to paragraph (2) of
subdivision (a) is submitted less than 90 days prior to the beginning
of the school year for which the pupil seeks to be transferred, the
governing board of the school district shall accept or deny the
application prior to the commencement of the school year. A pupil may
enroll in a school in the school district immediately upon his or
her acceptance.
(3) If the application is accepted, the notice required by this
subdivision may be provided to the school district of residence. If
the application is rejected, the district governing board may set
forth in the written notification to the parent or guardian the
specific reason or reasons for that determination, and may ensure
that the determination, and the specific reason or reasons therefor,
are accurately recorded in the minutes of a regularly scheduled board
meeting in which the determination was made.
(d) Final acceptance of the transfer is applicable for one school
year and will be renewed automatically each year unless the school
district of choice through the adoption of a resolution withdraws
from participation in the program and no longer will accept any
transfer pupils from other districts. However, if a school district
of choice withdraws from participation in the program, high school
pupils admitted under this article may continue until they graduate
from high school.