Section 48321.5 Of Article 8. School Attendance Review Boards From California Education Code >> Division 4. >> Title 2. >> Part 27. >> Chapter 2. >> Article 8.
48321.5
. (a) In every case in which a minor pupil has been referred
to it under Section 48263, each county or local school attendance
review board may, for the purpose of making a proper disposition of
the referral, issue subpoenas pursuant to the procedures provided in
Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 1985) of Title 3 of Part 4 of the
Code of Civil Procedure and subject to subdivision (f), or may
request the juvenile court having jurisdiction to issue subpoenas,
requiring the production of pertinent or material written information
or the attendance of any of the following persons:
(1) The minor.
(2) The minor's parents, guardians, or other person having control
of the minor.
(3) The school authority referring the minor.
(4) Any other person who has pertinent or material information
concerning the matter.
(b) The juvenile court may issue subpoenas requiring the
attendance of witnesses or the production of pertinent or material
written information, subject to Section 1985 of the Code of Civil
Procedure.
(c) Enforcement of a subpoena issued by a county or local school
attendance review board is within the jurisdiction of the juvenile
court. The juvenile court does not have jurisdiction to order
detention in any secure facility or other confinement for failure to
comply with a subpoena issued pursuant to this section.
(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize a
county or local school attendance review board to issue a subpoena
for the production of written materials or the attendance of any
person except as specifically provided in subdivision (a) with
respect to the limited purpose of making a proper disposition of the
referral of a minor pupil made pursuant to Section 48263.
(e) Nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize a
county or local school attendance review board to issue a subpoena or
request a subpoena to be issued for the production of written
materials or the attendance of any person if it is verified that the
minor pupil is enrolled and in regular attendance in a private school
maintaining kindergarten or any of grades 1 to 12, inclusive, that
has filed an affidavit pursuant to Sections 33190 and 48222 of the
Education Code.
(f) A county or local school attendance review board shall not
issue a subpoena that includes a request for production of written
materials, but may request a juvenile court having jurisdiction to
issue a subpoena for production of written materials pursuant to
subdivision (a).