NCJ Number
124216
Editor(s)
D D Moosekian
Date Published
1990
Length
4 pages
Annotation
Extracts from the California Education Code pertain to the handling of cases of habitual truancy and school misconduct.
Abstract
The law provides for referral to a school attendance review board when a student is habitually truant or habitually disorderly when attending school. The school attendance review board determines what community services are available to resolve the problem and then directs the student as well as the student's parents or guardians to make use of such community services. Should the review board determine that available community services cannot resolve the problem or that the student is not complying with the review board's recommendations, it may refer the case to the juvenile court for disposition. One action the juvenile court may take is to require that the student's parents deliver him/her to the programs designated by the court. The extracts contain legislative provisions for the composition, authority, and duties of the school attendance review boards.