Nonresidents - Admission - Education - CA

Section § 48050

This law allows a school district in California to admit students from neighboring states that share a border with the district if they have permission from the county superintendent. The districts must make a financial agreement to cover the cost of education, including tuition, building use, bond payments, and transportation, which is capped at $10 a month. Payments should be made throughout the school year, with final adjustments made at the end. However, these students won't count towards state funding for the district. The district can form this agreement directly with the student's guardians as well. There's an exception for students attending school under a different section (48204.4), who will be counted for state funding purposes.

(a) The governing board of any school district may, with the approval of the county superintendent of schools, admit to the elementary and high schools of the school district pupils living in an adjoining state that is contiguous to the school district. An agreement shall be entered into between the governing board of the school district in this state and the governing board or authority of the school district in which the pupils from the adjoining state reside providing for the payment by the latter of an amount sufficient to reimburse the school district of attendance for the total cost of educating the pupil, including the total of the amounts expended per pupil for the current expenses of education, the use of buildings and equipment, the repayment of local bonds and interest payments and state building loan funds, capital outlay, and transportation to and from school. The amount of the tuition for the current expenses of education per unit of average daily attendance of pupils from the adjoining state shall equal the average current expenditure, exclusive of all transportation expenditures, per unit of average daily attendance in the school district of attendance. The per pupil cost attributable to capital outlay shall be on the basis of an average expenditure for the preceding five years. The cost of transportation shall not exceed ten dollars ($10) per month. Tuition payments shall be made during the school year with final payment at the end of the school year after all costs have been determined. If the amount paid is more or less than the total cost of education and transportation, adjustment shall be made for the following semester or school year. The attendance of the pupils shall not be included in computing the average daily attendance of the class or school for the purpose of obtaining apportionment of state funds. In lieu of entering an agreement with the governing board or authority of the school district in which the pupil from the adjoining state resides, the governing board of the school district in this state may enter an agreement with the parent or guardian of the pupil on the same terms as is provided in this subdivision.

(b) This section is inapplicable to a pupil attending a school in a school district pursuant to Section 48204.4 and the pupil shall be included in computing the average daily attendance of the school for the purpose of obtaining apportionment of state funds.

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Section § 48051

This law allows students who live in a neighboring foreign country to attend school in a California school district if they regularly go back to their home country within 24 hours. The decision to admit these students is up to the school district's governing board, and it applies regardless of the students' parents' citizenship status.

Any person, otherwise eligible for admission to any class or school of a school district of this state, whose parents are or are not citizens of the United States, whose actual and legal residence is in a foreign country adjacent to this state, and who regularly returns within a 24-hour period to said foreign country may be admitted to the class or school of the district by the governing board of the district.

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Section § 48052

This law states that before a school district can admit a student under a specific condition, the student's parent or guardian must pay a fee to the district. The fee covers the cost of the student's education, including expenses for school buildings, equipment, local bond repayments, capital outlays, and transportation, with some stipulations. Transportation costs are capped at $10 monthly, and payments must be made in advance. If there's an over- or underpayment, adjustments are made in the next term. These students are not counted in the school’s average daily attendance for state funding purposes. Additionally, there's an exception for certain students under another statute where these rules don't apply, and they will be counted for state funds.

(a) The governing board of the school district shall, as a condition precedent to the admission of any person, under Section 48051, require the parent or guardian of such person to pay to the school district an amount not more than sufficient to reimburse the school district for the total cost of educating the person, including the total of the amounts expended per pupil for the current expenses of education, the use of buildings and equipment, the repayment of local bonds and interest payments and state building loan funds, capital outlay, and transportation to and from school. The per pupil cost attributable to capital outlay shall be on the basis of an average expenditure for the preceding five years. The cost of transportation shall not exceed ten dollars ($10) per month. Tuition payments shall be made in advance for each month or semester during the period of attendance. If the amount paid is more or less than the total cost of education and transportation, adjustment shall be made for the following semester or school year. The attendance of the pupils shall not be included in computing the average daily attendance of the class or school for the purpose of obtaining apportionment of state funds. The school district shall not be eligible for nonimmigrant or noncitizen reimbursement under the provisions of Chapter 11 (commencing with Section 42900) of Part 24 of Division 3 of this title, Article 2 (commencing with Section 56865) of Chapter 6 of Part 30 of this division for these pupils.

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Section § 48053

This law states that apprentices, or their parents or guardians, don't have to pay any fees to attend classes in a school district when the classes are aligned with the specific requirements mentioned in the Labor Code. There is an exception noted in another section of the Labor Code.

Notwithstanding any other provisions of this code, and except as provided in Section 3074.7 of the Labor Code, no charges or fees of any kind shall be required to be paid by any apprentice, or by his parents or guardian, for admission or attendance in any class in any school district which provides instruction under Section 3074 of the Labor Code in accord with the requirements of subdivision (d) of Section 3078 of that code.

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Section § 48054

This law requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to create a plan to facilitate high school student exchanges between the U.S. and Japan, specifically enhancing ties with Osaka, Japan. The plan builds on an agreement from 1994 between California and Osaka. The plan should have been ready by June 1, 1997. Importantly, the plan should be funded by private donations, not state funds.

(a) The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall develop and implement a specific plan to help achieve the objectives contained in the April 17, 1996, Joint Statement between the United States and Japan providing for the educational exchange of high school pupils between the two countries. The plan shall include ways to best utilize the strong cooperative relationship between California and the Osaka Prefecture that was established pursuant to the Cooperation Agreement dated November 15, 1994, between the State of California and the Prefecture of Osaka.

(b) It is the intent of the Legislature that the plan be developed and implemented no later than June 1, 1997.

(c) The costs of the plan shall be funded through donations from the private sector. No state funds shall be appropriated to the State Department of Education for the purposes of developing and implementing the plan required pursuant to subdivision (a).

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