The Board of Education shall establish school attendance boundaries in order to maximize the efficient use of district facilities and effective administration of district schools. The Superintendent or designee shall periodically review school attendance boundaries and, as necessary, make recommendations to the Board for boundary adjustments.
\n\nWhen reviewing school attendance boundaries, the Superintendent or designee shall consider the following factors:
\n\nIn order to alleviate overcrowding, the Superintendent or designee may place some students in a school outside of their attendance area. Parents/guardians of students who are attending schools outside of their attendance area shall be notified of the school their child will be attending as soon as possible. If available, transportation shall be provided for such students.
\n\n\n", "contentText": "The Board of Education shall establish school attendance boundaries in order to maximize the efficient use of district facilities and effective administration of district schools. The Superintendent or designee shall periodically review school attendance boundaries and, as necessary, make recommendations to the Board for boundary adjustments.\n\nWhen reviewing school attendance boundaries, the Superintendent or designee shall consider the following factors:\n\n- School enrollment data, including changing enrollment patterns\n\n- Facility capacity and design, including potential commercial and residential developments\n\n- School feeder patterns, including maintaining, to the extent practicable, continuity of student attendance\n\n- Federal, state, or court mandates\n\n- Community input\n\n- Student safety\n\n- Transportation capacity\n\n- Community and neighborhood identity\n\n- Geographic features of the district, including traffic patterns\n\n- Educational programs, such as magnet schools and charter schools\n\n- Consistency between municipal boundaries and high school boundaries\n\n- Other factors\n\nIn order to alleviate overcrowding, the Superintendent or designee may place some students in a school outside of their attendance area. Parents/guardians of students who are attending schools outside of their attendance area shall be notified of the school their child will be attending as soon as possible. If available, transportation shall be provided for such students.", "footnotes": [ { "type": "State", "references": [ { "code": "CA Constitution Article I, Section 31", "description": "Discrimination based on race, sex, color, ethnicity", "url": "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=CONS§ionNum=SEC.%2031.&article=I" }, { "code": "Ed. Code 35160", "description": "Authority of governing boards", "url": "https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=EDC§ionNum=35160." }, { "code": "Ed. Code 35160.1", "description": "Broad authority of school districts", "url": "https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=EDC§ionNum=35160.1." }, { "code": "Ed. Code 35160.5", "description": "District policies; rules and regulations", "url": "https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=EDC§ionNum=35160.5." }, { "code": "Ed. Code 35291-35291.5", "description": "Rules", "url": "https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displayText.xhtml?lawCode=EDC&division=3.&title=2.&part=21.&chapter=2.&article=10." }, { "code": "Ed. Code 35350", "description": "Transportation of students", "url": "https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=EDC§ionNum=35350." }, { "code": "Ed. Code 35351", "description": "Assignment of students to particular schools", "url": "https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=EDC§ionNum=35351." }, { "code": "Gov. Code 53311-53317.5", "description": "Establishment of community facilities district", "url": "https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displayText.xhtml?lawCode=GOV&division=2.&title=5.&part=1.&chapter=2.5.&article=1." } ] }, { "type": "Management Resources", "references": [ { "code": "Court Decision", "description": "Crawford v. Board of Education (1976) 17 Cal.3d 280", "url": "https://www.lexisnexis.com/clients/CACourts/" }, { "code": "Court Decision", "description": "Crawford v. Huntington Beach Union High School District (2002) 98 Cal.App.4th 1275", "url": "https://www.lexisnexis.com/clients/CACourts/" }, { "code": "Court Decision", "description": "Jackson v. Pasadena City School District (1963) 59 Cal.2d 876", "url": "https://www.lexisnexis.com/clients/CACourts/" }, { "code": "Website", "description": "CSBA District and County Office of Education Legal Services", "url": "https://legalservices.csba.org/" }, { "code": "Website", "description": "California Department of Education", "url": "http://www.cde.ca.gov" } ] } ], "crossRefs": [ { "code": "5111.1", "title": "District Residency", "type": "AR" }, { "code": "5111.1", "title": "District Residency", "type": "AR" }, { "code": "5112.2", "title": "Exclusions From Attendance", "type": "AR" }, { "code": "5116.1", "title": "Intradistrict Open Enrollment", "type": "AR" }, { "code": "5116.1", "title": "Intradistrict Open Enrollment", "type": "AR" }, { "code": "5117", "title": "Interdistrict Attendance", "type": "AR" } ], "attachments": [] }