SECTIONS 51250-51251 - California Statutes

EDUCATION CODE

SECTION 51250-51251

51250. The department shall establish a formal liaison with the
United States Department of Defense and school districts and county
offices of education that enroll military dependents to do all of the
following:
(a) Examine course credit transfer issues and establish guidelines
for course credit transfer.
(b) Develop procedures to facilitate the integration of military
dependents into new public schools.
(c) Establish procedures to assist military dependents in meeting
local graduation requirements.
(d) Create model memorandums of agreement between military bases
and school districts or county offices of education regarding
enabling schoolage military dependents to experience a smoother
transition from one school to another school.

51251. (a) A governing board of a school district and a county
office of education may undertake any or all of the following in
order to properly address the needs of military dependents:
(1) Establish a course credit transfer policy for schoolage
military dependents provided that, under the policy, the military
dependents would still substantially meet the graduation requirements
prescribed by the governing board. A school district may require a
military dependent, within reason, to meet the graduation
requirements of the district, established pursuant to paragraph (2)
of subdivision (a) of Section 51225.3, that are in addition to state
graduation requirements.
(2) Provide early entry transfer, pretranscript evaluation, pupil
support services, and other similar assistance to aid schoolage
military dependents in meeting graduation requirements.
(b) A governing board of a school district may take the actions
described in subdivision (a) if both of the following circumstances
have been met:
(1) The parent or legal guardian of the military dependent is
serving on active duty or has been discharged from military service
within the last year.
(2) The transfer of the military dependent to a new school is the
direct result of a military transfer or discharge of the parent or
legal guardian of the dependent.
(c) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the
following meanings:
(1) "Early entry transfer" means that a pupil shall have completed
the transfer process prior to arriving on the campus of the school
to which the pupil is transferring and that upon arrival at the
school to which the pupil is transferring, the pupil shall be able to
attend his or her assigned classes and participate in his or her
desired extracurricular activities, if the pupil meets the
eligibility requirements for those activities.
(2) "Pretranscript evaluation" means that the school to which the
pupil is transferring shall review the coursework-to-date of the
pupil, including any unofficial transcripts, prior to the receipt of
official transcripts or the arrival of the pupil. This evaluation
process shall be designed to clarify any questions about the
placement of the pupil in classes at the school to which the pupil is
transferring and shall include communication with school counselors
and teachers at the school from which the pupil is transferring by
any or all of the following means: videoconferencing, e-mail
correspondence, and telephone calls.