State bill affecting interdistrict transfers put on hold

May 2 2011 by Jake Frodsham in School Section |No Comments

A state Senate bill potentially affecting the process that allows students to transfer between school districts has been put on hold.

Senate Bill 268, carried by South Bay Sen. Rod Wright and sponsored by the Los Angeles Unified School District, would limit the criteria that can be considered by county boards of education when parents appeal the denial of permits allowing interdistrict transfers.

The bill was put in the “suspense file” at a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing Monday, along with other bills that would cost over a certain threshold. It is slated to return for a hearing May 26, though a spokeswoman for Wright said the bill’s fate is unclear.

Also this week, a bill moved forward from South Bay Assemblyman Warren Furutani that would create an oil extraction tax to increase funding for public higher education.

Furutani rallied students in support of the bill at an event at Harbor College last month.

The legislation, Assembly Bill 1326, passed out of the Assembly Higher Education Committee on a 8-3 vote Tuesday. It moves on to the Assembly Committee on Revenue and Taxation in coming weeks.

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