Average daily attendance: emergencies: immigration enforcement activity.

Assembly Member Bains proposes expanding California's school attendance adjustment provisions to address enrollment disruptions caused by immigration enforcement activities. The legislation allows school districts, county offices of education, and charter schools to maintain their funding levels when student attendance materially decreases due to immigration enforcement, with the state superintendent calculating attendance as if the enforcement activities had not occurred.

To qualify for attendance adjustments, educational agencies must certify they offer independent study programs meeting state requirements and maintain written policies for virtual instruction or equivalent alternative learning activities. The Department of Education will provide certification forms by May 1, 2026, with the State Controller incorporating compliance verification into annual K-12 audits starting in 2026-27.

The bill exempts documentation submitted for immigration-related attendance adjustments from public records disclosure requirements to protect student privacy and safety. These provisions expire on July 1, 2029, after which the section reverts to addressing only traditional emergency-based attendance disruptions like natural disasters, facility damage, and transportation strikes.