Education Code section 33317.3

(a)

Commencing with the 2026–27 school year, the department shall collect and publish on its internet website, and local educational agencies shall provide to the department, data on pupil transfers due to disciplinary reasons, including whether the pupil transferred to an alternative school based on a referral by the school.

(b)

The department, when providing guidance on its internet website about reducing disproportionate discipline of pupil subgroups in schools, shall advise local educational agencies against the use of transfers to avoid reporting suspensions and expulsions.

(c)

For purposes of this section, “local educational agency” means a school district, county office of education, or charter school.

Source: Section 33317.3, https://leginfo.­legislature.­ca.­gov/faces/codes_displaySection.­xhtml?lawCode=EDC§ionNum=33317.­3.­ (updated Jan. 1, 2025; accessed Nov. 3, 2025).

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