California legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
California AB1659: Juvenile court school pupils: joint transition planning policy: courses of study.
Status: Chaptered, September 27, 2026
What the bill says
An act to amend Sections 48647, 49069.5, and 51225.2 of the Education Code, relating to pupil instruction. pupil instruction Juvenile court school pupils: joint transition planning policy: courses of study. (1) Existing law requires a county office of education and county probation department to have a joint transition planning policy that includes collaboration with relevant local educational agencies to coordinate education and services for youth who have had contact with the juvenile justice system…
From the chaptered text, September 27, 2026:
An act to amend Sections 48647, 49069.5, and 51225.2 of the Education Code, relating to pupil instruction. pupil instruction Juvenile court school pupils: joint transition planning policy: courses of study. (1) Existing law requires a county office of education and county probation department to have a joint transition planning policy that includes collaboration with relevant local educational agencies to coordinate education and services for youth who have had contact with the juvenile justice system. Existing law requires, as part of the joint transition planning policy, the county office of education to assign transition oversight responsibilities to existing county office of education personnel who will work in collaboration with the county probation department and relevant local educational agencies to ensure that specified transition activities are completed for the pupil. This bill would require, as part of the joint transition planning policy, the school district or charter school in which the juvenile court school pupil will be enrolling to assign a staff member of that school district or charter school to serve as the point person for transition liaison responsibilities, and notify the county office of education and the county probation department of the assigned staff member’s name and contact information. The bill would also require that staff member, and other personnel of the school district or charter school as needed to …