SB 116

Under the Open Enrollment Program, a pupil may apply to attend a public

school in a school district other than the pupil's resident school district (nonresident

school district) if certain conditions are met. If the nonresident school district

receives more applications from nonresident pupils than the district has spaces, the

district must determine which pupils to admit on a random basis. However, before

selecting on a random basis, the nonresident school district may first give preference

to pupils and siblings of pupils who are already attending a school and, if the

nonresident school district is a union high school district, to pupils who are attending

an underlying elementary school.

This bill permits a nonresident school district to, after giving preference to

pupils and siblings of pupils already attending a school in the nonresident school

district and before giving preference to a pupil attending an underlying elementary

school, give preference to a pupil whose parent or guardian is an employee of the

nonresident school district.