Report 2019-104 Recommendation Responses
Report 2019-104: Youth Experiencing Homelessness: California's Education System for K-12 Inadequately Identifies and Supports These Youth (Release Date: November 2019)
Recommendation for Legislative Action
To ensure that LEAs effectively identify and serve youth experiencing homelessness, the Legislature should require LEAs to follow best practices to distribute to all families and youth, at least annually, a housing questionnaire with content that defines homelessness in a manner consistent with the McKinney-Vento Act.
Description of Legislative Action
AB 27 (Chapter 394, Statutes of 2021), in part, requires LEAs to ensure that each school within the LEA identifies all homeless children and unaccompanied youths enrolled at the school, administers a housing questionnaire for purposes of identifying homeless children and unaccompanied youths, and annually provides the housing questionnaire to all parents or guardians of pupils and unaccompanied youths.
- Legislative Action Current As-of: November 2021
California State Auditor's Assessment of Annual Follow-Up Status: Legislation Enacted
Description of Legislative Action
AB 1937 (L. Rivas, 2020) would have required LEAs to create a housing questionnaire that includes an explanation of the rights and protections a pupil has as a homeless child or an unaccompanied youth and annually provide the housing questionnaire to all parents or guardians of pupils and unaccompanied youths of the LEA. This bill failed passage due to adjournment of the 2019-20 Regular Legislative Session.
- Legislative Action Current As-of: November 2020
California State Auditor's Assessment of 1-Year Status: Legislation Proposed But Not Enacted
Description of Legislative Action
AB 1937 (L. Rivas) would require LEAs to ensure that each school within the LEA identifies all homeless children and youths and unaccompanied youths enrolled at the school, create a housing questionnaire for purposes of identifying homeless children and youths and unaccompanied youths, and annually provide the housing questionnaire to all parents or guardians of pupils and unaccompanied youths of the LEA.
- Legislative Action Current As-of: May 2020
California State Auditor's Assessment of 6-Month Status: Legislation Introduced
Description of Legislative Action
As of January 2020, the Legislature has not taken action to address this specific recommendation.
- Legislative Action Current As-of: January 2020