Opinion No. (2001)

BILL LOCKYER Attorney General GREGORY L. GONOT Deputy Attorney General THE HONORABLE HELEN MACLEOD THOMSON, MEMBER OF THE STATE ASSEMBLY, has requested an opinion on the following questions: 1. May a school district deny all applications for pupil admissions that are based upon a parent's employment within the district where the reason for the denial is that the district's school facilities are overcrowded at the relevant grade level? 2. May a school district that has admitted an elementary school pupil based upon a parent's employment within the district deny the pupil continued attendance at a school within the district because of overcrowded school facilities at the relevant grade level? 3. May a school district deny all applications for interdistrict attendance agreements that are based upon the child care needs of the pupil where the reason for the denial is that the district's school facilities are overcrowded at the relevant grade level? 4. May a school district that has entered into an interdistrict attendance agreement based upon the child care needs of the pupil deny the pupil continued attendance at a school within the district because of overcrowded school facilities…