Your child may be admitted to school in another district only if: 

1.  They establish legal residence in the jurisdiction of the new district; 
   or 
2. Their current district grants them an inter-district transfer.^[1]

The new district may request information and/or a recommendation from the former district and will then hold a hearing to determine whether your child poses a continuing danger to the students or employees of the new district.^[2] The hearing is conducted under the same rules and procedures as regular expulsion hearings.^[3] If, after the hearing, the district determines that your child does pose a continuing danger, it may condition enrollment on attendance in a specified program or may deny the request for admission.^[4] If the district determines that your child does not pose a continuing danger, it must admit them to one of its schools for the remainder of the expulsion period, provided they have established residence in the new district or have obtained an inter-district transfer.^[5] If you have not informed the new district of the expulsion from the former district and the new district finds out, the fact of nondisclosure must be recorded and may be discussed at the readmission hearing described above. 

However, if your child was expelled for any of the following reasons, they cannot enroll in any other California district during the period of their expulsion, unless it is a county community school or juvenile court school: 

1.  Causing serious physical injury to another person (except in self-defense); 
2.  Possessing a knife, explosive or other dangerous object of no reasonable use to them at school or at a school activity off campus; 
3.  Possession of a controlled substance; 
4.  Engaging in robbery or extortion; 
5.  Assault or battery; 
6.  Possession or sale of a firearm; 
7.  Brandishing a knife; 
8.  Sale of a controlled substance; or 
9.  Sexual assault.^[6]

After the period of expulsion (for any of the above reasons) is over, your child may be admitted to the new district if they meet the residence or inter-district transfer requirements. The admission would only be considered if, after a hearing, the new district determines that they do not pose a continuing danger. 

If your child is expelled and is re-enrolled in a new school district, the new school district must continue to provide special education and related services to your child comparable to your student’s current IEP.

1. Cal. Ed. Code Secs. 46600(c) (transfer for expelled students), 46601 (appeals) & 46603 (provisional admission).[↩]
2. Cal. Ed. Code Secs. 48915.1(a)-(b).[↩]
3. Cal. Ed. Code Sec. 48918.[↩]
4. Cal. Ed. Code Secs. 48915.1(c)-(d).[↩]
5. Cal. Ed. Code Sec. 48915.1(e).[↩]
6. Cal Ed. Code Secs. 48915.1, 48915(a) & (c), 48915.2(a).[↩]