Section 52063 - [Operative 7/1/2024] Parent advisory committee; English learner parent advisory committee(a)(1) The governing board of a school district shall establish a parent advisory committee to provide advice to the governing board of the school district and the superintendent of the school district regarding the requirements of this article.(2) A parent advisory committee shall include parents or legal guardians of currently enrolled pupils in the school district to whom one or more of the definitions in Section 42238.01 apply, and parents or legal guardians of currently enrolled pupils with disabilities in the school district.(3) A parent advisory committee of a school district serving middle school or high school pupils shall include at least two pupils as full members. The pupils shall serve for a renewable term of one full school year.(4) This subdivision shall not require the governing board of a school district serving middle school or high school pupils to include two pupil members on the parent advisory committee if the governing board of the school district establishes or has already established a student advisory committee pursuant to subdivision (b).(5) This subdivision shall not require the governing board of the school district to establish a new parent advisory committee if the governing board of the school district already has established a parent advisory committee that meets the requirements of this subdivision, including any committee established to meet the requirements of the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act, as amended by the federal Every Student Succeeds Act (Public Law 114-95), pursuant to Section 1116 of Subpart 1 of Part A of Title I of that act.(b)(1) The governing board of a school district serving middle school or high school pupils shall establish a student advisory committee to provide advice to the governing board of the school district and the superintendent of the school district regarding the requirements of this article.(2) This subdivision shall not require the governing board of a school district serving middle school or high school pupils to establish a new student advisory committee if the governing board of the school district already has established a student advisory committee that meets the requirements of this subdivision, or has two established pupil positions on the parent advisory committee pursuant to subdivision (a).(c)(1) The governing board of a school district shall establish an English learner parent advisory committee if the enrollment of the school district includes at least 15 percent English learners and the school district enrolls at least 50 pupils who are English learners.(2) This subdivision shall not require the governing board of the school district to establish a new English learner parent advisory committee if the governing board of the school district already has established a committee that meets the requirements of this subdivision.(d) A school district shall take into consideration that the pupil members of a parent advisory committee or student advisory committee represent the diversity of the school district's pupils, including geographical, socioeconomic, cultural, physical, and educational diversity. Particular effort should be made to reach out to at-risk or disadvantaged pupils to serve as members of a parent advisory committee or student advisory committee, as their participation will provide keen insight into many of the issues that pupils face in their day-to-day lives.(e) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2024.Added by Stats 2022 ch 922 (SB 997),s 3, eff. 1/1/2023.