SB 839 – Current law requires the board of education of an unaccredited school district to pay the tuition and transportation of resident students who attend an accredited school in the same or an adjoining county. This act exempts any unaccredited school district during the first two full school years in which it operates under the authority of a special administrative board. In addition, such a school district will be exempt if, while operating under the authority of the special administrative board, it demonstrates improvement in its annual performance report. Improvement will be demonstrated by the district gaining at least one additional point during the initial two-year period, not losing any points in the subsequent year, and gaining at least one additional annual performance point within each subsequent two-year period after the initial two-year period. If such improvement does not occur, the special administrative board will pay the tuition and transportation of resident students. A student residing in an unaccredited district operating under the authority of a special administrative board will have the right to transfer to a school within the student's district of residence that offers the student's grade level of enrollment that has met or exceeded state targets for the previous academic year, provided adequate space is available as determined by the special administrative board. This act contains an emergency clause. This act is substantially similar to HB 1830 (2012). MICHAEL RUFF