Rather than assigning kids to schools based on their address, open enrollment allows students to transfer to any public school with available seats. California’s current K-12 cross-district open enrollment laws, which are supposed to allow public school students to transfer to public schools outside their assigned school districts, are overly restrictive, complicated and in need of reform. California’s current open enrollment laws earned a grade of D-, scoring 62 out of 100 possible points, from Reason Foundation’s latest ranking of every state’s open enrollment transfer laws. California’s public schools need to do a better job of offering parents and students what they need. Allowing kids to transfer to any public school with open seats would go a long way in improving student achievement and satisfaction with the state’s public school system.