Bill Text: CA AB622 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Enrolled

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Bill Title: School districts: charter school petitions: Internet posting.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Vetoed) 2014-03-06 - Last day to consider Governor's veto pursuant to Joint Rule 58.5. [AB622 Detail]

Download: California-2013-AB622-Enrolled.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 622	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	PASSED THE SENATE  SEPTEMBER 10, 2013
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  SEPTEMBER 11, 2013
	AMENDED IN SENATE  SEPTEMBER 6, 2013
	AMENDED IN SENATE  SEPTEMBER 3, 2013
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 15, 2013
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 21, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Campos

                        FEBRUARY 20, 2013

   An act to add Section 47605.4 to the Education Code, relating to
school districts.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 622, Campos. School districts: charter school petitions:
Internet posting.
   Existing law authorizes one or more persons to circulate a
petition for the establishment of a charter school within a school
district, and authorizes the petitioners to submit the petition to
the governing board of the school district for review and approval,
as provided.
   This bill would require the petitioners to post on the proposed or
existing charter school's Internet Web site, if one is maintained, a
copy of a summary of the petition, a copy of the initial petition,
renewal petition, or appeal petition, and any substantive revisions
to the petition, as provided. The bill would require all charter
schools to post on their Internet Web sites a copy of the summary of
the charter school's petition and the petition. The bill would also
require a charter school authorizer, as defined, to post on its
Internet Web site the summary of the petition and a copy of the
initial petition, renewal petition, or appeal petition, among other
things, as provided. The bill would require an initial petition, a
renewal petition, or an appeal petition submitted to a charter school
authorizer to simultaneously include an electronic copy of the
summary of the charter school petition and the petition. The bill
would require any substantive changes to the initial petition or
renewal petition to be submitted in electronic form. By requiring new
duties on governing boards of school districts, county boards of
education, and charter schools, this bill would impose a
state-mandated local program.
   The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local
agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.
   This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates
determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state,
reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these
statutory provisions.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 47605.4 is added to the Education Code, to
read:
   47605.4.  (a) (1) If the petitioners of a proposed charter school
maintain an Internet Web site for the proposed or an existing charter
school, the petitioners shall post on the proposed or existing
charter school's Internet Web site a copy of a summary of the
petition and a copy of the initial petition, renewal petition, or
appeal petition, and any substantive revisions to the petition
submitted to the charter school authorizer pursuant to this chapter
that contains all the information required to be part of the petition
for the establishment of a charter school, no later than three days
before a public hearing held pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section
47605.
   (2) A charter school that maintains an Internet Web site shall
post a copy of the summary of the charter school's petition and a
copy of the charter school's petition on the school's Internet Web
site.
   (b) A charter school authorizer shall post on its Internet Web
site all of the following:
   (1) A summary of the petition and a copy of the initial petition,
renewal petition, or appeal petition submitted for the establishment
of a charter school that is submitted to the charter school
authorizer for approval, renewal, or appeal pursuant to this chapter,
no later than three days before a public hearing held pursuant to
subdivision (b) of Section 47605.
   (2) Any substantive revisions of the petition submitted for
initial approval or renewal, no later than three days before a public
hearing held pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 47605.
   (3) A summary of the charter school petition and the charter
school petition for each charter school it has authorized.
   (c) (1) An initial petition, a renewal petition, or an appeal
petition submitted to a charter school authorizer for purposes of
establishing a charter school shall simultaneously include an
electronic copy of the summary of the charter school petition and the
charter school petition.
   (2) Any substantive revisions to the initial petition or renewal
petition submitted to the charter school authorizer shall be
submitted in electronic form.
   (d) For purposes of this section, "charter school authorizer"
means the governing board of a school district, the county board of
education, or the state board, as the case may be.
  SEC. 2.  If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this
act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local
agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant
to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of
the Government Code.