Bill Text: CA AB656 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Amended

California Assembly Bill 656 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Charter schools.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-02-03 - From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [AB656 Detail]

Download: California-2013-AB656-Amended.html

BILL NUMBER: AB 656	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 19, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Ch�vez

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2013

   An act to  amend   add  Section 
47602 of   47605.9 to  the Education Code,
relating to charter schools.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 656, as amended, Ch�vez. Charter schools.
   The Charter Schools Act of 1992  limits the number of new
charter schools that may be authorized to operate in the state to 100
in each successive school year.   specifies the
procedures for the submission, review, and approval or denial of a
petition to establish a countywide charter school, under which the
charter school may operate at one or more sites within the geographic
boundaries of the county. Existing law specifies the procedures for
submission, review, and approval or denial of a petition for the
operation of a state charter school, and authorizes the state board
to approve a charter for the operation of the charter school at
multiple sites throughout the state. 
   This bill would  make nonsubstantive changes to that
provision.   specify that a petition for the
establishment of a countywide charter school or a statewide benefit
charter school may seek to establish multiple charter schools, which
would be considered individual schools for purposes that include, but
are not limited to, compliance, monitoring, data reporting and
collection, pupil performance data, oversight, and apportionment.

   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  no
  yes  . State-mandated local program: no.


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

   SECTION 1.    Section 47605.9 is added to the 
 Education Code   , to read:  
   47605.9.  A petition for the establishment of a countywide charter
school pursuant to Section 47605.6 or a statewide benefit charter
school pursuant to Section 47605.8 may, at the discretion of the
petitioner and upon approval of the chartering authority, seek to
establish multiple charter schools, which shall be considered
separate schools for purposes that include, but are not limited to,
compliance, monitoring, data reporting and collection, pupil
performance data, oversight, and apportionment.  
  SECTION 1.    Section 47602 of the Education Code
is amended to read:
   47602.  (a) In the 1998-99 school year, the maximum total number
of charter schools authorized to operate in this state shall be 250.
In each successive school year thereafter, an additional 100 charter
schools are authorized to operate in this state. For purposes of
implementing this section, the state board shall assign a number to
each charter petition that it grants pursuant to subdivision (j) of
Section 47605 or Section 47605.8 and to each charter notice it
receives pursuant to this part, based on the chronological order in
which the notice is received. The number assigned by the state board
shall correspond to a single petition that identifies a charter
school that will operate within the geographic and site limitations
of this part. The state board shall develop a numbering system for
charter schools that identifies each school associated with a charter
and that operates within the existing limit on the number of charter
schools that can be approved each year. For purposes of this
section, sites that share educational programs and serve similar
pupil populations may not be counted as separate schools. Sites that
do not share a common educational program shall be considered
separate schools for purposes of this section. The limits contained
in this subdivision may not be waived by the state board pursuant to
Section 33050 or any other law.
   (b) A charter shall not be granted under this part that authorizes
the conversion of a private school to a charter school. A charter
school shall not receive any public funds for a pupil if the pupil
also attends a private school that charges the pupil's family for
tuition. The state board shall adopt regulations to implement this
section.