BILL NUMBER: AB 1668	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Carter

                        FEBRUARY 14, 2012

   An act to add Section 47612.2 to the Education Code, relating to
charter schools.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1668, as introduced, Carter. Charter schools: graduation and
dropout rates.
   Existing law requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to
issue a California high school equivalency certificate and an
official score report, or an official score report only, to a person
who has not completed high school and who meets specified
requirements, including receiving a score on the general educational
development test that is determined by the State Board of Education
to be equal to the standard of performance expected from high school
graduates.
   Existing law requires graduation rates to be reported on the
school accountability report card and requires them to be used in
calculating a school's Academic Performance Index score. Existing law
requires the Annual Report on Dropouts in California to include data
relating to dropout and graduation rates. Existing law requires a
local educational agency, including a charter school, to retain
individual pupil records of all data necessary to compile reports
required by the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (20 U.S.C.
Sec. 6301 et seq.), including, but not limited to, dropout and
graduation rates.
   This bill would require that a pupil who passes the general
educational development test be counted as a transfer for purposes of
calculating graduation and dropout rates if the pupil is enrolled in
a charter school that provides instruction exclusively in
partnership with specified federal programs, the California
Conservation Corps, or the local conservation corps certified by the
California Conservation Corps.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 47612.2 is added to the Education Code, to
read:
   47612.2.  A pupil who passes the general educational development
test shall be counted as a transfer for purposes of calculating
graduation and dropout rates if the pupil is enrolled in a charter
school that provides instruction exclusively in partnership with any
of the following:
   (a) The federal Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (Public Law
105-220; 29 U.S.C. Sec. 2801 et seq.).
   (b) Federally affiliated Youth Build programs.
   (c) Federal job corps training or instruction provided pursuant to
a memorandum of understanding with the federal provider.
   (d) The California Conservation Corps or local conservation corps
certified by the California Conservation Corps pursuant to Section
14406 or 14507.5 of the Public Resources Code.