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          Date of Hearing:   May 27, 2014

                             ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON RULES
                              Richard S. Gordon, Chair
                     ACR 144 (Olsen) - As Amended:  May 23, 2014
           
          SUBJECT  :  California Charter Schools Week.

           SUMMARY  :  Proclaims May 5, 2014, to May 11, 2014, inclusive, and  
          every second week in May thereafter, to be California Charter  
          Schools Week; and joins the California Charter Schools  
          Association in congratulating charter schools for the  
          accomplishments and contributions they have made to public  
          education.   Specifically,  this resolution  makes the following  
          legislative findings:

          1)Charter schools play an integral role in California's public  
            education system, the communities in which they operate, the  
            families they serve, and the pupils' lives they impact; and,  
            there are 1,130 charter schools operating in California, the  
            highest number of any state in the nation.

          2)Charters schools are public schools that increase learning  
            opportunities for all pupils and offer a variety of learning  
            environments and emphases, including college-preparedness,  
            technical education, arts, and sciences.

          3)In the 2013-14 academic year, 104 new charter schools opened  
            and helped to create new jobs and opportunities for educators  
            and other professionals in California; and, charter schools  
            have a combined enrollment of 514,000 pupils representing 8.3  
            percent of the public school pupil population in the state.
           
          FISCAL EFFECT  :  None

           REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION  :   

           Support 
           
          None on file.

           Opposition 
           
          None on file.









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          Analysis Prepared by  :    Nicole Willis / RLS. / (916) 319-2800