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THIRD READING
Bill No: ACR 144
Author: Olsen (R)
Amended: 5/23/14 in Assembly
Vote: 21
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 78-0, 5/29/14 (Consent) - See last page for
vote
SUBJECT : California Charter Schools Week
SOURCE : California Charter Schools Association Advocates
DIGEST : This resolution 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.
ANALYSIS : 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
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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%
of the public school pupil population in the state.
This resolution 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.
FISCAL EFFECT : Fiscal Com.: No
SUPPORT : (Verified 6/4/14)
California Charter Schools Association Advocates (source)
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 78-0, 5/29/14
AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Allen, Ammiano, Bigelow, Bloom,
Bocanegra, Bonilla, Bonta, Bradford, Brown, Buchanan, Ian
Calderon, Campos, Chau, Chávez, Chesbro, Conway, Cooley,
Dababneh, Dahle, Daly, Dickinson, Donnelly, Eggman, Fong, Fox,
Frazier, Beth Gaines, Garcia, Gatto, Gomez, Gonzalez, Gordon,
Gorell, Gray, Grove, Hagman, Hall, Roger Hernández, Holden,
Jones, Jones-Sawyer, Levine, Linder, Logue, Lowenthal,
Maienschein, Mansoor, Medina, Melendez, Mullin, Muratsuchi,
Nazarian, Nestande, Olsen, Pan, Patterson, Perea, John A.
Pérez, V. Manuel Pérez, Quirk, Quirk-Silva, Rendon,
Ridley-Thomas, Rodriguez, Salas, Skinner, Stone, Ting, Wagner,
Waldron, Weber, Wieckowski, Wilk, Williams, Yamada, Atkins
NO VOTE RECORDED: Harkey, Vacancy
PQ:k 6/4/14 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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