AB 622, as amended, 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,begin delete to include among other things, the governing board of a
school district,end delete 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. 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.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: yes.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 47605.4 is added to the Education Code,
2to read:
(a) (1) If the petitioners of a proposed charter school
4maintain an Internet Web site for the proposed or an existing
5charter school, the petitioners shall post on the proposed or existing
6charter school’s Internet Web site a copy of a summary of the
7petition and a copy of the initial petition, renewal petition, or appeal
8petition, and any substantive revisions to the petition submitted to
9the charter school authorizer pursuant to this chapter that contains
10all the information required to be part of the petition for the
11establishment of a charterbegin delete school, within five days from the date begin insert
school.end insert
12of submission.end delete
13(2) A charter school that maintains an Internet Web site shall
14post a copy of the summary of the charter school’s petition and a
15copy of the charter school’s petition on the school’s Internet Web
16site.
17(b) A charter school authorizer shall post on its Internet Web
18site all of the following:
19(1) A summary of the petition and a copy of the initial petition,
20renewal petition, or appeal petition submitted for the establishment
21of a charter school that is submitted to the charter school authorizer
P3 1for approval, renewal, or appeal pursuant to
thisbegin delete chapter, within begin insert chapter.end insert
2five days from the date of submission.end delete
3(2) Any substantive revisions of the petition submitted for initial
4approval orbegin delete renewal, within five days from the date of submission.end delete
5begin insert renewal.end insert
6(3) A summary of the charter school petition and the charter
7school petition for each charter school it has authorized.
8(c) (1) An
initial petition, a renewal petition, or an appeal
9petition submitted to a charter school authorizer for purposes of
10establishing a charter school shall simultaneously include an
11electronic copy of the summary of the charter school petition and
12the charter school petition.
13(2) Any substantive revisions to the initial petition or renewal
14petition submitted to the charter school authorizer shall be
15submitted in electronic form.
16(d) For purposes of this section, “charter school authorizer”
17means the governing board of a school district, the county board
18of education, or the state board, as the case may be.
If the Commission on State Mandates determines that
20this act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to
21local agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made
22pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division
234 of Title 2 of the Government Code.
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