California Legislature—2013–14 Regular Session

Assembly Bill No. 656

Introduced by Assembly Member Chávez

February 21, 2013

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

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 656, as introduced, Chávez. 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.

This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to that provision.

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

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.  

Section 47602 of the Education Code is amended
to read:

47602.  

(a)  begin delete (1) end delete begin delete   end delete In the 1998-99 school year, the maximum total
number of charter schools authorized to operate in this state shall
be 250. In begin delete the 1999-2000 school year, and in end delete each successive
school year thereafter, an additional 100 charter schools are
authorized to operate in this state begin delete each successive school year end delete . For
begin delete the end delete purposes of implementing this section, the begin delete State Board of
Education end delete begin insert state board end insert 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.
begin delete Each end delete begin insert The end insert number assigned by the state board begin delete on or after January
1, 2003, end delete shall correspond to a single petition that identifies a charter
school that will operate within the geographic and site limitations
of this part. The begin delete State Board of Education end delete begin insert state board end insert 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 begin delete paragraph end delete begin insert subdivision end insert may not be
waived by the begin delete State Board of Education end delete begin insert state board end insert pursuant to
Section 33050 or any other begin delete provision of end delete law.

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(2) By July 1, 2003, the Legislative Analyst shall, pursuant to
the criteria in Section 47616.5, report to the Legislature on the
effectiveness of the charter school approach authorized under this
part and recommend whether to expand or reduce the annual rate
of growth of charter schools authorized pursuant to this section.

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(b)  begin delete No end delete begin insert A end insert charter shall begin insert not end insert be granted under this part that
authorizes the conversion of begin delete any end delete begin insert a end insert private school to a charter
school. begin delete No end delete begin insert A end insert charter school shall begin insert not end insert receive any public funds for
a pupil if the pupil also attends a private school that charges the
pupil’s family for tuition. The begin delete State Board of Education end delete begin insert state board end insert
shall adopt regulations to implement this section.