BILL NUMBER: AB 656	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


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

   (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.

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