AB 913, as introduced, Chau. Charter schools: open meetings.
The Ralph M. Brown Act requires that all meetings of a legislative body, as defined, of a local agency be open and public and all persons be permitted to attend unless a closed session is authorized. The Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act requires, with specified exceptions, that all meetings of a state body be open and public and all persons be permitted to attend.
This bill would expressly state that a charter school is subject to the Ralph M. Brown Act, unless it is operated by an entity governed by the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act, in which case the charter school would be subject to the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act. The bill would also expressly state that councils and schoolsite advisory committees of charter schools are subject to specified open meeting requirements.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 47604.1 is added to the Education Code,
2to read:
(a) A charter school is subject to the Ralph M. Brown
2Act (Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 54950) of Part 1 of
3Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code), except that a charter
4school operated by an entity governed by the Bagley-Keene Open
5Meeting Act (Article 9 (commencing with Section 11120) of
6Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government
7Code) is subject to the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act regardless
8of the authorizing entity.
9(b) A council or schoolsite advisory committee, as referenced
10in subdivision (b) of Section 35147, of a charter school is subject
11to the requirements of subdivisions (c) and (d) of Section 35147.
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