BILL NUMBER: AB 2007	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 1, 2014
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 28, 2014

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Grove
   (Principal coauthor: Assembly Member Olsen)

                        FEBRUARY 20, 2014

   An act to amend Section 51747.3 of the Education Code, relating to
charter schools.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2007, as amended, Grove. Virtual or online charter schools:
average daily attendance.
   Existing law requires community school and independent study
average daily attendance to be claimed by school districts, county
superintendents of schools, and charter schools only for pupils who
are residents of the county in which the apportionment claim is
reported or pupils who are residents of a county immediately adjacent
to the county in which the apportionment claim is reported.
   This bill would authorize a virtual or online charter school, as
defined, to also claim independent study average daily attendance for
 pupils who are residents of any other county in the state,
under specified circumstances, including if the   a
 pupil  who  is enrolled in  the  
a  virtual or online charter school and moves to a residence
outside of the geographic boundaries in which the  virtual or
online  charter school is authorized to operate  , and
continues enrollment in the virtual or online charter school
  for the duration of the virtual or online charter
school course or courses or until the end of   the school
year, whichever occurs first  .
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 51747.3 of the Education Code is amended to
read:
   51747.3.  (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a local educational
agency, including, but not limited to, a charter school, may not
claim state funding for the independent study of a pupil, whether
characterized as home study or otherwise, if the local educational
agency has provided any funds or other thing of value to the pupil or
his or her parent or guardian that the local educational agency does
not provide to pupils who attend regular classes or to their parents
or guardians. A charter school may not claim state funding for the
independent study of a pupil, whether characterized as home study or
otherwise, if the charter school has provided any funds or other
thing of value to the pupil or his or her parent or guardian that a
school district could not legally provide to a similarly situated
pupil of the school district, or to his or her parent or guardian.
   (b) (1) Notwithstanding paragraph (1) of subdivision (d) of
Section 47605 or any other law, and except as specified in paragraph
(2), community school and independent study average daily attendance
shall be claimed by school districts, county superintendents of
schools, and charter schools only for pupils who are residents of the
county in which the apportionment claim is reported, or who are
residents of a county immediately adjacent to the county in which the
apportionment claim is reported.
   (2) In addition to claiming independent study average daily
attendance pursuant to paragraph (1), a virtual or online charter
school may also claim independent study average daily attendance for
a pupil who is  a resident of a county outside of the
geographical boundaries in which the virtual or online charter school
is authorized to operate under either of the following
circumstances:   enrolled in the   school and
moves to a residence located outside of the geographical boundaries
of the virtual or online charter school. The virtual or online
charter school may claim independent study average daily attendance
for the pupil under this paragraph only for the duration of the
course or courses in which the pupil is enrolled or until the end of
the school year, whichever occurs first.  
   (A) The pupil is enrolled in the virtual or online charter school
and moves to a residence located outside of the geographic boundaries
in which the virtual or online charter school may operate, and
continues enrollment in the virtual or online charter school.
 
   (B) The pupil transfers to another school because he or she moves
to a residence located outside of the geographic boundaries of the
virtual or online charter school, and reenrolls in the virtual or
online charter school within two years of his or her transfer from
the virtual or online charter school while continuing to reside in an
area outside of the virtual or online charter school's authorized
geographic boundaries. Under this subparagraph, the virtual or online
charter school may claim independent study average daily attendance
once the pupil reenrolls in the virtual oronline charter school.

   (c) The Superintendent shall not apportion funds for reported
average daily attendance, through full-time independent study, of
pupils who are enrolled in school pursuant to subdivision (b) of
Section 48204.
   (d) In conformity with Provisions 25 and 28 of  Item
6110-101-001 of  Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of 1992, this
section is applicable to average daily attendance reported for
apportionment purposes beginning July 1, 1992. The provisions of this
section are not subject to waiver by the state board, by the
Superintendent, or under any provision of Part 26.8 (commencing with
Section 47600).
   (e) For purposes of this section, "virtual or online charter
school" means a charter school in which at least 80 percent of
teaching and pupil interaction occurs via the Internet.