BILL NUMBER: SB 379	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Hancock

                        FEBRUARY 20, 2013

   An act to amend Section 46146.5 of the Education Code, relating to
school attendance.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 379, as introduced, Hancock. School attendance: early and
middle college high schools.
   Existing law provides that a day of attendance for a pupil
enrolled in grades 11 and 12 at an early college high school or
middle college high school is 180 minutes of attendance if the pupil
is also enrolled in a community college, classes of the California
State University, or classes of the University of California, as
specified. Existing law, the Charter Schools Act of 1992, requires,
as a condition of apportionment, among other things, a charter school
to offer 64,800 minutes of instruction in a fiscal year for pupils
in grades 9 to 12, inclusive, and, for classroom-based instruction,
as defined, to have at least 80% of the instructional time offered to
be at the schoolsite.
   This bill would authorize a charter school that operates an early
college high school or middle college high school to claim a day of
attendance based on 180 minutes of attendance for a pupil who is also
enrolled in a community college, classes of the California State
University, or classes of the University of California, as specified,
notwithstanding any other provisions, including provisions of the
Charter Schools Act of 1992.
   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 46146.5 of the Education Code is amended to
read:
   46146.5.  (a) A day of attendance for a pupil enrolled in grades
11 and 12 at an early college high school or middle college high
school is 180 minutes of attendance if the pupil is also enrolled
part time in classes of the California State University or the
University of California for which academic credit will be provided
upon satisfactory completion of enrolled courses.
   (b) A day of attendance for a pupil enrolled in an early college
high school or middle college high school, who is also a special
part-time student enrolled in a community college under Article 1
(commencing with Section 48800) of Chapter 5 of Part 27, and who will
receive academic credit upon satisfactory completion of enrolled
courses, is 180 minutes of attendance.
   (c) A day of attendance for a pupil enrolled in an early college
high school or middle college high school who does not satisfy
subdivision (a) or (b) is 240 minutes of attendance. 
   (d) Notwithstanding any other law, including, but not limited to,
Section 46201 and subdivisions (a) and (e) of Section 47612.5, a
charter school that operates an early college high school or middle
college high school may claim a day of attendance for a pupil that
satisfies the requirements of subdivisions (a) to (c), inclusive, as
applicable.