Amended in Senate April 17, 2013

Senate BillNo. 379


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 amended, 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 pupilbegin insert enrolled in grade 11 or 12end insert who is also enrolled in a community college, classes of the California State University, or classes of the University of California, as specified,begin delete notwithstanding any other provisions, including provisions of the Charter Schools Act of 1992end deletebegin insert without changing the minimum number of minutes of instruction a charter school is required to offer in a fiscal yearend insert.begin insert The bill would require a day of attendance to be 240 minutes of attendance for (A) a pupil enrolled in grade 9 or 10 who is also a special part-time student enrolled in community college, and (B) a pupil enrolled in a charter school that is an early college high school or middle college high school if the pupil does not satisfy certain requirements.end insert

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

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

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SECTION 1.  

Section 46146.5 of the Education Code is
2amended to read:

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46146.5.  

(a) A day of attendance for a pupil enrolled inbegin delete grades
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begin insert grade 11 orend insert 12 at an early college high school or middle
5college high school is 180 minutes of attendance if the pupil is
6also enrolled part time in classes of the California State University
7or the University of California for which academic credit will be
8provided upon satisfactory completion of enrolled courses.

9(b) A day of attendance for a pupil enrolled in an early college
10high school or middle college high school, who is also a special
11part-time student enrolled in a community college under Article
121 (commencing with Section 48800) of Chapter 5 of Part 27, and
13who will receive academic credit upon satisfactory completion of
14enrolled courses, is 180 minutes of attendance.

15(c) A day of attendance for a pupil enrolled in an early college
16high school or middle college high school who does not satisfy
17subdivision (a) or (b) is 240 minutes of attendance.

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18(d) Notwithstanding any other law, including, but not limited
19to, Section 46201 and subdivisions (a) and (e) of Section 47612.5,
20a charter school that operates an early college high school or middle
21college high school may claim a day of attendance for a pupil that
22satisfies the requirements of subdivisions (a) to (c), inclusive, as
23applicable.

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24(d) For a charter school that is an early college high school or
25middle college high school eligible to claim classroom-based
26instruction apportionments in accordance with subdivision (e) of
27Section 47612.5, a day of attendance for a pupil enrolled in grade
2811 or 12 is 180 minutes of attendance if the pupil is also enrolled
29part time in classes of the California Community Colleges,
30California State University, or the University of California for
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2completion of enrolled courses.

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3(e) For a charter school that is an early college high school or
4middle college high school eligible to claim classroom-based
5instruction apportionments in accordance with subdivision (e) of
6Section 47612.5, a day of attendance for a pupil who is also a
7special part-time student enrolled in a community college under
8Article 1 (commencing with Section 48800) of Chapter 5 of Part
927, and who will receive academic credit upon satisfactory
10completion of enrolled courses, is 180 minutes of attendance for
11a pupil enrolled in grade 11 or 12, and 240 minutes of attendance
12for a pupil enrolled in grade 9 or 10.

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13(f) A day of attendance for a pupil enrolled in a charter school
14that is an early college high school or middle college high school
15who does not satisfy subdivision (d) or (e) is 240 minutes of
16attendance.

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17(g) Subdivisions (d) and (e) shall not change the requirement
18for charter schools to offer the minimum number of annual
19instructional minutes pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a)
20of Section 47612.5.

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21(h) For a pupil enrolled in a charter school that is an early
22college high school or middle college high school who does not
23satisfy the attendance and enrollment requirements in subdivision
24(d) or (e), attendance shall be claimed by the charter school
25pursuant to Section 47612.5.

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