BILL NUMBER: SB 379	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 17, 2013

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 pupil 
enrolled in grade 11 or 12  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   without changing the minimum number of
minutes of instruction a charter school is required to offer in a
fiscal year  .  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. 
   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   grade 11 or  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.  
   (d) For a charter school that is an early college high school or
middle college high school eligible to claim classroom-based
instruction apportionments in accordance with subdivision (e) of
Section 47612.5, a day of attendance for a pupil enrolled in grade 11
or 12 is 180 minutes of attendance if the pupil is also enrolled
part time in classes of the California Community Colleges, California
State University, or the University of California for which academic
credit will be provided upon satisfactory completion of enrolled
courses.  
   (e) For a charter school that is an early college high school or
middle college high school eligible to claim classroom-based
instruction apportionments in accordance with subdivision (e) of
Section 47612.5, a day of attendance for a pupil 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 for a pupil enrolled
in grade 11 or 12, and 240 minutes of attendance for a pupil enrolled
in grade 9 or 10.  
   (f) A day of attendance for a pupil enrolled in a charter school
that is an early college high school or middle college high school
who does not satisfy subdivision (d) or (e) is 240 minutes of
attendance.  
   (g) Subdivisions (d) and (e) shall not change the requirement for
charter schools to offer the minimum number of annual instructional
minutes pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section
47612.5.  
   (h) For a pupil enrolled in a charter school that is an early
college high school or middle college high school who does not
satisfy the attendance and enrollment requirements in subdivision (d)
or (e), attendance shall be claimed by the charter school pursuant
to Section 47612.5.