BILL NUMBER: SB 714	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Block

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2013

   An act relating to schools.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 714, as introduced, Block. Schools: average daily attendance:
online instruction.
   Existing law establishes the public elementary and secondary
school system in this state, and further establishes a funding system
pursuant to which the state apportions funds to local educational
agencies based on, among other factors, the average daily attendance
of pupils at the schools operated by those agencies. Existing law
authorizes, commencing with the 2014-15 school year, for purposes of
computing average daily attendance, the inclusion of pupils in grades
9 to 12, inclusive, under the immediate supervision and control of a
certificated employee of the school district or county office of
education who is delivering synchronous, online instruction, as
defined, provided that this instruction meets specified criteria.
   This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would, commencing with the 2014-15 fiscal year,
authorize a school district, county office of education, or charter
school to claim apportionment based on average daily attendance on
the basis of a pupil's satisfactory progress toward obtaining a high
school diploma by earning course credit through attendance in an
online course or courses pursuant to criteria to be developed by the
Legislature.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would, commencing with the 2014-15 fiscal year,
authorize a school district, county office of education, or charter
school to claim apportionment based on average daily attendance on
the basis of a pupil's satisfactory progress toward obtaining a high
school diploma by earning course credit through attendance in an
online course or courses pursuant to criteria to be developed by the
Legislature.