BILL NUMBER: AB 803	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Hadley

                        FEBRUARY 26, 2015

   An act to amend Section 47602 of the Education Code, relating to
charter schools.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 803, as introduced, Hadley. Charter schools.
   Under the Charter Schools Act of 1992, a maximum of 100 additional
charter schools may be authorized to operate in the state each
school year.
   This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to these provisions,
including deleting an obsolete provision relating to a Legislative
Analyst's report.
   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.  Section 47602 of the Education Code is amended to read:

   47602.  (a)  (1)    In the
1998-99 school year, the maximum total number of charter schools
authorized to operate in this state shall be 250. In  the
1999-2000 school year, and in  each successive school year
thereafter, an additional 100 charter schools are authorized to
operate in this state each successive school year. For  the
 purposes of implementing this section, the  State
Board of Education   state board  shall assign a
number to each charter petition that it grants pursuant to
subdivision (j) of Section 47605 or Section 47605.8 and to each
charter notice it receives pursuant to this part, based on the
chronological order in which the notice is received.  Each
  The  number assigned by the state board 
on or after January 1, 2003,  shall correspond to a single
petition that identifies a charter school that will operate within
the geographic and site limitations of this part. The  State
Board of Education   state board  shall develop a
numbering system for charter schools that identifies each school
associated with a charter and that operates within the existing limit
on the number of charter schools that can be approved each year. For
purposes of this section, sites that share educational programs and
serve similar pupil populations may not be counted as separate
schools. Sites that do not share a common educational program shall
be considered separate schools for purposes of this section. The
limits contained in this  paragraph  
subdivision  may not be waived by the  State Board of
Education   state board  pursuant to Section 33050
or any other  provision of  law. 
   (2) By July 1, 2003, the Legislative Analyst shall, pursuant to
the criteria in Section 47616.5, report to the Legislature on the
effectiveness of the charter school approach authorized under this
part and recommend whether to expand or reduce the annual rate of
growth of charter schools authorized pursuant to this section.

   (b)  No   A  charter shall  not
 be granted under this part that authorizes the conversion of
 any   a  private school to a charter
school.  No   A  charter school shall 
not  receive any public funds for a pupil if the pupil also
attends a private school that charges the pupil's family for tuition.
The  State Board of Education   state board
 shall adopt regulations to implement this section.