BILL NUMBER: AB 943	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  JULY 9, 2015
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 4, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Travis Allen

                        FEBRUARY 26, 2015

   An act to amend Section  47607.3   52074
 of the Education Code, relating to charter schools.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 943, as amended, Travis Allen. Charter schools: California
Collaborative for Educational Excellence.
   Existing law establishes the California Collaborative for
Educational Excellence to advise and assist school districts, county
superintendents of schools, and charter schools in achieving their
local control and accountability plan goals, and requires individuals
and entities contracted by  the fiscal agent of  the
California Collaborative for Educational Excellence for those
purposes to have expertise, experience, and a record of success in
certain areas.  Existing law authorizes the Superintendent of
Public Instruction to assign the California Collaborative for
Educational Excellence to provide advice and assistance to a charter
school that, for 3 out of 4 consecutive school years, fails to
improve pupil outcomes for one or more priorities identified in the
school's charter, as specified. 
   This bill would require the  fiscal agent of the 
California Collaborative for Educational Excellence to  give
priority to a contractor with   also consider, for
charter schools, whether a potential contractor has  a record of
success in working with charter schools in improving pupil 
outcomes, provided that the contractor meets specified conditions.
  outcomes. 
   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 52074 of the  
Education Code   is amended to read: 
   52074.  (a) The California Collaborative for Educational
Excellence is hereby established.
   (b) The purpose of the California Collaborative for Educational
Excellence is to advise and assist school districts, county
superintendents of schools, and charter schools in achieving the
goals set forth in a local control and accountability plan adopted
pursuant to this article.
   (c) The Superintendent shall, with the approval of the state
board, contract with a local educational agency, or consortium of
local educational agencies, to serve as the fiscal agent for the
California Collaborative for Educational Excellence. The
Superintendent shall apportion funds appropriated for the California
Collaborative for Educational Excellence to the fiscal agent.
   (d) The California Collaborative for Educational Excellence shall
be governed by a board consisting of the following five members:
   (1) The Superintendent or his or her designee.
   (2) The president of the state board or his or her designee.
   (3) A county superintendent of schools appointed by the Senate
Committee on Rules.
   (4) A teacher appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly.
   (5) A superintendent of a school district appointed by the
Governor.
   (e)  (1)    At the direction of the governing
board of the California Collaborative for Educational Excellence, the
fiscal agent shall contract with individuals, local educational
agencies, or organizations with the expertise, experience, and a
record of success to carry out the purposes of this article. The
areas of expertise, experience, and record of success shall include,
but are not limited to, all of the following: 
   (1) 
    (A)  State priorities as described in subdivision (d) of
Section 52060. 
   (2) 
    (B)  Improving the quality of teaching. 
   (3) 
    (C) Improving the quality of school district and
schoolsite leadership. 
   (4) 
    (D)  Successfully addressing the needs of special pupil
populations, including, but not limited to, English learners, pupils
eligible to receive a free or reduced-price meal, pupils in foster
care, and individuals with exceptional needs. 
   (2) For charter schools, the fiscal agent shall also consider
whether a potential contractor has a record of success in working
with charter schools in improving pupil outcomes. 
   (f) The Superintendent may direct the California Collaborative for
Educational Excellence to advise and assist a school district,
county superintendent of schools, or charter school in any of the
following circumstances:
   (1) If the governing board of a school district, county board of
education, or governing body  or   of  a
charter school requests the advice and assistance of the California
Collaborative for Educational Excellence.
   (2) If the county superintendent of schools of the county in which
the school district or charter school is located determines,
following the provision of technical assistance pursuant to Section
52071 or  47607.3   47607.3,  as
applicable, that the advice and assistance of the California
Collaborative for Educational Excellence is necessary to help the
school district or charter school accomplish the goals described in
the local control and accountability plan adopted pursuant to this
article.
   (3) If the Superintendent determines that the advice and
assistance of the California Collaborative for Educational Excellence
is necessary to help the school district, county superintendent of
schools, or charter school accomplish the goals set forth in the
local control and accountability plan adopted pursuant to this
article. 
  SECTION 1.    Section 47607.3 of the Education
Code is amended to read:
   47607.3.  (a) If a charter school fails to improve outcomes for
three or more pupil subgroups identified pursuant to Section 52052,
or, if the charter school has less than three pupil subgroups, all of
the charter school's pupil subgroups, in regard to one or more state
or school priorities identified in the charter pursuant to
subparagraph (A) of paragraph (5) of subdivision (b) of Section 47605
or subparagraph (A) of paragraph (5) of subdivision (b) of Section
47605.6, in three out of four consecutive school years, all of the
following shall apply:
   (1) Using an evaluation rubric adopted by the state board pursuant
to Section 52064.5, the chartering authority shall provide technical
assistance to the charter school.
   (2) The Superintendent may assign, at the request of the
chartering authority and with the approval of the state board, the
California Collaborative for Educational Excellence to provide advice
and assistance to the charter school pursuant to Section 52074. The
California Collaborative for Educational Excellence shall give
priority to a contractor with a record of success in working with
charter schools in improving pupil outcomes, provided that the
contractor meets all of the conditions in subdivision (e) of Section
52074.
   (b) A chartering authority shall consider for revocation any
charter school to which the California Collaborative for Educational
Excellence has provided advice and assistance pursuant to subdivision
(a) and about which it has made either of the following findings,
which shall be submitted to the chartering authority:
   (1) That the charter school has failed, or is unable, to implement
the recommendations of the California Collaborative for Educational
Excellence.
   (2) That the inadequate performance of the charter school, based
upon an evaluation rubric adopted pursuant to Section 52064.5, is
either so persistent or so acute as to require revocation of the
charter.
   (c) The chartering authority shall consider increases in pupil
academic achievement for all pupil subgroups served by the charter
school as the most important factor in determining whether to revoke
the charter.
   (d) A chartering authority shall comply with the hearing process
described in subdivision (e) of Section 47607 in revoking a charter.
A charter school may not appeal a revocation of a charter made
pursuant to this section.