BILL NUMBER:  AB 572
  VETOED	DATE: 09/23/2010




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To the Members of the California State Assembly:

I am returning Assembly Bill 572 without my signature.

Charter school educators have proven that poverty is not destiny for
students that attend public schools in California.?Repeatedly,
charter schools with high proportions of disadvantaged students are
among the highest performing public schools in California.?  Any
attempt to regulate charter schools with incoherent and inconsistent
cross-references to other statutes is simply misguided.?Parents do
not need renewed faith in charter schools as suggested in this bill.?
On the contrary, tens of thousands of parents in California have
children on waiting lists to attend a public charter school.?
Legislation expressing findings and intent to provide "greater
autonomy to charter schools" may be well intended at first glance.? A
careful reading of the bill reveals that the proposed changes apply
new and contradictory requirements, which would put hundreds of
schools immediately out of compliance, making it obvious that it is
simply another veiled attempt to discourage competition and stifle
efforts to aid the expansion of charter schools.

For these reasons, I am unable to sign this bill.

Sincerely,



Arnold Schwarzenegger