BILL NUMBER:  AB 86
  VETOED	DATE: 10/08/2011




To the Members of the California State Assembly:

I am returning Assembly Bill 86 without my signature.

Charter schools are a small but important part of the California
public school system.  They vary by size, mission, governing
structure and educational philosophy.  Their purpose is to allow
parents, teachers and other interested citizens to form public
schools outside the more detailed regulatory framework of the regular
school system.

They are profoundly difficult to establish and even more difficult to
maintain and grow in excellence.  Having started two myself, I know
whereof I speak.

Notwithstanding the important contributions classified staff make to
the operation of a school, this bill would unnecessarily complicate
an already difficult charter school petition process.

I believe the existing law is tough enough.

Sincerely,



Edmund G. Brown Jr.