BILL NUMBER: AB 925	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 26, 2011

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Members Lara and Alejo

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2011

   An act to amend Section 47610 of  , and to add Section 47611.6
to,  the Education Code, relating to charter schools.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 925, as amended, Lara. Charter schools.
   (1) The Charter Schools Act of 1992 permits teachers and parents
to petition the governing board of a school district to approve a
charter school to operate independently from the existing school
district structure as a method of accomplishing, among other things,
improved pupil learning. Existing law exempts charter schools from
the laws governing school districts except those of the Charter
Schools Act, those establishing minimum age for public school
attendance, specified building code regulations, and other specified
laws. Existing law requires a charter school to comply with its
charter.
   This bill would require a charter school to comply with specified
laws governing school employees, including, among others, those
governing classified employees.  The bill would require a charter
school to give its employees   employed in positions that
would be classified positions in a school district sick leave and
vacation time based on time served, in addition to 11 paid holidays,
and would require a charter school to establish policies for paid
sick leave and vacation time.  To the extent this bill would
impose additional duties on charter schools, this bill would impose a
state-mandated local program.
   (2) The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse
local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.
   This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates
determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state,
reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these
statutory provisions.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: yes.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 47610 of the Education Code is amended to read:

   47610.  A charter school shall comply with this part and all of
the provisions set forth in its charter, but is otherwise exempt from
the laws governing school districts, except all of the following:
   (a) All laws establishing minimum age for public school
attendance.
   (b) The California Building Standards Code (Part 2 (commencing
with Section 101) of Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations),
as adopted and enforced by the local building enforcement agency
with jurisdiction over the area in which the charter school is
located. Charter school facilities shall comply with this subdivision
by January 1, 2007.
   (c)  Subdivision (a) of Section 45103,  Sections
41365, 44031, 44037, 45101, 45102,  45103.1,  45113,
 45115,  45116, 45117,  45127, 45128,
45131, 45132, 45133, 45136, 45166, 45167, 45169,  and 47611,
and Article 4 (commencing with Section 45190) of Chapter 5 of Part
25 of Division 3  , except Sections 45191, 45197, 45200, 45201,
45203, 45204, 45205, 45206, 45206.5, 45209, and 45210 of that article
 .
   SEC. 2.    Section 47611.6 is added to the 
Education Code   , to read:  
   47611.6.  (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a charter school
employee employed in a position that would be a classified position
in a school district shall earn sick leave and vacation time based on
time served. A charter school shall establish policies for paid sick
leave and vacation time.
   (b) Notwithstanding any other law, a charter school employee
employed in a position that would be a classified position in a
school district shall receive 11 paid holidays that shall be
comparable to the paid holidays provided to the classified employees
of school districts. 
   SEC. 2.   SEC. 3.   If the Commission on
State Mandates determines that this act contains costs mandated by
the state, reimbursement to local agencies and school districts for
those costs shall be made pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section
17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code.