BILL NUMBER: AB 2655	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Swanson

                        FEBRUARY 24, 2012

   An act relating to school funding.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2655, as introduced, Swanson. School funding.
   Existing law establishes the system of public elementary and
secondary schools in this state. Existing law establishes a public
school funding system that includes, among other elements, the
provision of funding to local educational agencies through state
apportionments that are based on calculations of average daily
attendance at schools, the proceeds of property taxes collected at
the local level, and other sources.
   This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would authorize school districts to use innovative
and creative methods to raise revenue in the local community for
purposes of the school districts' educational programs.
   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.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would authorize school districts to use innovative
and creative methods to raise revenue in the local community for
purposes of the school districts' educational programs.