BILL NUMBER: AB 622 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 15, 2013
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MARCH 21, 2013
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Campos
FEBRUARY 20, 2013
An act to add Section 47605.4 to the Education Code, relating to
school districts.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 622, as amended, Campos. School districts: charter school
petitions: Internet posting.
Existing law authorizes one or more persons to circulate a
petition for the establishment of a charter school within a school
district, and authorizes the petitioners to submit the petition to
the governing board of the school district for review and approval,
as provided.
This bill would require the petitioners to post on the proposed
or existing charter school's Internet Web site, if one is
maintained, a copy of a summary of the petition , a
copy of the initial petition, renewal petition, or appeal petition,
and any substantive revisions to the petition , as provided.
The bill would require all charter schools to post on their
Internet Web sites a copy of the summary of the charter school's
petition and the petition. The bill would also require a
school district charter school authorizer, as
defined, to include among other things, the governing board of a
school district, to post on its Internet Web site a
copy of the summary of the petition and a copy of the
initial petition and would provide that the cost to
the school district, to post on its Internet Web site the petition,
is to be borne by the petitioners , renewal
p etition, or appeal petition, among other things
. The bill would require an initial petition, a renewal
petition, or an appeal petition submitted to a charter school
authorizer to simultaneously include an electronic copy of the
summary of the charter school petition and the petition. The bill
would require any substantive changes to the initial petition or
renewal petition to be submitted in electronic form . By
requiring a new duty new duties on
a governing boards of school
district districts, county boards of education, and
charter schools , this bill would impose a state-mandated
local program.
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 no reimbursement is required by this
act for a specified reason.
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 47605.4 is added to the Education Code, to
read:
47605.4. (a) (1) If the petitioners of a
proposed charter school maintain an Internet Web site for the
proposed or an existing charter school, the petitioners
shall post on the proposed or existing charter school's
Internet Web site a copy of the a summary of
the petition and a copy of the initial petition, renewal
petition, or appeal petition, and any substantive revisions to the
petition submitted to the school district
charter school authorizer pursuant to Section
47605 this chapter that contains all the
information required in Section 47605 to be
part of the petition for the establishment of a charter school
, within five days from the date of submission.
(2) A charter school that maintains an Internet Web site shall
post a copy of the summary of the charter school's petition and a
copy of the charter school's petition on the school's Internet Web
site.
(b) (1) A school
district A charter school authorizer shall post
on its Internet Web site a all of the
following:
(1) A summary of the petition and a
copy of the initial petition, renewal petition, or appeal petition
submitted for the establishment of a charter school that is
submitted to the school district charter
school authorizer for approval , renewal, or appeal
pursuant to Section 47605 this chapter,
within five days from the date of submission .
(2) The cost to the school district to comply with paragraph (1)
shall be borne by the petitioners of the proposed charter school.
(2) Any substantive revisions of the petition submitted for
initial approval or renewal, within five days from the date of
submission.
(3) A summary of the charter school petition and the charter
school petition for each charter school it has authorized.
(c) (1) An initial petition, a renewal petition, or an appeal
petition submitted to a charter school authorizer for purposes of
establishing a charter school shall simultaneously include an
electronic copy of the summary of the charter school petition and the
charter school petition.
(2) Any substantive revisions to the initial petition or renewal
petition submitted to the charter school authorizer shall be
submitted in electronic form.
(d) For purposes of this section, "charter school authorizer"
means the governing board of a school district, the county board of
education, or the state board, as the case may be.
SEC. 2. No reimbursement is required by this
act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California
Constitution because a local agency or school district has the
authority to levy service charges, fees, or assessments sufficient to
pay for the program or level of service mandated by this act, within
the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code.
SEC. 2. 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.