AB 656, as amended, Chávez. Charter schools.
The Charter Schools Act of 1992begin delete limits the number of new charter schools that may be authorized to operate in the state to 100 in each successive school year.end deletebegin insert specifies the procedures for the submission, review, and approval or denial of a petition to establish a countywide charter school, under which the charter school may operate at one or more sites within the geographic boundaries of the county. Existing law specifies the procedures for submission, review, and approval or denial of a petition for the operation of a state charter school, and authorizes the state board to approve a charter for the operation of the charter school at multiple sites throughout the state.end insert
This bill wouldbegin delete make nonsubstantive changes to that provision.end deletebegin insert specify that a petition for the establishment of a countywide charter school or a statewide benefit charter school may seek to establish multiple charter schools, which would be considered individual schools for purposes that include, but are not limited to, compliance, monitoring, data reporting and collection, pupil performance data, oversight, and apportionment.end insert
Vote: majority.
Appropriation: no.
Fiscal committee: begin deleteno end deletebegin insertyesend insert.
State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
begin insertSection 47605.9 is added to the end insertbegin insertEducation Codeend insertbegin insert,
2to read:end insert
A petition for the establishment of a countywide
4charter school pursuant to Section 47605.6 or a statewide benefit
5charter school pursuant to Section 47605.8 may, at the discretion
6of the petitioner and upon approval of the chartering authority,
7seek to establish multiple charter schools, which shall be
8considered separate schools for purposes that include, but are not
9limited to, compliance, monitoring, data reporting and collection,
10pupil performance data, oversight, and apportionment.
Section 47602 of the Education Code is amended
12to read:
(a) In the 1998-99 school year, the maximum total
14number of charter schools authorized to operate in this state shall
15be 250. In each successive school year thereafter, an additional
16100 charter schools are authorized to operate in this state. For
17purposes of implementing this section, the
state board
shall assign
18a number to each charter petition that it grants pursuant to
19subdivision (j) of Section 47605 or Section 47605.8 and to each
20charter notice it receives pursuant to this part, based on the
21chronological order in which the notice is received. The number
22assigned by the state board shall correspond to a single petition
23that identifies a charter school that will operate within the
24geographic and site limitations of this part. The state board shall
25develop a numbering
system for charter schools that identifies
26each school associated with a charter and that operates within the
27existing limit on the number of charter schools that can be approved
28each year. For purposes of this section, sites that share educational
29programs and serve similar pupil populations may not be counted
30as separate schools. Sites that do not share a common educational
31program shall be considered separate schools for purposes of this
32section. The limits contained in this subdivision may not be waived
33by the state board pursuant to Section 33050 or any other
law.
34(b) A charter shall not be granted under this part that authorizes
35the conversion of
a private school to a charter school. A charter
36school shall not receive any public funds for a pupil if the pupil
37also attends a private school that charges the pupil’s family for
P3 1tuition. The state board shall adopt regulations to implement this
2section.
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