BILL NUMBER: SB 2105	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Lewis

                        FEBRUARY 25, 2000

   An act to add Section 47611.3 to the Education Code, relating to
charter schools.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 2105, as introduced, Lewis.  Charter schools.
   Existing law requires that a petition for the establishment of a
charter school contain a reasonably comprehensive description of the
manner by which staff members of a charter school will be covered by
the State Teachers' Retirement System, the Public Employees'
Retirement System, or federal social security.  Existing law also
authorizes two or more public agencies, if authorized by their
legislative or other governing bodies, to jointly exercise any power
common to the contracting parties.
   This bill would authorize a school district or county office of
education to take specified actions regarding payroll processing and
retirement reporting on behalf of charter schools.  The bill would
also authorize two or more charter schools, if authorized by their
governing bodies, to enter into a joint exercise of powers agreement
solely for the purposes of providing payroll processing services for
those charter schools and providing reporting services for those
charter schools for the purposes of creating and submitting reports
required pursuant to the State Teachers' Retirement System or the
Public Employees' Retirement System.
   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.  Section 47611.3 is added to the Education Code, to
read:
   47611.3.  (a) A school district or county office of education may
do any of the following:
   (1) Submit reports and payroll data to the State Teachers'
Retirement System or the Public Employees' Retirement System on
behalf of a charter school.
   (2) Provide payroll processing services for a charter school.
   (3) Provide reporting services for a charter school for the
purposes of creating and submitting reports to the State Teachers'
Retirement System or the Public Employees' Retirement System.
   (b) If authorized by their governing bodies, two or more charter
schools may enter into an agreement established pursuant to Chapter 5
(commencing with Section 6500) of Division 7 of Title 1 of the
Government Code, solely for the following purposes:
   (1) To provide payroll processing services for the charter schools
that are parties to the agreement.
   (2) To provide reporting services for the charter schools that are
parties to the agreement for the purposes of creating and submitting
reports required pursuant to the State Teachers' Retirement System
or the Public Employees' Retirement System.