BILL NUMBER: SB 2105	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   AUGUST 11, 2000
	AMENDED IN SENATE   MAY 1, 2000

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 amended, 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
authorizes a chartering agency to charge for the actual costs of
supervisorial oversight of a charter school.  Existing law permits a
charter school to separately purchase administrative or other
services from its chartering agency or other source.
   This bill would require a school district or county office of
education that is the chartering authority of a charter school to
create any reports required by the State Teachers' Retirement System
and the Public Employees' Retirement System  and submit them
to those systems on behalf of that charter school,   at
the request of the charter school.  The bill would require the county
superintendent of schools, employing agency, or school district that
reports to those retirement systems to submit the required reports
on behalf of the charter school,  thereby imposing a
state-mandated local program.  The bill would authorize the
chartering authority to charge the charter school for the actual
costs of the reporting services.  The bill would  also
 prohibit a school district or county office of education
from requiring a charter school to purchase payroll processing
services from it as a condition of providing the reporting services.
 The bill would also require information submitted on behalf of
the charter school to be in a format conforming to the requirements
of the retirement systems. 
  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.
   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 47611.3 is added to the Education Code, to
read:
   47611.3.  (a)  A   At the request of a
charter school, a  school district or county office of education
that is the chartering authority of a charter school shall create
any reports required by the State Teachers' Retirement System and the
Public Employees' Retirement System  and submit the reports
to those systems   .  The county superintendent of
schools, employing agency, or school district that reports to those
systems pursuant to Section 23004 of this code or Section 20221 of
the Government Code shall submit the required reports  on behalf
of the charter school.  The school district or county office of
education may charge the charter school for the actual costs of the
reporting services.
   (b) As a condition of creating and submitting reports  to
  for  the State Teachers' Retirement 
Systems   System  and the Public Employees
Retirement System, the school district or county office of education
shall not require a charter school to purchase payroll processing
services  for the charter school   from the
chartering authority.  Information submitted on behalf of the charter
school to the State Teachers' Retirement System, the Public
Employees' Retirement System, or both, shall be in a format
conforming to the requirements of those systems  .
  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.