Bill Text: CA AB207 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Virtual or online charter schools: average daily attendance.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2015-05-04 - From committee: Without further action pursuant to Joint Rule 62(a). [AB207 Detail]

Download: California-2015-AB207-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 207	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Grove

                        JANUARY 29, 2015

   An act to amend Section 51747.3 of the Education Code, relating to
charter schools.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 207, as introduced, Grove. Virtual or online charter schools:
average daily attendance.
   Existing law requires community school and independent study
average daily attendance to be claimed by school districts, county
superintendents of schools, and charter schools only for pupils who
are residents of the county in which the apportionment claim is
reported or pupils who are residents of a county immediately adjacent
to the county in which the apportionment claim is reported. Existing
law authorizes virtual or online charter schools to also claim
independent study average daily attendance for pupils enrolled in the
school that move to a residence located outside of the geographical
boundaries of the virtual or online charter school, as specified.
   This bill would authorize virtual or online charter schools to
also claim independent study average daily attendance for pupils who
are residents of a county that is 125 miles or less from the county
in which the apportionment claim is reported.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 51747.3 of the Education Code, as amended by
Section 1 of Chapter 807 of the Statutes of 2014, is amended to read:

   51747.3.  (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a local educational
agency, including, but not limited to, a charter school, may not
claim state funding for the independent study of a pupil, whether
characterized as home study or otherwise, if the local educational
agency has provided any funds or other thing of value to the pupil or
his or her parent or guardian that the local educational agency does
not provide to pupils who attend regular classes or to their parents
or guardians. A charter school may not claim state funding for the
independent study of a pupil, whether characterized as home study or
otherwise, if the charter school has provided any funds or other
thing of value to the pupil or his or her parent or guardian that a
school district could not legally provide to a similarly situated
pupil of the school district, or to his or her parent or guardian.
   (b) (1) Notwithstanding paragraph (1) of subdivision (d) of
Section 47605 or any other law, and except as specified in paragraph
(2), community school and independent study average daily attendance
shall be claimed by school districts, county superintendents of
schools, and charter schools only for pupils who are residents of the
county in which the apportionment claim is reported, or who are
residents of a county immediately adjacent to the county in which the
apportionment claim is reported.
   (2) In addition to claiming independent study average daily
attendance pursuant to paragraph (1), a virtual or online charter
school may also claim independent study average daily attendance for
a pupil who is  enrolled   either, or both, of
the following: 
    (A)     Enrolled  in the school and
moves to a residence located outside of the geographical boundaries
of the virtual or online charter school. The virtual or online
charter school may claim independent study average daily attendance
for the pupil under this  paragraph  
subparagraph  only for the duration of the course or courses in
which the pupil is enrolled or until the end of the school year,
whichever occurs first. 
   (B) A resident of a county that is 125 miles or less from the
county in which the apportionment claim is reported. 
   (c) The Superintendent shall not apportion funds for reported
average daily attendance, through full-time independent study, of
pupils who are enrolled in school pursuant to subdivision (b) of
Section 48204.
   (d) In conformity with Provisions 25 and 28 of Item 6110-101-001
of Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of 1992, this section is applicable
to average daily attendance reported for apportionment purposes
beginning July 1, 1992. The provisions of this section are not
subject to waiver by the state board, by the Superintendent, 
or   nor  under any provision of Part 26.8
(commencing with Section 47600).
   (e) For purposes of this section, "virtual or online charter
school" means a charter school in which at least 80 percent of
teaching and pupil interaction occurs via the Internet.
   (f) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2018, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2018, deletes or extends
that date.