Bill Text: CA AB342 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Online instruction and independent study.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2013-08-12 - Assembly Rule 47.1 invoked. (Blumenfield). [AB342 Detail]

Download: California-2013-AB342-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 342	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Blumenfield

                        FEBRUARY 13, 2013

   An act to amend Section 51745.6 of the Education Code, relating to
independent study.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 342, as introduced, Blumenfield. Independent study: pupil to
certificated employee ratio.
   Existing law authorizes the governing board of a school district
or a county office of education to offer independent study and
requires the ratio of average daily attendance for independent study
pupils 18 years of age or less to full-time equivalent certificated
employees responsible for independent study to not exceed a specified
ratio.
   This bill would authorize a school district or a county office of
education to collectively bargain for a higher ratio of average daily
attendance for independent study pupils 18 years of age or less to
full-time equivalent certificated employees responsible for
independent study.
   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 51745.6 of the Education Code is amended to
read:
   51745.6.  (a) The ratio of average daily attendance for
independent study pupils 18 years of age or less to school district
full-time equivalent certificated employees responsible for
independent study, calculated as specified by the  State
Department of Education,   department,  shall not
exceed the equivalent ratio of pupils to full-time certificated
employees for all other educational programs operated by the school
district  , unless a different ratio is collectively bargained
 . The ratio of average daily attendance for independent study
pupils 18 years of age or less to county office of education
full-time equivalent certificated employees responsible for
independent study, to be calculated in a manner prescribed by the
 State Department of Education,   department,
 shall not exceed the equivalent ratio of pupils to full-time
certificated employees for all other educational programs operated by
the high school or unified school district with the largest average
daily attendance of pupils in that county , unless a different
ratio is collectively bargained  . The computation of those
ratios shall be performed annually by the reporting agency at the
time of, and in connection with, the second principal apportionment
report to the Superintendent  of Public Instruction 
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   (b) Only those units of average daily attendance for independent
study that reflect a pupil-teacher ratio that does not exceed the
ratio described in subdivision (a) shall be eligible for
apportionment pursuant to Section 42238.5, for school districts, and
Section 2558, for county offices of education.  Nothing in
this   This  section shall  not  prevent a
school district or county office of education from serving
additional units of average daily attendance greater than the ratio
described in subdivision (a), except that those additional units
shall not be funded pursuant to Section 42238.5 or Section 2558.
   (c) The calculations performed for purposes of this section shall
not include either of the following:
   (1) The average daily attendance generated by special education
pupils enrolled in special day classes on a full-time basis, or the
teachers of those classes.
   (2) The average daily attendance or teachers in necessary small
schools that are eligible to receive funding pursuant to Article 4
(commencing with Section 42280) of Chapter 7 of Part 24  of
Division 3  .
   (d) The pupil-teacher ratio described in subdivision (a) in a
unified school district participating in the class size reduction
program pursuant to Chapter 6.10 (commencing with Section 52120) may,
at the school district's option, be calculated separately for
kindergarten and grades 1 to 6, inclusive, and for grades 7 to 12,
inclusive.
   (e) The pupils-to-certificated-employee ratio described in
subdivision (a) may, in a charter school, be calculated by using a
fixed pupils-to-certificated-employee ratio of 25 to one, or by being
a ratio of less than 25 pupils per certificated employee. All
charter school pupils, regardless of age, shall be included in
pupil-to-certificated-employee ratio calculations.