Bill Text: CA AB924 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

California Assembly Bill 924 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Charter schools.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-02-02 - Died at Desk. [AB924 Detail]

Download: California-2009-AB924-Introduced.html

BILL NUMBER: AB 924	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Fuller

                        FEBRUARY 26, 2009

   An act to amend Section 47602 of the Education Code, relating to
charter schools.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 924, as introduced, Fuller. Charter schools.
   The Charter Schools Act of 1992 limits the number of new charter
schools that may be authorized to operate in the state to 100 in each
successive school year.
   This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to that
provision.
   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 47602 of the Education Code is amended to read:

   47602.  (a)  (1)    In the
1998-99 school year, the maximum total number of charter schools
authorized to operate in this state shall be 250. In  the
1999-2000 school year, and in  each successive school year
thereafter, an additional 100 charter schools are authorized to
operate in this state  each successive school year 
. For the purposes of implementing this section, the  State
Board of Education   state board  shall assign a
number to each charter petition that it grants pursuant to
subdivision (j) of Section 47605 or Section 47605.8 and to each
charter notice it receives pursuant to this part, based on the
chronological order in which the notice is received.  Each
  The  number assigned by the state board 
on or after January 1, 2003,  shall correspond to a single
petition that identifies a charter school that will operate within
the geographic and site limitations of this part. The  State
Board of Education   state board  shall develop a
numbering system for charter schools that identifies each school
associated with a charter and that operates within the existing limit
on the number of charter schools that can be approved each year. For
purposes of this section, sites that share educational programs and
serve similar pupil populations  may   shall
 not be counted as separate schools. Sites that do not share a
common educational program shall be considered separate schools for
purposes of this section. The limits contained in this paragraph
 may   shall  not be waived by the 
State Board of Education   state board  pursuant
to Section 33050 or any other provision of law. 
   (2) By July 1, 2003, the Legislative Analyst shall, pursuant to
the criteria in Section 47616.5, report to the Legislature on the
effectiveness of the charter school approach authorized under this
part and recommend whether to expand or reduce the annual rate of
growth of charter schools authorized pursuant to this section.

   (b) No charter shall be granted under this part that authorizes
the conversion of  any   a  private school
to a charter school. No charter school shall receive  any
 public funds for a pupil if the pupil also attends a
private school that charges the pupil's family for tuition. The
 State Board of Education   state board 
shall adopt regulations to implement this section.