Bill Text: CA SB452 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Charter schools: funding.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-31 - Returned to Secretary of Senate pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [SB452 Detail]

Download: California-2011-SB452-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: SB 452	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 6, 2011

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Berryhill

                        FEBRUARY 16, 2011

   An act to amend Section 47632 of the Education Code, relating to
charter schools.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 452, as amended, Berryhill. Charter schools: funding.
   Existing law requires a sponsoring local educational agency, as
defined, to transfer to each of its charter schools annually and in
monthly installments specified funding in lieu of property taxes.
 Existing law provides that, if a charter school is granted by a
school district, the sponsoring local educational agency is the
school district.  If a school district initially denies a
charter petition that is later approved by the county office of
education, existing law makes the school district that denies the
petition the sponsoring local educational agency for that charter
school.
   This bill would make a basic aid school district that is the
district of residence of pupils who attend  either a charter
school whose petition is granted by   a school district or
 a charter school whose petition is initially denied by a school
district and later approved by a county office of education, the
sponsoring local educational agency for those pupils.
   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 47632 of the Education Code is amended to read:

   47632.  For purposes of this chapter, the following terms are
defined as follows:
   (a) "General-purpose entitlement" means an amount computed by the
formula set forth in Section 47633 beginning in the 1999-2000 fiscal
year, which is based on the statewide average amounts of
general-purpose funding from those state and local sources identified
in Section 47633 received by school districts of similar type and
serving similar pupil populations.
   (b) "Categorical block grant" means an amount computed by the
formula set forth in Section 47634 beginning in the 1999-2000 fiscal
year, which is based on the statewide average amounts of categorical
aid from those sources identified in Section 47634 received by school
districts of similar type and serving similar pupil populations.
   (c) "General-purpose funding" means those funds that consist of
state aid, local property taxes, and other revenues applied toward a
school district's revenue limit, pursuant to Section 42238.
   (d) "Categorical aid" means aid that consists of state or
federally funded programs, or both, which are apportioned for
specific purposes set forth in statute or regulation.
   (e) "Economic impact aid-eligible pupils" means those pupils that
are included in the economic impact aid-eligible pupil count pursuant
to Section 54023. For purposes of applying Section 54023 to charter
schools, "economically disadvantaged pupils" means the pupils
described in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 54026.
   (f) "Educationally disadvantaged pupils" means those pupils who
are eligible for subsidized meals pursuant to Section 49552 or are
identified as English learners pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section
306, or both.
   (g) "Operational funding" means all funding except funding for
capital outlay.
   (h) "School district of a similar type" means a school district
that is serving similar grade levels.
   (i) "Similar pupil population" means similar numbers of pupils by
grade level, with a similar proportion of educationally disadvantaged
pupils.
   (j) "Sponsoring local educational agency" means the following:
   (1) If a charter school is granted by a school district, the
sponsoring local educational agency is the school district  ,
except for those pupils whose school district of residence is a basic
aid school district, in which case for those pupils the basic aid
school district of residence is the sponsoring local educational
agency  .
   (2) If a charter is granted by a county office of education after
having been previously denied by a school district, the sponsoring
local educational agency means the school district that initially
denied the charter petition, except for those pupils whose school
district of residence is a basic aid school district, in which case
for those pupils the basic aid school district of residence is the
sponsoring local educational agency.
   (3) If a charter is granted by the state board after having been
previously denied by a local educational agency, the sponsoring local
educational agency means the local educational agency designated by
the state board pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (k) of
Section 47605 or if a local educational agency is not designated, the
local educational agency that initially denied the charter petition.

   (4) For pupils attending county-sponsored charter schools who are
eligible to attend those schools solely as a result of parental
request pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 1981, the sponsoring
local educational agency means the pupils' school district of
residence.
   (5) For pupils attending countywide charter schools pursuant to
Section 47605.6 who reside in a basic aid school district, the
sponsoring local educational agency means the school district of
residence of the pupil.  For purposes of this section, "basic

    (k)     "Basic  aid school district"
means a school district that does not receive an apportionment of
state funds pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 42238.