Bill Text: CA AB1506 | 2019-2020 | Regular Session | Amended

California Assembly Bill 1506 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 46-0)

Status: (Passed) 2020-09-30 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 326, Statutes of 2020. [AB1506 Detail]

Download: California-2019-AB1506-Amended.html

Amended IN Assembly April 01, 2019

Amended IN Assembly March 26, 2019

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2019–2020 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 1506

Introduced by Assembly Members McCarty and O’Donnell

February 22, 2019

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

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 1506, as amended, McCarty. Charter schools: statewide ~~total.~~ total: authorization restrictions.

The Charter Schools Act of 1992 authorizes the establishment and operation of charter schools. The act provides that the maximum total number of charter schools authorized to operate in this state in the 1998–99 school year is 250, and authorizes an additional 100 charter schools to operate in this state in each successive school year.

This bill would instead authorize the operation of ~~an unspecified~~ a maximum total number of charter schools in the ~~state.~~ state equal to the total number of charter schools authorized and operating as of January 1, 2020. The bill would require the department to post on its internet website the statewide limit of charter schools authorized to operate in the state. The bill would prohibit a school district, a county office of education, or the state board from authorizing a charter school above the number of operating charter schools authorized by the respective entity as of January 1, 2020. The bill would authorize a school district, a county office of education, or the state board to only authorize one charter school after one charter school closes in its respective jurisdiction. The bill would require a school district, a county office of education, or the state board to give priority to a charter petition to establish a charter school that will not be operated by an entity that is operating another charter school. The bill would make nonsubstantive changes to those provisions, including deleting an obsolete provision relating to a Legislative Analyst’s Office report.

Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES 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) The maximum total number of charter schools authorized to operate in this state shall be ~~____.~~ the total number of charter schools authorized and operating as of January 1, 2020. For purposes of implementing this section, the 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. The number assigned by the state board 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 shall develop a numbering system for charter schools that identifies each school associated with a charter and that operates within the statewide limit of ~~____~~ charter schools. The department shall post on its internet website the statewide limit of charter schools authorized to operate in the state. For purposes of this section, sites that share educational programs and serve similar pupil populations 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 limit~~

(2) A school district, a county office of education, or the state board shall not authorize a charter school above the number of operating charter schools authorized by the respective entity as of January 1, 2020. A school district, a county office of education, or the state board may only authorize one charter school after one charter school closes in its respective jurisdiction. Subject to the limitations of this subdivision, and notwithstanding any other law, a school district, a county office of education, or the state board shall give priority to a charter petition submitted under this part to establish a charter school that will not be operated by an entity that is operating another charter school.

(3) The limits and restrictions contained in this subdivision shall not be waived by the state board pursuant to Section 33050 or any other law.

(b) A charter shall not be granted under this part that authorizes the conversion of a private school to a charter school. A charter school shall not 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 shall adopt regulations to implement this section.