Bill Text: CA AB2543 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Charter schools: renewal.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Vetoed) 2010-09-23 - Vetoed by Governor. [AB2543 Detail]

Download: California-2009-AB2543-Enrolled.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 2543	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 24, 2010
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 25, 2010
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 16, 2010
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 2, 2010
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 28, 2010

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Bonnie Lowenthal
   (Coauthor: Senator Price)

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2010

   An act to add Section 47607.1 to the Education Code, relating to
charter schools.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2543, Bonnie Lowenthal. Charter schools: renewal.
   The Charter Schools Act of 1992 authorizes the governing board of
a school district, a county board of education, or the State Board of
Education to grant a petition to establish a charter school
according to specified procedures. The act provides that a charter
may be granted for a period not to exceed 5 years. The act authorizes
each of those chartering authorities to grant one or more subsequent
renewals of a charter that it authorized. The act requires that each
renewal be for a period of 5 years.
   This bill would require a charter school to submit a renewal
petition to the chartering authority no later than September 15 prior
to the expiration of the charter, or by an earlier or later date if
mutually agreed upon by the chartering authority and the charter
school to accommodate local circumstances. The bill would require the
governing board of a school district or a county board of education
to approve or deny a renewal petition submitted by a charter school
authorized by that board no later than December 15 prior to the
expiration of the charter. The bill would require a charter school
that elects to appeal the denial of its renewal application to submit
the application to the county board or the state board, as
applicable, within 30 days of the date of the denial.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 47607.1 is added to the Education Code, to
read:
   47607.1.  (a) A charter school shall submit a renewal petition to
the chartering authority no later than September 15 prior to the
expiration of the charter, or by an earlier or later date if mutually
agreed upon by the chartering authority and the charter school to
accommodate local circumstances, including delays in the release of
Academic Performance Index (API) scores. This subdivision does not
preclude a chartering authority from establishing a charter renewal
deadline prior to September 15. Existing timelines for the
consideration of a charter renewal petition by a chartering authority
pursuant to Sections 47605 and 47607 or any other provision of this
part shall not be affected by this subdivision.
   (b) The governing board of a school district or a county board of
education shall approve or deny a renewal petition submitted by a
charter school authorized by that board no later than December 15
prior to the expiration of the charter. A charter school that elects
to appeal the denial of its renewal application pursuant to Section
47607.5 shall submit its application to the county board or state
board, as applicable, within 30 days of the date of the denial.