California Assembly Bill AB924 Introduced / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: AB 924INTRODUCED 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.