BILL NUMBER: AB 1971INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Bocanegra FEBRUARY 19, 2014 An act to amend Section 52051.5 of the Education Code, relating to school accountability. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 1971, as introduced, Bocanegra. School accountability: Academic Performance Index. Existing law, the Public Schools Accountability Act of 1999, requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction, with approval of the State Board of Education, to develop an Academic Performance Index to measure the performance of schools and school districts, especially the academic performance of pupils. Existing law, for purposes of the act, requires all references to schools to include charter schools. This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to the provision requiring all references to schools to include charter schools. 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 52051.5 of the Education Code is amended to read: 52051.5. For purposes of this chapter, all references to schools shall also include charter schools.