California Assembly Bill AB2007 Introduced / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: AB 2007INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Grove FEBRUARY 20, 2014 An act to amend Section 47601 of the Education Code, relating to charter schools. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 2007, as introduced, Grove. Charter schools: operation. The Charter Schools Act of 1992 allows one or more persons seeking to establish a charter school within a school district to circulate a petition to that effect. The act provides for the establishment and operation of a charter school, as prescribed. Existing law expresses the Legislature's intent to provide opportunities for teachers, parents, pupils, and community members to establish and maintain schools that operate independently from the existing school district structure, as a method to accomplish specified goals. This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to the latter 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 47601 of the Education Code is amended to read: 47601. It is the intent of the Legislature, in enacting this part, to provide  opportunities   an opportunity  for teachers, parents, pupils, and community members to establish and maintain schools that operate independently from the existing school district structure, as a method to accomplish all of the following: (a) Improve pupil learning. (b) Increase learning opportunities for all pupils, with special emphasis on expanded learning experiences for pupils who are identified as academically low achieving. (c) Encourage the use of different and innovative teaching methods. (d) Create new professional opportunities for teachers, including the opportunity to be responsible for the learning program at the schoolsite. (e) Provide parents and pupils with expanded choices in the types of educational opportunities that are available within the public school system. (f) Hold the schools established under this part accountable for meeting measurable pupil outcomes, and provide the schools with a method to change from rule-based to performance-based accountability systems. (g) Provide vigorous competition within the public school system to stimulate continual improvements in all public schools.