BILL NUMBER: SB 714INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Senator Block FEBRUARY 22, 2013 An act relating to schools. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 714, as introduced, Block. Schools: average daily attendance: online instruction. Existing law establishes the public elementary and secondary school system in this state, and further establishes a funding system pursuant to which the state apportions funds to local educational agencies based on, among other factors, the average daily attendance of pupils at the schools operated by those agencies. Existing law authorizes, commencing with the 2014-15 school year, for purposes of computing average daily attendance, the inclusion of pupils in grades 9 to 12, inclusive, under the immediate supervision and control of a certificated employee of the school district or county office of education who is delivering synchronous, online instruction, as defined, provided that this instruction meets specified criteria. This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would, commencing with the 2014-15 fiscal year, authorize a school district, county office of education, or charter school to claim apportionment based on average daily attendance on the basis of a pupil's satisfactory progress toward obtaining a high school diploma by earning course credit through attendance in an online course or courses pursuant to criteria to be developed by the Legislature. 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. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would, commencing with the 2014-15 fiscal year, authorize a school district, county office of education, or charter school to claim apportionment based on average daily attendance on the basis of a pupil's satisfactory progress toward obtaining a high school diploma by earning course credit through attendance in an online course or courses pursuant to criteria to be developed by the Legislature.