CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1508Introduced by Assembly Members Bonta, McCarty, ODonnell, and Smith(Principal coauthor: Assembly Member Kalra)(Coauthor: Senator Skinner)February 22, 2019 An act relating to charter schools. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1508, as introduced, Bonta. Charter schools: petitions.The Charter Schools Act of 1992 provides for the establishment and operation of charter schools. The act authorizes the governing board of a school district, a county board of education, and the State Board of Education to approve a petition for the establishment of a charter school and to act as a chartering authority. This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would permit chartering authorities to consider, in determining whether to approve a new charter school petition, the financial, academic, and facilities impacts the new charter school would have on neighborhood public schools.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would permit chartering authorities to consider, in determining whether to approve a new charter school petition, the financial, academic, and facilities impacts the new charter school would have on neighborhood public schools. CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1508Introduced by Assembly Members Bonta, McCarty, ODonnell, and Smith(Principal coauthor: Assembly Member Kalra)(Coauthor: Senator Skinner)February 22, 2019 An act relating to charter schools. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1508, as introduced, Bonta. Charter schools: petitions.The Charter Schools Act of 1992 provides for the establishment and operation of charter schools. The act authorizes the governing board of a school district, a county board of education, and the State Board of Education to approve a petition for the establishment of a charter school and to act as a chartering authority. This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would permit chartering authorities to consider, in determining whether to approve a new charter school petition, the financial, academic, and facilities impacts the new charter school would have on neighborhood public schools.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1508 Introduced by Assembly Members Bonta, McCarty, ODonnell, and Smith(Principal coauthor: Assembly Member Kalra)(Coauthor: Senator Skinner)February 22, 2019 Introduced by Assembly Members Bonta, McCarty, ODonnell, and Smith(Principal coauthor: Assembly Member Kalra)(Coauthor: Senator Skinner) February 22, 2019 An act relating to charter schools. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST ## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 1508, as introduced, Bonta. Charter schools: petitions. The Charter Schools Act of 1992 provides for the establishment and operation of charter schools. The act authorizes the governing board of a school district, a county board of education, and the State Board of Education to approve a petition for the establishment of a charter school and to act as a chartering authority. This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would permit chartering authorities to consider, in determining whether to approve a new charter school petition, the financial, academic, and facilities impacts the new charter school would have on neighborhood public schools. The Charter Schools Act of 1992 provides for the establishment and operation of charter schools. The act authorizes the governing board of a school district, a county board of education, and the State Board of Education to approve a petition for the establishment of a charter school and to act as a chartering authority. This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would permit chartering authorities to consider, in determining whether to approve a new charter school petition, the financial, academic, and facilities impacts the new charter school would have on neighborhood public schools. ## Digest Key ## Bill Text 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 permit chartering authorities to consider, in determining whether to approve a new charter school petition, the financial, academic, and facilities impacts the new charter school would have on neighborhood public schools. The people of the State of California do enact as follows: ## 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 permit chartering authorities to consider, in determining whether to approve a new charter school petition, the financial, academic, and facilities impacts the new charter school would have on neighborhood public schools. SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would permit chartering authorities to consider, in determining whether to approve a new charter school petition, the financial, academic, and facilities impacts the new charter school would have on neighborhood public schools. SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would permit chartering authorities to consider, in determining whether to approve a new charter school petition, the financial, academic, and facilities impacts the new charter school would have on neighborhood public schools. ### SECTION 1.