Report 2016-141 Recommendation Responses
Report 2016-141: Charter Schools: Some School Districts Improperly Authorized and Inadequately Monitored Out‑of‑District Charter Schools (Release Date: October 2017)
Recommendation for Legislative Action
To ensure that districts obtain community support for charter schools that they authorize, the Legislature should amend state law to require any district that is considering authorizing an out of district charter school to notify the school's host district 30 days in advance of the board meeting at which the potential authorizing district is scheduled to make its authorization decision. The Legislature should also require the potential authorizing district to hold the public hearing within the host district's boundaries, notwithstanding restrictions in the State's Ralph M. Brown Act that would otherwise require the hearing to occur in the authorizing district.
Description of Legislative Action
No longer necessary. AB 1507 (Chapter 487, Statutes of 2019) deletes the authority of a charter school to locate outside the jurisdiction or geographic boundaries of the chartering school district because the charter school has attempted to locate a single site or facility to house the entire program, but a site or facility is unavailable in the area in which the charter school chooses to locate, or the site is needed for temporary use during a construction or expansion project.
- Legislative Action Current As-of: November 2022
California State Auditor's Assessment of Annual Follow-Up Status: No Longer Necessary
Description of Legislative Action
No longer necessary. AB 1507 (Chapter 487, Statutes of 2019) deletes the authority of a charter school to locate outside the jurisdiction or geographic boundaries of the chartering school district because the charter school has attempted to locate a single site or facility to house the entire program, but a site or facility is unavailable in the area in which the charter school chooses to locate, or the site is needed for temporary use during a construction or expansion project.
- Legislative Action Current As-of: October 2020
California State Auditor's Assessment of Annual Follow-Up Status: No Longer Necessary
Description of Legislative Action
No longer necessary. AB 1507 (Chapter 487, Statutes of 2019) deletes the authority of a charter school to locate outside the jurisdiction or geographic boundaries of the chartering school district because the charter school has attempted to locate a single site or facility to house the entire program, but a site or facility is unavailable in the area in which the charter school chooses to locate, or the site is needed for temporary use during a construction or expansion project.
- Legislative Action Current As-of: October 2019
California State Auditor's Assessment of Annual Follow-Up Status: No Longer Necessary
Description of Legislative Action
The Legislature has not taken action to address this specific recommendation.
- Legislative Action Current As-of: October 2018
California State Auditor's Assessment of 1-Year Status: No Action Taken
Description of Legislative Action
Legislation has not been introduced to address this specific recommendation.
- Legislative Action Current As-of: April 2018