Report 2022-110R Recommendation Responses
Report 2022-110R: Charter School Facility Grant Program and Conduit Financing Program: The Programs Are Generally Achieving Their Purpose of Increasing Charter Schools' Access to Facility Funding (Release Date: February 2023)
Recommendation for Legislative Action
To ensure that students from low-income areas receive the maximum benefit from the Facility Grant Program, the Legislature should amend state law to define the admissions priority that charter schools must give students who either attend the nearest local public elementary school or reside in that public school's attendance area.
Description of Legislative Action
AB 1604 (Bonta, 2023) would require that the admissions priority that charter schools must give students who either attend the nearest local public elementary school or reside in that public school's attendance area, in order to be eligible for the Facility Grant Program, supersede any other priority order for preference in admissions. This bill is pending in the Assembly.
- Legislative Action Current As-of: January 2026
California State Auditor's Assessment of 60-Day Status: Legislation Introduced
Description of Legislative Action
AB 1604 (Bonta, 2023) would require that charter schools eligible for the Facility Grant Program must give preference in admissions to pupils who are currently enrolled in specified public elementary schools and those who reside in the school's attendance area after preferences for existing pupils and siblings of existing pupils. This bill is pending in the Assembly.
- Legislative Action Current As-of: January 2026
California State Auditor's Assessment of 6-Month Status: Legislation Introduced
Description of Legislative Action
As of 2/14/24 the Legislature has taken no additional action in the 2023/24 Legislative session to address this specific recommendation.
AB 1604 (Bonta, 2023) would have required that charter schools eligible for the Facility Grant Program must give preference in admissions to pupils who are currently enrolled in specified public elementary schools and those who reside in the school's attendance area after preferences for existing pupils and siblings of existing pupils. This bill was vetoed.
- Legislative Action Current As-of: January 2026
California State Auditor's Assessment of 1-Year Status: Legislation Proposed But Not Enacted
Description of Legislative Action
As of 2/14/25 the Legislature has not taken any action in the 2025/26 Legislative Session to address this specific recommendation.
- Legislative Action Current As-of: January 2026