2015-16 Charter School Legislation Summary
October 17, 2016 CCSA made significant strides during the 2015-16 California Legislative session, securing additional funding for charter school facilities and start-up funding in the state budget while successfully fending off all anti-charter related legislation. Though this year's session ends November 30, all action has been taken on legislation for this two year session.
CCSA developed a 2015-16 Legislative Outcomes Summary that details state budget wins and the results of sponsored, supported and opposed bills, listed below. To learn more details about charter-related legislative outcomes, click here.
State Budget
- SB 740 Charter School Facility Grants
- Charter School Start-up Grants
Sponsored Bills
- AB 1198 (Dababneh) Charter School Credit Enhancement Program
- AB 1344 (Jones) Charter School Zoning
- AB 2806 (Wilk) LAUSD Office of the Inspector General Reforms
- SB 1434 (Glazer) Charter School Authorizing
Supported Bills
- AB 839 (Allen) California Collaborative for Educational Excellence Charter Board Member
- AB 943 (Allen) California Collaborative for Educational Excellence
- AB 1084 (Bonilla) Non-Profit Charter Schools
- AB 2548 (Weber) Statewide Academic Accountability System
Opposed Bills
- AB 709 (Gipson) Charter School Conflict of Interest
- AB 787 (Hernandez) Charter School Boards/For-Profit Charter Schools
- AB 2242 (Lopez) Charter School Governance
- AB 2835 (Cooper) Mandatory Employee Orientation
- SB 322 (Leno) Charter School Suspensions and Expulsions
- SB 329 (Mendoza) Charter School Authorization/Competitive Bidding
- SB 739 (Pavley) Out of Area Authorizing