SECTIONS 47630-47632.5 - California Statutes

EDUCATION CODE

SECTION 47630-47632.5

47630. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that each charter
school be provided with operational funding that is equal to the
total funding that would be available to a similar school district
serving a similar pupil population, except that a charter school may
not be funded as a necessary small school or a necessary small high
school, nor receive revenue limit funding that exceeds the statewide
average for a school district of a similar type.
(b) The Legislature finds and declares that the funding method
established by this chapter provides for simple and, at the option of
the charter school, local or direct allocation of funds to charter
schools in a manner that is consistent with state and federal law.

47630.5. (a) This chapter applies to the calculation of operational
funding for charter schools. Except as otherwise provided in this
chapter, this chapter shall apply to all charter schools without
regard to their sponsoring local education agency.
(b) For the 1999-2000, 2000-01, and 2001-02 fiscal years in the
case of a charter school that was assigned a number by the State
Board of Education prior to June 1, 1999, the use of the charter
school funding method established by this chapter shall be at the
discretion of that charter school. A charter school that elects to
have its funding determined pursuant to the method established by
this chapter shall notify the State Department of Education by June 1
prior to the affected fiscal year. An election to be funded pursuant
to the method established by this chapter is irrevocable.
(c) Additional legal or fiscal responsibilities on the part of a
county superintendent of schools are not imposed by this chapter,
except as specifically provided in this chapter.

47631. (a) Article 2 (commencing with Section 47633) and Article 3
(commencing with Section 47636) may not apply to a charter granted
pursuant to Section 47605.5.
(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), a pupil attending a
county-sponsored charter school who is eligible to attend that school
solely as a result of parental request pursuant to subdivision (b)
of Section 1981 shall be funded pursuant to this chapter.

47632. For purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall be
defined as follows:
(a) "General-purpose entitlement" means an amount computed by the
formula set forth in Section 47633 beginning in the 1999-2000 fiscal
year, which is based on the statewide average amounts of
general-purpose funding from those state and local sources identified
in Section 47633 received by school districts of similar type and
serving similar pupil populations.
(b) "Categorical block grant" means an amount computed by the
formula set forth in Section 47634 beginning in the 1999-2000 fiscal
year, which is based on the statewide average amounts of categorical
aid from those sources identified in Section 47634 received by school
districts of similar type and serving similar pupil populations.
(c) "General-purpose funding" means those funds that consist of
state aid, local property taxes, and other revenues applied toward a
school district's revenue limit, pursuant to Section 42238.
(d) "Categorical aid" means aid that consists of state or
federally funded programs, or both, which are apportioned for
specific purposes set forth in statute or regulation.
(e) "Economic impact aid-eligible pupils" means those pupils that
are included in the economic impact aid-eligible pupil count pursuant
to Section 54023. For purposes of applying Section 54023 to charter
schools, "economically disadvantaged pupils" means the pupils
described in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 54026.
(f) "Educationally disadvantaged pupils" means those pupils who
are eligible for subsidized meals pursuant to Section 49552 or are
identified as English learners pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section
306, or both.
(g) "Operational funding" means all funding except funding for
capital outlay.
(h) "School district of a similar type" means a school district
that is serving similar grade levels.
(i) "Similar pupil population" means similar numbers of pupils by
grade level, with a similar proportion of educationally disadvantaged
pupils.
(j) "Sponsoring local educational agency" means the following:
(1) If a charter school is granted by a school district, the
sponsoring local educational agency is the school district.
(2) If a charter is granted by a county office of education after
having been previously denied by a school district, the sponsoring
local educational agency means the school district that initially
denied the charter petition.
(3) If a charter is granted by the state board after having been
previously denied by a local educational agency, the sponsoring local
educational agency means the local educational agency designated by
the state board pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (k) of
Section 47605 or if a local educational agency is not designated, the
local educational agency that initially denied the charter petition.
(4) For pupils attending county-sponsored charter schools who are
eligible to attend those schools solely as a result of parental
request pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 1981, the sponsoring
local educational agency means the pupils' school district of
residence.
(5) For pupils attending countywide charter schools pursuant to
Section 47605.6 who reside in a basic aid school district, the
sponsoring local educational agency means the school district of
residence of the pupil. For purposes of this paragraph, "basic aid
school district" means a school district that does not receive an
apportionment of state funds pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section
42238.

47632.5. A charter school that is established through the
conversion of an existing public school where the charter is granted
by a district other than the district in which the school is located
may not generate or receive revenue limit funding in excess of the
revenue limit of the school district in which the school was located
prior to the conversion to charter status. This limitation shall
apply whether the charter converts to charter status a single
existing public school or multiple existing public schools.