INFORMATIONAL ONLY: Assembly Bills 1505 - 1508

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Below are current California Assembly Bills being considered

AB 1505 (O’Donnell) would eliminate due process rights for teachers, families, and charter operators to appeal local denials of new, renewing, or revoked charter schools to the county and state boards of education. AB 1505 would also delete academic performance as the most important factor for renewal and revocation of existing schools.

AB 1506 (McCarty) imposes a cap on the opening of new charter schools at the existing level of approximately 1,323 schools, and only allows new charters to open when an existing charter school closes.

AB 1507 (Smith) removes the right of charter schools to locate their facility outside their authorizing district under very limited circumstances.

AB 1508 (Bonta) would allow a district to deny a charter petition or renewal based on a district’s subjective interpretation of the charter school’s financial, academic, or facilities impact on the school district.