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AB 1576 — Charter schools: loans.
Last action — In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
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✓Introduced
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✓In Committee
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3Passed Assembly
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4Passed Senate
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5To Executive
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6Enacted
This bill died with 2011-2012 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Assembly” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.
Summary
(1) Existing law authorizes a county superintendent of schools, with the approval of the county board of education, to temporarily transfer moneys to a school district under specified circumstances. The Charter Schools Act of 1992 authorizes any one or more persons to submit a petition to the governing board of a school district to establish a charter school that operates independently from the existing school district structure as a method of accomplishing specified goals. This bill, until July 1, 2017, would authorize a county board of education, subject to the concurrence of the county superintendent of schools, to loan moneys from the proceeds of revenue anticipation notes to a charter school for which the county board of education or the county superintendent of schools has a supervisory responsibility or, regardless of whether the charter school is within or outside of the county, with which a county board of education or county superintendent of schools has a contractual relationship. The bill would require the county superintendent of schools, before the county board of education makes the loan, to take specified actions regarding the advisability of the loan. The bill would provide that any loan of moneys pursuant to these provisions would not constitute a debt or liability for the county superintendent of schools, the county board of education, or the State of California. The bill would prohibit a charter school from receiving more than one of these loans per fiscal year. The bill would require the county board of education, as a condition of making a loan to a charter school, to report to the State Department of Education by September 15 of each prior year specified information on loans made to charter schools within the fiscal year and would require the department to compile that information into one report to be submitted by December 1 of each year to the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature, the Department of Finance, and the Legislative Analyst's Office. (2) Existing law states that existing law governing charter schools does not prohibit a private person or organization from providing funding or other assistance to the establishment or operation of a charter school. This bill, until July 1, 2017, would authorize a charter school to contract with a county superintendent of schools or a county board of education for purposes of borrowing moneys, as described above. The bill would require the borrowed moneys to be expended by a charter school solely for purposes of meeting the cash management needs of the charter school due to the deferral of apportionment payments and not for purposes of making capital acquisitions. (3) This bill also would make nonsubstantive changes to these provisions.
Bill Text
- Amended 06/26/12 - Amended Senate Current pdf June 26, 2012
- Amended 05/25/12 - Amended Assembly pdf May 25, 2012
- Amended 04/11/12 - Amended Assembly pdf April 11, 2012
- Amended 03/29/12 - Amended Assembly pdf March 29, 2012
- Amended 03/13/12 - Amended Assembly pdf March 13, 2012
- Introduced 02/02/12 - Introduced pdf February 02, 2012
- AB1576 View text html
Action History
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In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
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Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 20).
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Referred to Com. on ED.
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In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
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Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5107.)
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Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
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From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 25).
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In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
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Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended.
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Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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Read second time and amended.
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From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (March 21).
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Re-referred to Com. on ED.
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From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ED. Read second time and amended.
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Referred to Com. on ED.
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From printer. May be heard in committee March 4.
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Read first time. To print.
Sponsors
- Huber · Primary
- Williams · Cosponsor
- Beth Gaines · Cosponsor
- Beth Gaines · Cosponsor
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 3 co-sponsors · 118 not signed on
Sponsors (1)
- Huber
Co-sponsors (3)
- Williams
- Beth Gaines
- Beth Gaines
Not signed on (118)
118 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 118 →"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.
Votes
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| % of votes cast | 90% | 0% | 0% | 10% |
How each member voted (10)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Lowenthal | — | Yea |
| Runner | — | Not Voting |
| Hancock | — | Yea |
| Huff | — | Yea |
| Liu | — | Yea |
| Alquist | — | Yea |
| Price | — | Yea |
| Vargas | — | Yea |
| Blakeslee | — | Yea |
| Simitian | — | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 73 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Republican | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Democratic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 76 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| % of votes cast | 95% | 0% | 0% | 5% |
How each member voted (80)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Gorell | — | Yea |
| Halderman | — | Yea |
| Carter | — | Yea |
| Yamada | — | Yea |
| Fuentes | — | Yea |
| Fong | — | Yea |
| Butler | — | Yea |
| Galgiani | — | Yea |
| Allen | — | Yea |
| Gatto | — | Yea |
| Gordon | — | Yea |
| Hagman | — | Yea |
| Campos | — | Yea |
| Portantino | — | Yea |
| John A. Pérez | — | Yea |
| Mitchell | — | Yea |
| Hall | — | Yea |
| Harkey | — | Yea |
| Hill | — | Yea |
| Cedillo | — | Yea |
| Huber | — | Yea |
| Bonilla | — | Yea |
| Atkins | — | Yea |
| Hueso | — | Yea |
| Jeffries | — | Yea |
| Ammiano | — | Yea |
| Block | — | Yea |
| Chesbro | — | Yea |
| Conway | — | Yea |
| Cook | — | Yea |
| Davis | — | Yea |
| Donnelly | — | Yea |
| Knight | — | Yea |
| Logue | — | Yea |
| Mendoza | — | Yea |
| Miller | — | Yea |
| Monning | — | Yea |
| Morrell | — | Yea |
| Nielsen | — | Yea |
| Norby | — | Yea |
| Pan | — | Yea |
| Perea | — | Yea |
| Skinner | — | Yea |
| Smyth | — | Yea |
| Torres | — | Yea |
| Wagner | — | Yea |
| Williams | — | Yea |
| Fletcher | — | Not Voting |
| Furutani | — | Not Voting |
| Swanson | — | Not Voting |
| Valadao | — | Not Voting |
| Achadjian | — | Yea |
| Alejo | — | Yea |
| Beall | — | Yea |
| Blumenfield | — | Yea |
| Bradford | — | Yea |
| Brownley | — | Yea |
| Buchanan | — | Yea |
| Hayashi | — | Yea |
| Huffman | — | Yea |
| Lara | — | Yea |
| Ma | — | Yea |
| Mansoor | — | Yea |
| Nestande | — | Yea |
| Olsen | — | Yea |
| Silva | — | Yea |
| Solorio | — | Yea |
| Wieckowski | — | Yea |
| Eng | — | Yea |
| Feuer | — | Yea |
| Dickinson | — | Yea |
| Garrick | — | Yea |
| Beth Gaines | — | Yea |
| Bill Berryhill | — | Yea |
| Bonnie Lowenthal | — | Yea |
| Roger Hernández | — | Yea |
| V. Manuel Pérez | — | Yea |
| Calderon, Lisa | Democratic | Yea |
| Grove, Shannon | Republican | Yea |
| Jones, Brian W. | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Democratic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| % of votes cast | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
How each member voted (17)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Fuentes | — | Yea |
| Campos | — | Yea |
| Gatto | — | Yea |
| Mitchell | — | Yea |
| Harkey | — | Yea |
| Hill | — | Yea |
| Ammiano | — | Yea |
| Donnelly | — | Yea |
| Norby | — | Yea |
| Wagner | — | Yea |
| Blumenfield | — | Yea |
| Bradford | — | Yea |
| Lara | — | Yea |
| Nielsen | — | Yea |
| Solorio | — | Yea |
| Davis | — | Yea |
| Calderon, Lisa | Democratic | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Republican | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| % of votes cast | 64% | 18% | 0% | 18% |
How each member voted (11)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Butler | — | Yea |
| Halderman | — | Yea |
| Ammiano | — | Nay |
| Carter | — | Yea |
| Wagner | — | Yea |
| Williams | — | Yea |
| Brownley | — | Yea |
| Buchanan | — | Nay |
| Norby | — | Yea |
| Eng | — | Not Voting |
| Grove, Shannon | Republican | Not Voting |
Subjects
Frequently asked questions
- What does AB 1576 do?
- (1) Existing law authorizes a county superintendent of schools, with the approval of the county board of education, to temporarily transfer moneys to a school district under specified circumstances. The Charter Schools Act of 1992 authorizes any one or more persons to submit a petition to the governing board of a school district to establish a charter school that operates independently from the existing school district structure as a method of accomplishing specified goals. This bill, until July 1, 2017, would authorize a county board of education, subject to the concurrence of the county superintendent of schools, to loan moneys from the proceeds of revenue anticipation notes to a charter school for which the county board of education or the county superintendent of schools has a supervisory responsibility or, regardless of whether the charter school is within or outside of the county, with which a county board of education or county superintendent of schools has a contractual relationship. The bill would require the county superintendent of schools, before the county board of education makes the loan, to take specified actions regarding the advisability of the loan. The bill would provide that any loan of moneys pursuant to these provisions would not constitute a debt or liability for the county superintendent of schools, the county board of education, or the State of California. The bill would prohibit a charter school from receiving more than one of these loans per fiscal year. The bill would require the county board of education, as a condition of making a loan to a charter school, to report to the State Department of Education by September 15 of each prior year specified information on loans made to charter schools within the fiscal year and would require the department to compile that information into one report to be submitted by December 1 of each year to the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature, the Department of Finance, and the Legislative Analyst's Office. (2) Existing law states that existing law governing charter schools does not prohibit a private person or organization from providing funding or other assistance to the establishment or operation of a charter school. This bill, until July 1, 2017, would authorize a charter school to contract with a county superintendent of schools or a county board of education for purposes of borrowing moneys, as described above. The bill would require the borrowed moneys to be expended by a charter school solely for purposes of meeting the cash management needs of the charter school due to the deferral of apportionment payments and not for purposes of making capital acquisitions. (3) This bill also would make nonsubstantive changes to these provisions.
- Who sponsors AB 1576?
- AB 1576 is sponsored by Huber, Williams, and Beth Gaines.
- What is the current status of AB 1576?
- This bill died with 2011-2012 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Assembly” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
- Where can I track AB 1576?
- Track AB 1576 free on One Click Politics — get push/email alerts when it moves.
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