AB 204

Under current law, with two exceptions, a school board may not enter into a

contract for the establishment of a charter school located outside the school district.

If two or more school districts jointly establish a charter school, the school must be

located within one of the school districts. If one or more school districts enter into

an agreement with a cooperative educational service agency (CESA) to establish a

charter school, the school must be located within the boundaries of the CESA.

This bill provides that if a school board enters into an agreement with a

federally recognized American Indian tribe or band to establish a charter school, the

school must be located within the school district or within the boundaries of the

tribe's or band's reservation.

The school board that establishes the charter school is responsible for

determining whether the charter school is an instrumentality of the school district,

for administering the statewide pupil assessments to pupils enrolled in the charter

school, for specifying criteria for grade promotion and high school graduation for

pupils enrolled in the charter school, and for ensuring that all instructional staff of

the charter school hold a license or permit to teach issued by the Department of

Public Instruction.