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ASSEMBLY BILL 1994 (REYES – 2002)

CHAPTER 1058, STATUTES OF 2002, AB 1994

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Education Code sections 1628, 42100, 47602, 47604.3, 47605, 47613.1 and 47652 were amended, and sections 47604.4, 47605.1, 47605.6, 47605.8, and 47612.1 were added to the Education Code in 2002 following legislative passage of Assembly Bill 1994.  (See Exhibit A, #1j, pages 12 through 14 and 20)  Assembly member Sarah Reyes introduced the measure on February 15, 2002, and was joined by Assembly member Barbara Matthews on April 9, 2002, Assembly member Elaine Alquist on May 14, 2002, and Assembly members Rebecca Cohn and Manny Diaz on August 26, 2002, as co-sponsors.  (See Exhibit A, #1c, #1e, and #1h)  Assembly member Carl Washington was added as a co-author on May 14, 2002.  (See Exhibit A, #1e and #1h) 

The measure was assigned to the Assembly and Senate Committees on Education where policy issues raised by the bill were considered.  (See Exhibit A, #3 and #7)  The Assembly and Senate Committees on Appropriations examined the bill’s fiscal implications.  (See Exhibit A, #5 and #9)  Assembly Bill 1994 was amended on eight occasions, four times in each House, before both Houses of the Legislature approved it.  (See Exhibit A, #1b through #1i and #2)  Governor Gray Davis signed the legislation on September 29th and the Secretary of State recorded it as Chapter 1058 of the Statutes of 2002.  (See Exhibit A, #1j and #2)

A digest of Assembly Bill 1994 as last amended on August 28, 2002 was presented in the Office of Senate Floor Analyses Third Reading analysis as follows:

DIGEST:  This bill provides both technical and substantive changes in the charter school law.

Senate Floor Amendments of 8/28/02 clarify that a charter school that has not commenced operations can transition to a provision of the bill at the renewal of their charter in the same manner as other charter schools.  The previous version of this bill provided that all charter schools that were “providing educational services to pupils before July 1, 2002” are required to comply with new geographic restrictions upon renewal of their charters.  One charter school, whose charter was approved in October of 2001, was not able to commence operations prior to July 1, 2002, and therefore would have been unable to take advantage of the transition period allowed under the bill’s previous language.
(See Exhibit A, #10, pages 1 and 2)