Charter schools: at-risk pupils: Los Angeles County Board of Education.

(1) Existing law allows a charter school that serves at-risk pupils and operates under a charter approved before June 1, 1997, by the Los Angeles County Board of Education to operate until June 30, 2013. The existing statute requires the approval of the county board of education for the specified charter school or schools to continue operating after June 30, 2008. This bill would instead allow the specified charter school or schools to operate until June 30, 2018, subject to the approval of the county board of education for continued operation after June 30, 2013. (2) The existing statute requires that the specified charter school or schools receive funding for the attendance of pupils for each fiscal year up to and including the 2012–13 fiscal year at the same rates as community schools and community day schools in the same county. This bill would extend that provision to also cover the attendance of pupils in the 2012–13 to 2017–18 fiscal years, inclusive. (3) This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the County of Los Angeles.