Charter schools.

The Charter Schools Act of 1992 specifies the procedures for the submission, review, and approval or denial of a petition to establish a countywide charter school, under which the charter school may operate at one or more sites within the geographic boundaries of the county. Existing law specifies the procedures for submission, review, and approval or denial of a petition for the operation of a state charter school, and authorizes the state board to approve a charter for the operation of the charter school at multiple sites throughout the state. This bill would specify that a petition for the establishment of a countywide charter school or a statewide benefit charter school may seek to establish multiple charter schools, which would be considered individual schools for purposes that include, but are not limited to, compliance, monitoring, data reporting and collection, pupil performance data, oversight, and apportionment.