Local control and accountability plans.

Existing law requires, on or before July 1, 2014, governing boards of school districts and county boards of education to adopt a local control and accountability plan, as provided. Existing law requires charter schools, on or before July 1, 2015, and each year thereafter, to adopt a local control and accountability plan to update the goals and annual actions to achieve those goals identified in the charter petition, as provided. Existing law requires, on or before March 31, 2014, the state board to adopt templates for use by school districts, county superintendents of schools, and charter schools for purposes of the local control and accountability plans. This bill would require the development, adoption, and transparency requirements for local control and accountability plans and the updates to those plans that apply to the governing boards of school districts, superintendents of school districts, and county superintendents of schools, to also apply to the governing bodies of charter schools, administrators of charter schools, and chartering authorities, as specified. By imposing additional duties on local educational agencies, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The bill also would make nonsubstantive and conforming changes to these and other provisions that reference charter school local control and accountability plans. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 52060 of the Education Code proposed by AB 1240 to be operative only if this bill and AB 1240 are enacted and this bill is enacted last. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.