Charter Currents: AB 1316 Passes Out of Assembly Education Despite Unified Effort

The Assembly Education Committee heard and passed AB 1316 (O’Donnell—D, Long Beach) this morning. Among other provisions, this bill cuts funding for nonclassroom-based charter schools by 30 percent, triples the cap on school district oversight fees for all charter schools, and imposes a long list of burdensome mandates on charter schools.