K-12 Schools
Prohibits for-profit operation of charter
schools
AB 406 (McCarty, D-Sacramento) prohibits a petitioner
that submits a charter petition for the establishment of a
charter school, or a charter school that submits a charter
renewal or material revision application, from operating as, or
being operated by, a for-profit corporation, a for-profit
educational management organization, or a for-profit charter
management organization.
Prohibits fees for beginning teacher induction
programs
AB 410 (Cervantes, D-Riverside) prohibits a school
district, county office of education, or charter school from
charging a fee to a beginning teacher to participate in a
beginning teacher induction program that is approved by the
Commission on Teacher Credentialing and the Superintendent of
Public Instruction.
Changes to Local Control Funding Formula
AB 2808 (Muratsuchi, D-Torrance) relates to the public
school financing system. Deletes the provision specifying the
amount of the base grant in the 2013-14 fiscal year and would
instead specify new, higher amounts for the 2018-19 fiscal year,
which would also increase the supplemental and concentration
grant amounts and result in various other changes to funding
calculations for purposes of the Local Control Funding Formula.
Tax relief for cost of new teacher
induction
SB 1214 (Portantino, D-La Cañada Flintridge) allows K-12
teachers with preliminary credentials to claim, for each taxable
year beginning on or after January 1, 2019, and before January 1,
2024, a $2,500 above-the-line tax deduction on their personal
state income taxes for fees incurred toward the completion of an
induction program approved by the Commission on Teacher
Credentialing. This bill would also require the Legislature to
review the deduction before January 1, 2024. SB 1214 would take
effect upon an appropriation of the legislature as a tax levy.