February 22, 2001

Mr. President:

Your EDUCATION COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred

has had it under consideration and reports same WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION, amended as follows:

1. On page 8, line 4, after "grounds" insert ", including buildings and grounds of charter schools,".

2. On page 10, line 12, strike "and".

3. On page 10, between lines 12 and 13, insert the following new paragraph to read:

"(6) the application includes the capital needs of any charter schools located in the school district or the school district has shown that the capital needs of the charter schools in the district are not as great as the capital need requested in the application; and".

4. Renumber the succeeding paragraph accordingly.

5. On page 13, line 19, after the semicolon, insert "provided that the council shall apply the standards to charter schools to the same extent that they are applied to other public schools;".

6. On page 16, line 6, strike "and".

7. On page 16, between lines 6 and 7, insert the following new subparagraph to read:

"(f) the application includes the capital needs of any charter schools located in the school district or the school district has shown that the facilities of the charter schools in the district meet the statewide adequacy standards; and".

8. Reletter the succeeding subparagraph accordingly.,

and thence referred to the FINANCE COMMITTEE.

Respectfully submitted,

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Cynthia Nava, Chairman

Adopted_______________________ Not Adopted______________________

(Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)

Date ________________________

The roll call vote was 8 For 0 Against

Yes: 8

No: 0

Excused: Sanchez, M.

Absent: None

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