5 CCR s 19854

Cal. Admin. Code tit. 5, s 19854

CALIFORNIA CODE OF REGULATIONS
TITLE 5. EDUCATION
DIVISION 1.5. EDUCATION AUDIT APPEALS PANEL
CHAPTER 3. AUDITS OF CALIFORNIA K-12 LOCAL EDUCATION AGENCIES
ARTICLE 4. STATE COMPLIANCE PROCEDURES: CHARTER SCHOOLS
This database is current through 02/09/07, Register 2007, No. 6
s 19854. Annual Instructional Minutes - Classroom Based.

(a) Review the charter school's attendance calendar and bell (class)
schedules or other available comparable documentation. If the charter
school has multiple sites, select a sample of school sites that is
representative of the charter school's grade spans (elementary, middle,
and high schools).

(b) For each sampled site, compare the amount of instructional minutes
offered for each grade level during the year being audited to the amount
of instructional minutes required pursuant to the provisions of
subdivision (a)(1) of Education Code Section 47612.5 and subdivision
(a)(3) of Education Code Section 46201, as set forth below:

Kindergarten 36,000 minutes
Grades 1 through 3 50,400 minutes
Grades 4 through 8 54,000 minutes
Grades 9 through 12 64,800 minutes

(c) Determine whether the charter school offered optional classes to
satisfy instructional minutes requirements. If enrollment in optional
classes was low, review the charter school's documentation of class
offerings to ensure that the charter school acted effectively to comply
with the law. Practices that are not consistent with effectively offering
instructional time may include, but are not limited to, offering only a
small number of courses that in addition are appropriate only for limited
numbers of pupils, and courses scheduled such that pupils may take them
only by giving up their lunch period.

(d) Prepare the "Schedule of Instructional Time" that must be presented in
the Supplementary Information section of the audit report, showing by
grade span the minimum instructional minutes requirements specified in
subdivision (a)(3) of Education Code Section 46201, the instructional
minutes offered during the year being audited showing the sampled site
with the lowest number of minutes offered at each grade span; and whether
the charter school complied with the instructional minutes provisions.

(e) If the charter school did not offer the required number(s) of
instructional minutes, prepare a separate schedule for each site, showing
only the grade level(s) that were not in compliance, and calculate a
proportional reduction in apportionment consistent with the provisions of
subdivision (c) of Education Code Section 47612.5. Include both the
schedule(s) and the calculated reduction in apportionment, in a finding in
the Findings and Recommendations section of the audit report.

Note: Authority cited: Section 14502.1, Education Code.
Reference: Sections 14502.1, 14503, 41020, 47612.5 and 47634.2.
Education Code.

HISTORY

1. New section filed 5-6-2005 as an emergency; operative 5-6-2005
(Register
2005, No. 18). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by
9-
6-2005 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the
following day.

2. Certificate of Compliance as to 5-6-2005 order, including amendment of
Note,
transmitted to OAL 8-26-2005 and filed 10-11-2005 (Register 2005, No. 41).

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