What are the attendance accounting requirements for offering independent study/nonclassroom-based instruction in a charter school?
Education Code Section 47612.5 (Outside Source) sets forth specific requirements with which charter schools must comply as conditions of apportionment. Among other things, Section 47612.5 (Outside Source) requires that charter schools that provide independent study/nonclassroom-based instruction must comply with the provisions of Article 5.5 (commencing with Section 51745) (Outside Source) of Chapter 5 of Part 28 of the Education Code and implementing regulations adopted there under. Within the referenced Article 5.5, Section 51747.5(b) (Outside Source) specifically limits the amount of apportionment credit that may be claimed for independent study/nonclassroom-based instruction to the extent of the time value of student work products, as personally judged in each instance by a certificated teacher. Pursuant to Section 47612.5 (Outside Source), Section 51747.5(b) (Outside Source) thereby clearly requires that charter school independent study/nonclassroom-based teachers, as one conditio
