What happens if a charter school fails to offer the minimum amount of instructional time?
Prior to the enactment of EC Section 47612.6 (Outside Source), as added by Assembly Bill 1610 (Chapter 543, Statutes of 2005), failure to provide the minimum instructional time resulted in a financial penalty to a charter school. However, EC Section 47612.6 (Outside Source) now allows the SBE to waive the financial penalty (beginning with 2005-06 fiscal year) if the charter school agrees to make up the instructional time shortfall for twice the number of years that the shortfall existed.
