CA SB1317

Requires charter school governing bodies to be subject to the Ralph M. Brown Act (open meetings) and California Public Records Act, with exception for charter schools operated by entities governed by the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act.

Prohibits charter school governing body members from providing loans, guaranteeing lines of credit, or leasing real property to the charter school without public disclosure, approval, and personal abstention from voting on related matters.

Requires charter school governing body members to abstain from voting on personnel matters that uniquely affect their relatives, but allows voting on collective bargaining agreements and matters affecting classes of employees.

Bars individuals disqualified from holding civil office under California law from serving on charter school governing bodies and subjects charter schools to the Political Reform Act of 1974 conflict-of-interest requirements.

Becomes operative on July 1, 2015, and applies only to charter school operational activities, not unrelated activities of the governing body.