CA AB276

Requires local educational agencies, including charter schools and entities managing charter schools, to comply with the Ralph M. Brown Act (open meetings) effective July 1, 2019, unless operated under the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act.

Requires charter schools to comply with the California Public Records Act effective July 1, 2019, except charter schools on federally recognized California Indian reservations or rancherias, where the chartering authority serves as records custodian.

Requires charter schools to comply with conflict-of-interest laws (Article 4, Section 1090 of Government Code) effective January 1, 2020, with exceptions allowing board members to lease property or provide emergency loans to the school at $1.00 per year or 0% interest.

Allows charter school employees to serve on the school's governing body, provided they abstain from voting on matters affecting their own employment and on personnel matters uniquely affecting their relatives.

Requires charter schools to comply with the Political Reform Act of 1974 (conflict-of-interest codes) effective January 1, 2020, with compliance dates extendable by mutual agreement between the chartering authority and charter school petitioner until January 1, 2021.