"Lawmakers' attempts at enacting charter school and school accountability reforms in the wake of high-profile charter fraud cases have once again failed, after Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill that would have added a raft of oversight requirements. Senate Bill 414, authored by Sen. Angelique Ashby, D-Sacramento, and backed by charter school advocates, would have implemented dozens of changes to state law, including creating an education inspector general, adding new requirements for school audits and more strictly regulating school vendors."
"Its author, Al Muratsuchi, D-Torrance, who chairs the Assembly's education committee, said negotiations on SB 414 were almost complete but had reached an impasse shortly before the legislative deadline. He said that to his surprise, changes were made to the bill without his involvement, and Ashby advanced it despite a lack of consensus. Newsom vetoed the bill because of sections he said were unworkable, would face legal challenges, and require hundreds of millions of dollars to implement, according to his veto message."
Senate Bill 414 would have implemented dozens of changes to state education law, including creation of an education inspector general, new audit requirements, and tighter regulation of school vendors. The bill became a compromise after charter school advocates and backers of Assembly Bill 84 merged most components, though the automatic per-pupil funding reduction was excluded. AB 84 remains a two-year bill moved to the inactive file. Al Muratsuchi said negotiations on SB 414 nearly concluded but stalled after last-minute changes and that Ashby advanced the bill without his involvement. Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed SB 414, citing unworkable provisions, legal risk, high implementation costs, and violations of prior agreements.
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