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From the ECS State Policy Database
2006 State Policies / Activities

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The following summary includes policies enacted in 2006. This database is made possible by your state's fiscal support of the Education Commission of the States (ECS). Most entries are legislative, although rules/regulations and executive orders that make substantive changes are included. Every effort is made to collect the latest available version of policies; in some instances, recent changes might not be reflected. For expediency purposes minimal attention has been paid to style (capitalization, punctuation) and format. To view the documents, click on the blue triangle next to the topic of interest. To view all, press the button located at the top labeled "Expand All."

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- Choice of Schools--Charter Schools
OHSigned into law 12/2006P-12Any district that leases a building to a community school [charter] located in the district or that enters into an agreement with a community school located in the district whereby the district and the school endorse each other's programs may elect to have data regarding the academic performance of students enrolled in the community school combined with comparable data from the schools of the district for the purpose of calculating the performance of the district as a whole on the district report card. Any district that so elects must annually file a copy of the lease or agreement with the department.

Allows a board of education to renew the contract of any nonlicensed individual, currently employed by the board for one or more years, without first offering the position held by that individual to employees of the district who are licensed individuals or advertising the position as available to any qualified licensed individuals who are not currently employed by the board.
http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/bills.cfm?ID=126_HB_276
Title: H.B. 276 -- Misc. Sections
Source: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us

OHSigned into law 12/2006P-12Sec. 3314.025 amends provisions relating to governing authorities for community schools. From fiscal notes: Am. Sub. H.B. 66 of the 126th General Assembly, as amended by Am. Sub. H.B. 530 of the 126th General Assembly, required certain community schools to administer reading and mathematics assessments to the schools' students in the fall and the spring.  ODE was to evaluate the performance of the community school based on the results of these assessments and to impose sanctions on certain poorly performing community schools including eventually closing the schools if poor performance continued for three consecutive years.  The bill repeals these requirements and instead requires that community school performance be based on the local report card performance ratings.  In general, community schools that are declared to be in academic emergency for three or four consecutive school years (depending on the grade levels served by the school and some other factors) are to be closed under the bill.  Under the bill, community schools will not incur the cost of administering the reading and mathematics assessments required under current law.
 
The bill prohibits a person serving on the governing authority of more than two start-up community schools at the same time.  The bill also permits a community school to compensate members of its governing authority up to $125 for each meeting the member attends, but not more than $125 in one month.  The bill provides for an appeal process for community school operators whose contracts are terminated or not renewed by the school's governing authority.  This may result in costs to the school if it must defend its decision to terminate or not renew the contract.
 
Finally, the bill requires that school districts offer for sale to community schools located within the district real property that the district has not used for one full school year unless the district adopts a resolution outlining a plan for using the property within the next three school years.  Property sold under this provision must be offered for sale back to the school district if the community school decides to dispose of the property or if the community school is permanently closed.  This provision restricts the ability of school districts to retain real property that is not being used.
http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/bills.cfm?ID=126_HB_79
Title: H.B. 79 -- Sec. 3314.025
Source: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us

OHSigned into law 12/2006P-12Sec. 3314.22 allows the requirement that each child enrolled in an internet- or computer-based community school is entitled to a computer supplied by the school to be waived -- if the parent parent of any child enrolled in the school waives this entitlement. Sec. 3314.014 expands definition of "operator" to include an individual or organization that manages the daily operations of a community school pursuant to a contract between the operator and the school's governing authority; a nonprofit organization that provides programmatic oversight and support to a community school under a contract with the school's governing authority and that retains the right to terminate its affiliation with the school if the school fails to meet the organization's quality standards.
http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/bills.cfm?ID=126_HB_276
Title: H.B. 276 -- Sec. 3314.22, .014
Source: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us

UTAdopted 12/2006P-12Provides specific provisions for the oversight of permanent or temporary public school construction/renovation inspections and to identify local school board and charter school board responsibilities and accountability to the Utah State Board of Education and State Charter School Board in this regard; provides for better coordination with local governments, utility providers and the state fire marshal on public school construction; provides for charter school land use zoning within municipalities and counties. http://www.rules.utah.gov/publicat/code/r277/r277-471.htm
Title: R277-471
Source: http://www.rules.utah.gov/main/

UTAdopted 11/2006P-12Provides for new definitions of charter schools and mandates that all charter school applicants shall attend orientation/training sessions designated by the State Charter School Board on charter school implementation, statutory, legal, financial, data management, Board, and federal requirements; clarifies timelines for charter school approval for schools to qualify for state funding; outlines approach for remedying charter school financial deficiencies; outlines requirements for charter schools wanting to obtain NCLB funds; outlines parent involvement, transportation, expansion, and oversight/monitoring requirements for charter schools. http://www.rules.utah.gov/publicat/bulletin/2006/20060915/28987.htm
Title: R 277-470
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet

UTAdopted 11/2006P-12Adds new language for determining where a homeless or emancipated student shall attend school and provides for the inclusion of charter schools within the rule; ensures funds for homeless and economically disadvantaged ethnic minority students are distributed equitably and
efficiently to school districts and charter schools; aligns the language of the rule with new federal regulations regarding the education of homeless students. http://www.rules.utah.gov/publicat/bull_pdf/2006/b20061001.pdf (see pg. 25)
Title: R277-616
Source: http://www.rules.utah.gov/main/

CASigned into law 09/2006P-12Requires a chartering authority to provide a written notice of intent to revoke and notice of facts in support of revocation to a charter school prior to revoking its charter. Authorizes a charter school, if the chartering authority is a school district, to appeal the decision of the chartering authority to the county board of education. Requires a charter school, if the chartering authority is a county office of education, to appeal the decision to the state Board of Education and judicial review.
Title: A.B. 2030
Source: Charter Schools

CASigned into law 09/2006P-12Provides that charter schools are eligible for assistance under the School Finance Authority Act. Revises various definitions and procedures contained in the Act.
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_2701-2750/ab_2717_bill_20060918_chaptered.pdf
Title: A.B. 2717
Source: California Legislature

CASigned into law 09/2006P-12Provides that for the purposes of the computation of a sponsoring school district of its average daily attendance, a pupil enrolled in a grade at a charter school sponsored by the district shall not be counted if the school district does not offer classes for pupils enrolled in that grade and, for that computation, prohibits the amount of the attendance counted for any pupil to be greater than the attendance claimed for that pupil by the charter school in the current year.
Title: S.B. 1446
Source: California Legislature

CAVetoed 09/2006P-12Adds the finding that a charter school would have a negative fiscal impact on the school district where it is located to the list of findings that the governing board of a school district may rely on to deny a petition for the establishment of a charter school. Prohibits the denial of such school for the sole reason that such school would have a negative fiscal impact on the district where the school is located.
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_2951-3000/ab_2954_bill_20060911_enrolled.pdf
Title: A.B. 2954
Source: Charter Schools

CASigned into law 08/2006P-12Permits advance apportionment for a charter school in certain years of operation that is adding one or more grade levels. Bases the apportionment on the part of the average daily attendance of the prior year that was attributable to pupils in the highest grade served by the charter school.
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0601-0650/sb_604_bill_20060822_chaptered.pdf
Title: S.B. 604
Source: California Legislature

GAAdopted 07/2006P-12Clarifies rules regarding the following:

Remedial education for students in grades 6-12: http://rules.sos.state.ga.us/docs/160/4/5/01.pdf
Charter schools: http://rules.sos.state.ga.us/docs/160/4/9/04.pdf
Class size: http://rules.sos.state.ga.us/docs/160/5/1/08.pdf
Student attendance: http://rules.sos.state.ga.us/docs/160/5/1/10.pdf
Title: GAC 160-4-5-.01; -4-9-.04; -5-1-.08, -.10
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet

HIBecame law without governor's signature 07/2006P-12Improves the charter school system by adopting many of the priority proposals developed by the task force on charter school governance. Recodifies and reorganizes statutes relating to charter schools into a new chapter that authorizes the establishment of a charter school system and sets forth standards for the governance, administration, support, financing, autonomy, and accountability of charter schools, including start-up charter schools and conversion charter schools. http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessioncurrent/bills/sb2719_cd1_.htm
Title: S.B. 2719
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet

AZVetoed 06/2006P-12Relates to charter schools; relates to school board members; provides that an applicant may submit an application and the application may be approved if it meets requirements; provides that except for a charter district, a sponsor of a charter school shall not own, operate or administer a charter school; provides that a charter school may not be located on the property of a public university, college or community college.
http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/47leg/2r/bills/sb1455c.pdf
Title: S.B. 1455
Source: Arizona Legislature

AZSigned into law 06/2006P-12Concerns joint technology education districts; provides that if a pupil is enrolled in both a charter school and a joint technological education district and resides in a school district participating in the joint technological district, the sum of the average daily membership for that pupil shall not exceed a specified percentage; provides for apportionment; requires testing to demonstrate competency; provides that such district shall not levy a property tax in excess of a specified amount.
Title: H.B. 2700
Source: Arizona Legislature

FLSigned into law 06/2006P-12Revises provisions relating to charter schools, including duties of sponsors, application process, denial of an application, and review of appeals; provides procedures when a state of financial emergency exists; revises provisions relating to charter contracts, terms, and renewal; revises nonrenewal and termination provisions; revises duties of a charter school governing body; provides procedures with respect to charter schools with deficiencies; authorizes the imposition of a fine.
http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Documents/loaddoc.aspx?FileName=_h7103er.doc&DocumentType=Bill&BillNumber=7103&Session=2006
Title: H.B. 7103
Source: Florida Legislature

IASigned into law 06/2006P-12Increases from 10 to 20 the number of charter school applications the state board may approve. Deletes provision that if the state board receives ten or fewer applications as of June 30, 2003, and two or more of the applications received by the state board by that date are submitted by one school district, the state board may approve any or all of the applications submitted by the school district. http://coolice.legis.state.ia.us/Cool-ICE/default.asp?Category=billinfo&Service=Billbook&menu=false&hbill=SF2272
Title: S.B. 2272 - Section 7
Source: coolice.legis.state.ia.us

LASigned into law 06/2006P-12Requires the state board to provide technical assistance to any district with fewer than 5,000 students requesting assistance in determining the potential
financial impact of any proposed charter school on the operation of the system.
http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=402943
Title: S.B. 701
Source: www.legis.state.la.us

NYDied 06/2006P-12Relates to charter school applications, charter school facilities aid and agreements with school districts and charter schools. Increases maximum number of charter schools in existence under this section to 250, from 150.
Title: S.B. 8472
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet

RISigned into law 06/2006P-12Requires that in the creation of charter schools, the application submitted to the Commissioner of Education and the local school committee pursuant to the creation of such a school would include a description of a plan that would include measurable student academic goals.
http://www.rilin.state.ri.us/Billtext/BillText06/HouseText06/H6854.pdf
Title: H.B. 6854; S.B. 2085
Source: Rhode Island Legislature

RISigned into law 06/2006P-12Requires that in the creation of charter schools, the application submitted to the commissioner and the local school committee pursuant to the creation of such a school would include a description of a plan that would include measurable student academic goals. Public Law No. 2006-102
Title: S.B. 2085
Source: Rhode Island Legislature

CTSigned into law 05/2006P-12Concerns charter schools; allows for an increase in charter school enrollments for existing charter school and to provide for a new per student funding formula for charter schools; relates to demonstrated levels of achievement. Public Act No. 55
http://www.cga.ct.gov/2006/ACT/Pa/pdf/2006PA-00055-R00SB-00637-PA.pdf
Title: S.B. 637
Source: Connecticut Legislature

IDAdopted 05/2006P-12Rewrites rules governing charter schools. Repeals former chapter governing charter schools. Chapter is being rewritten under Docket No. 08-204-0502.
Title: IDAPA 08.02.04
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet

IDAdopted 05/2006P-12Clarifies the petition submission process, information needed by the commission for compliance monitoring and oversight, how public hearings before the commission will be conducted, and the format of all petitions that are submitted to the commission. http://adm.idaho.gov/adminrules/rules/idapa08/0301.pdf
Title: IDAPA 08.03.01
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet

AZVetoed 04/2006P-12Concerns charter schools; relates to fingerprint checks; provides that a teacher employed by a school district or a charter school shall be issued a permanent fingerprint clearance card on the teacher's second renewal of the card provided that the teacher does not have a criminal record, and the teacher has been continuously employed at the same school for at least twelve consecutive years.
http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/47leg/2r/bills/hb2118h.pdf
Title: H.B. 2118
Source: Arizona Legislature

GASigned into law 04/2006P-12Allows charter schools to provide computer or Internet-based instruction. http://www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/2005_06/pdf/sb610.pdf
Title: S.B. 610
Source: www.legis.state.ga.us

WISigned into law 04/2006P-12Authorizes a school board to operate single-sex schools, other than charter schools, or provide single-sex courses if the school board makes available to the opposite sex under the same policies and criteria of admission, schools or courses that are comparable to each such single-sex school or course.

Authorizes a school board to enter into a contract for and authorizes the University of Wisconsin (UW)-Milwaukee, Milwaukee Area Technical College, City of Milwaukee, and the UW-Parkside to establish or contract to establish a single-sex charter school. http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2005/data/acts/05Act346.pdf
Title: A.B. 114
Source: Wisconsin Legislative Council

WIVetoed 04/2006P-12Allows any baccalaureate or graduate degree granting institution within the University of Wisconsin System to operate or to contract for the operation of a charter school with the approval of the Board of Regents. Authorizes the chancellor of any such University of Wisconsin System institution (other than the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee or the University of Wisconsin-Parkside) to request the state superintendent of public instruction for approval to establish or contract for the establishment of up to five charter schools. Requires the state superintendent to approve the first five requests received and to maintain a waiting list. Requires each approved institution to submit a charter school plan to the state superintendent, which plan must describe the institution's plan for soliciting charter school proposals and for monitoring charter schools that are established. http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2005/data/acts/05enAB0730.pdf
Title: A.B. 730
Source: www.legis.state.wi.us

MSSigned into law 03/2006P-12Extends for one year the duties of the commission to study and report on the feasibility of the charter school concept in Mississippi.
http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2006/html/SB/2001-2099/SB2049SG.htm
Title: S.B. 2049
Source: http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/

NMSigned into law 03/2006P-12From Fiscal Note: Provides for two chartering authorities – the local school district and the state. The bill allows charter schools to elect their chartering authority between a school district or the PEC as well as allowing charter schools to change their chartering authority upon charter renewal. The bill provides that state-charted schools are independent of school districts and as such, the state-chartered school governing bodies are generally treated as local school district boards. The bill creates the Charter Schools Division within the department. With regard to local board charter schools, the bill does not require a charter school authorized by a school district to qualify as a board of finance because it would continue to be a component unit of the school district for audit purposes. Additionally, charter schools authorized by a school district would be treated no differently than they currently are relative to transportation; i.e., local districts must continue to negotiate the provision of transportation to charter school students eligible for transportation.

The bill requires that state-chartered schools governing bodies must function as boards of finance and be qualified prior to the first year of operation. Failure of the governing body of a proposed state-chartered school to qualify as a board of finance constitutes grounds for denial, nonrenewal or revocation of its charter. Charter schools authorized by the PEC can apply for their own transportation funds based upon their eligible student membership and are prevented from owning school buses and providing their own transportation system but transportation is funded and provided in a manner similar to the funded local district bus-contracted services. However it appears language contained in the bill may allow state-chartered schools to act as their own bus contractors. While the bill provides for state-chartered schools to contract for transportation and other services they are prohibited from contracting with a for-profit entity for the management of the school.
Full text of fiscal note: http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/06%20Regular/firs/SB0600.pdf
Full text of final bill (Chapter No. 94):
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/06%20Regular/final/SB0600.pdf
Title: S.B. 600
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet

UTSigned into law 03/2006P-12Prohibits counties and municipalities from requiring school districts and charter schools to participate in the cost of a study on the impact of a school on certain roads and sidewalks; clarifies that the standards that a county and municipality are authorized to impose on a charter school must be objective and not subjective; provides that the only basis on which a county or municipality may deny or withhold approval of a charter school's land use application is the failure to comply with those objective standards; clarifies that a charter school's obligation to comply with applicable building and safety codes is not affected by the provision on denial or withholding approval of a charter school; establishes a procedure for a charter school to obtain a certificate authorizing permanent occupancy of a school from the state superintendent of public instruction or an authorized school district official; requires a school district and a charter school to provide on a monthly basis copies of inspection certificates to the state superintendent of public instruction if the school district or charter school uses an independent building inspector; provides that a certificate authorizing permanent occupancy of a school building from the state superintendent of public instruction or authorized school district official satisfies any county or municipal requirements for inspection or a certificate of occupancy; authorizes the state superintendent of public instruction to charge a fee for an inspection required to issue a certificate authorizing permanent occupancy.
http://www.le.state.ut.us/~2006/bills/hbillenr/hb0172.pdf
Title: H.B. 172
Source: http://www.le.state.ut.us

UTSigned into law 03/2006P-12Creates a cap on the number of charter schools that the State Charter School Board may authorize to begin operations in the 2007-08 school year; modifies provisions governing the inclusion of foreign exchange students for the purpose of apportioning state monies; establishes the value of the weighted pupil unit at $2,417; establishes a ceiling for the state contribution to the maintenance and operations portion of the Minimum School Program for fiscal year 2006-07 of $2,032,219,545; authorizes the State Board of Education to use nonlapsing balances to restore special education funding; makes one-time appropriations for fiscal year 2006-07 for: pupil transportation; library books and supplies; the Enrollment Growth Program; charter schools; classroom supplies; and a charter school study.
http://www.le.state.ut.us/~2006/bills/sbillenr/sb0005.pdf
Title: S.B. 5
Source: http://www.le.state.ut.us

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+ Teaching Quality--Evaluation and Effectiveness
+ Teaching Quality--Induction Programs and Mentoring
+ Teaching Quality--Paraprofessionals
+ Teaching Quality--Preparation
+ Teaching Quality--Professional Development
+ Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention
+ Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention--At-Risk Schools
+ Teaching Quality--Teacher Rights
+ Teaching Quality--Tenure or Continuing Contract
+ Teaching Quality--Unions/Collective Bargaining
+ Technology
+ Technology--Computer Skills
+ Technology--Devices/Software/Hardware
+ Technology--Equitable Access
+ Technology--Funding Issues
+ Technology--Internet Safety
+ Technology--Teacher/Faculty Training
+ Textbooks and Open Source