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 | 21st Century Skills |
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| Accountability |
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| Accountability--Accreditation |
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| Accountability--Measures/Indicators |
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| Accountability--Reporting Results |
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| Accountability--Rewards |
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| Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions |
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| Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--No Pass No Play |
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| Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--Takeovers |
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| Accountability--School Improvement |
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| Adult Basic Education |
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| Assessment |
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| Assessment--Accommodations |
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| Assessment--College Entrance Exams |
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| Assessment--Computer Based |
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| Assessment--End-of-Course |
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| Assessment--Formative/Interim |
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| At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
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| At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Alternative Education |
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| At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Drugs/Alcohol |
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| Attendance |
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| Attendance--Compulsory |
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| Attendance--Truancy |
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| Background Checks |
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| Bilingual/ESL |
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| Business Involvement |
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| Career/Technical Education |
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| Career/Technical Education--Career Academies/Apprenticeship |
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 | Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
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| MI | Signed into law 12/2011 | P-12 | Provides for revision of charter school law concerning formation, operation, and termination of public school academies, urban high school academies, and schools of excellence. Changes include, but not limited to, increasing the cap to 300 through December 31, 2012, to 500 through December 31, 2014 and after that date, there will be no limit; requiring authorizing bodies to consider additional factors such as graduation rate of school district and population of that district; requires the educational goals to include demonstrated improved pupil academic improvement for all groups of pupils; deletes requirements for a PSA or SOE to comply with a school district's collective bargaining agreement; requires additional contract provisions; requires that the authorizing body retain and make public the contract, financials, curriculum, and more; exempts property of a PSA, urban high school academy, or SOE from property taxes levied for school operating purposes, and from the State Education Tax, and requires a management agreement with an educational management organization to require the disclosure and posting of certain budgetary information. http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2011-2012/publicact/pdf/2011-PA-0277.pdf
Title: S.B. 618
Source: legislature.mi.gov
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| MI | Signed into law 12/2011 | P-12 | Authorizes an unlimited number (removes cap) and eliminates geographical limits on the issuance of contracts for PSAs, urban high school academies, and SOEs. Extends the type of entities that can act as authorizing bodies for one or more public school academies to the governing board of a state public university. Deletes the provision that prohibits replacement PSAs for SOEs from locating in school districts having a three-year graduation rate of over 75.5 percent; Allows two or more authorizing bodies to issue a contract for a PSA or an SOE under an inter-local agreement; Require educational goals to include demonstrated student academic achievement for all groups of students; Permits contracts for the operation of the same configuration of age or grade levels at more than one site; Eliminate requirements for a PSA or SOE to comply with a school district's collective bargaining agreement; Exempts property of a PSA, urban high school academy, or SOE from real and personal property taxes levied for school operating purposes, and from the State Education Tax Act; Require a petition to be signed by at least 5 percent, rather than 15 percent, of the electors in a school district, in order to place the question of issuing a PSA or SOE contract on the ballot; Revises provisions concerning the responsibilities of an authorizing body and the revocation of a contract; Require all agreements with educational management organizations to provide the same information that a school district is required to disclose under the School Aid Act, and make that information available to the public on the Internet. Requires all board members to be U.S. citizens, and to swear the oath of office found in the state constitution; requires public school academies, urban high school academies, and schools of excellence to comply with laws concerning participation in state assessments, data collection systems, state level student growth models, state accountability and accreditation systems, and other public comparative data collection required for public schools; Extends enrollment priority to a child of a person who is employed by or at the PSA or who is on the board of directors of the PSA. Transfers oversight of authorizing bodies from the state board to the Superintendent of Public Instruction; Determines that if the superintendent determines that a PSA site has been operating for at least 4 years is among the lowest achieving 5% of all public schools in the state and is not currently undergoing reconstitution, the superintendent must notify the PSA's authorizing body who must eliminate the PSA's authority to operate at the end of the current school year.
http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2011-2012/billconcurred/Senate/pdf/2011-SCB-0618.pdf
Title: S.B. 618
Source: legislature.mi.gov
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| WI | Signed into law 12/2011 | P-12 | This new section of law allows a charter or contract to include grounds for expelling a pupil from the charter school. If such grounds are included, they must include the procedures to be followed by the charter school. https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2011/related/acts/105
Title: S.B. 95 - Section 9 - 118.40 (2r) (b)
Source: https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov
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| CA | Vetoed 10/2011 | P-12 | From bill summary: With respect to charter petitions signed by teachers, requires that the petition be signed by a number of nonsupervisorial certificated staff and classified employees (rather than simply teachers, as previously required) that combined is equivalent to at least 1.2 of the total number of nonsupervisorial certificated staff and classified employees that the charter school estimates will be employed at the school during its first year of operation. With respect to a petition to create a conversion charter school, requires the petition to be signed by a number of permanent status nonsupervisorial certificated staff and permanent classified employees that combined is equivalent to at least 1.2 of the total number of permanent status nonsupervisorial certificated staff and permanent classified employees currently employed at the public school to be converted to a charter school (rather than 50% or more of the permanent status teachers currently employed at the public school to be converted, as currently required). Incorporates additional changes to Section 47605 of the Education Code proposed by AB 1034 that become operative if this bill and AB 1034 are enacted, and this bill is enacted last.
Bill text: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/11-12/bill/asm/ab_0051-0100/ab_86_bill_20110919_enrolled.pdf
Governor's veto message: http://gov.ca.gov/docs/AB_86_Veto_Message.pdf
Title: A.B. 86
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| CA | Vetoed 10/2011 | P-12 | From bill summary: Revises the provision relating to admission requirements so that admission policies and procedures are to be included in a petition. Authorizes a charter school to encourage parental involvement, but requires the charter school to notify parents and guardians of applicant pupils and currently enrolled pupils that parental involvement is not a requirement for acceptance or continued enrollment at the school. If the number of pupils wanting to attend a charter school exceeds its capacity, requires preference for siblings of pupils attending the charter school and children of employees at the charter school. Deletes the authorization for certain other preferences to be extended, and instead authorizes preference to be extended, on an individual school basis, provided that the type of preference is approved at a public hearing, the preferences are consistent with federal law and the California Constitution, and the preferences ensure access for pupils with disabilities, academically low-achieving pupils, English learners,
and low-income pupils. Incorporates additional changes to Section 47605 of the Education Code proposed by AB 86 that become operative if this bill and AB 86 are enacted, and this bill is enacted last.
Bill text: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/11-12/bill/asm/ab_1001-1050/ab_1034_bill_20110920_enrolled.pdf
Governor's veto message: http://gov.ca.gov/docs/AB_1034_Veto_Message.pdf
Title: A.B. 1034
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| DE | Signed into law 08/2011 | P-12 | Requires criminal background and child abuse registry checks for charter school board members; prohibits individuals who have felony convictions or convictions for a crime against a child from serving on a charter board. Requires charter school board members to disclose any financial interest they may have in the charter school.
Requires funding for new charter schools to be distributed throughout the year, contingent upon a review by the Department of Education to ensure that the finances of the school are sound. Requires an annual external audit of charter schools and adds charter schools to the Finance Recovery Team portion of the Delaware Code, authorizing the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to appoint a team to assess the financial status of a charter school that is on formal review, to provide information to parents and teachers regarding status, and to make certain decisions regarding payments by the charter school.
Moves up the deadline by which charter renewal decisions must be made so that, if a charter is not going to be renewed, that decision is made prior to the school choice deadline. Creates a mechanism for permitting a high performing charter operator to open a school that would serve students at a charter school that is slated for closure.
http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis146.nsf/vwLegislation/HB+205?Opendocument
Title: H.B. 205
Source: http://legis.delaware.gov/
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| OH | Signed into law 08/2011 | P-12 | Permits a school to apply to its district board to be designated as an innovation school. Requires an application to include numerous elements, including a statement of the school's mission and an explanation of how the designation would enhance the school's ability to fulfill its mission; a description of the innovations the school would implement; a description of the improvements in student academic performance the school expects to achieve by implementing the innovations; and estimate of the cost savings and increased efficiencies, if any, that the school expects to achieve by implementing the innovations. Permits two or more schools in the district to apply for designation as an innovation school zone, if the schools share common geographical proximity or similar educational programs, or if the schools serve the same classes of students as they advance to higher grade levels. Directs local boards in approving innovation school or innovation school zone applications to give preference to applications that propose innovations in any of a number of areas. Permits the board to approve an application that allows an innovation school or innovation school zone-participating school to determine employee compensation, but provides that total compensation for all such employees must not exceed the financial resources allocated to the school by the board. Permits an innovation school or innovation school zone-participating school to remove employees from the school, but no employee may be terminated except as provided in section 3319.081 or 3319.16. Also permits a local board to designate a school as an innovation school, and to designate two or more schools as an innovation school zone, by creating an innovation plan for the school(s).
Directs a local board that has approved an application for an innovation school or innovation school zone, or that has designated an innovation school or innovation school zone, to apply to the state board of education for designation as a school district of innovation. Permits the state board to deny the application if the innovation plan is deemed not financially feasible or to likely result in decreased academic achievement, in which case the district must not implement the innovation plan. Permits a district to reapply for designation as a school district of innovation at any time. Establishes a process for a district to submit a preliminary review of an innovation plan before submitting a formal application for designation as a school district of innovation. Provides that upon designation of a school district of innovation, the state board must waive laws specified in the innovation plan as needing to be waived to implement the plan, but only for those schools participating in the innovation plan. Identifies provisions of law from which no waivers may be applied. Requires collective bargaining agreements entered into after the effective date of this act to allow for the waiver of any provision of the agreement in the event the district is designated as a school district of innovation. Directs local boards to make every reasonable effort to accommodate requests for transfer of employees in innovation schools or innovation school zones to another school in the district.
Requires local boards to evaluate the performance of innovation schools and innovation school zones no later than every three years to determine if the school is achieving, or making sufficient progress toward achieving, the improvements in student academic performance described in its innovation plan. Permits a district to revoke innovation status if achievement or progress toward achievement is deemed insufficient. Permits a school to be removed from an innovation school zone, or for the designation of all schools in an innovation school zone to be revoked, if insufficient achievement or progress toward achievement is found. Permits a district to revise an innovation plan in collaboration with school(s) participating in the plan, to further enhance student performance; however, any revisions to an innovation plan must require the consent, in
each school participating in the plan, of a majority of the administrators and a majority of the teachers assigned to that school. Permits the board of any district designated a school district of innovation, or any school participating in an innovation plan to accept, receive, and expend gifts, grants, or donations from any public or private entity to support the implementation of the plan.
Requires the department of education to annually report on school districts of innovation, including an overview of the innovations implemented in innovation schools and innovation school zones; data on the academic performance of the students enrolled in an innovation school or an innovation school zone, including a comparison of the students' academic performance before and after the district's designation as a school district of innovation; and recommendations for legislative changes based on the innovations implemented or to enhance the ability of schools and districts to implement innovations.
Page 43-50 of 1000: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/BillText129/129_HB_153_EN_part2.pdf
Title: H.B. 153 - Innovation Schools
Source: www.legislature.state.oh.us
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| CT | Signed into law 07/2011 | P-12 | State Education Resource Center - Clarifies the status of the State Education Resource Center as a nonstock corporation and nonprofit tax exempt organization within the Department of Education.
Health Assessment - Allows certain medical professionals from military bases who are not licensed by the state to conduct health assessments in schools.
Data Collection Requirements - Eliminates the requirement that regional educational service centers collect and analyze data on school efforts to reduce racial, ethnic and economic isolation. Eliminates the requirement that superintendents submit data on the reduction of racial, ethnic and economic isolation in the district to the regional educational service center and instead submit such data directly to the Commissioner of Education.
International Teachers - Requires that a teacher maintain a valid J-1 Visa issued by the United States Department of State as a condition of renewal of an international teacher permit.
Magnet Schools - Requires all interdistrict magnet schools to file annual financial audits with the education commissioner.
Charter Schools - Extends, from 75 to 90 days after it receives the application, the deadline for the State Board of Education to review and vote to approve or disapprove an application to establish a state charter school. Adds, as the most important factor in determining which newly approved charter schools are funded, the quality of the school's proposed program as measured against criteria required by the statutory charter school application process. http://www.cga.ct.gov/2011/ACT/Pa/pdf/2011PA-00179-R00SB-01039-PA.pdf
Title: S.B. 1039
Source: http://www.cga.ct.gov
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| CT | Signed into law 07/2011 | P-12 | Establishes a charter school educator permit and allows the education commissioner, starting in the 2011-12 school year, to waive state certification requirements and issue such a permit to a teacher or administrator who lacks certification and who is employed by a charter school, if the person meets the bill's qualifications. Limits the number of teachers and administrators who may hold permits in any year to no more than 30% of a charter school's teachers and administrators combined. Provides that a charter school educator permit allows a person to work in a charter school as a teacher or administrator and, if working as an administrator, to supervise and evaluate anyone providing instructional or pupil services in the school that employs the administrator. Makes anyone holding a charter school educator permit a member of the appropriate teachers' or administrators' unit for collective bargaining purposes. Requires any permit holder who becomes certified to participate in the Teachers' Retirement System (by law, only certified teachers and administrators may participate in the TRS). http://www.cga.ct.gov/2011/ACT/Pa/pdf/2011PA-00234-R00SB-01160-PA.pdf
Title: S.B. 1160
Source: http://www.cga.ct.gov
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| IL | Signed into law 07/2011 | P-12 | Provides that each campus of a Chicago charter school devoted exclusively to re-enrolled high school dropouts must be operated through a contract or payroll (instead of just operated) by the same legal entity as that for which the charter is approved and certified. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/97/PDF/097-0151.pdf
Title: H.B. 2401
Source: www.ilga.gov
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| IL | Signed into law 07/2011 | P-12 | Creates the State Charter School Commission, and makes it responsible for authorizing charter schools statewide. Establishes membership of the commission and terms of office. Creates the State Charter School Commission Fund as a special fund in the state treasury, with monies to be used by the commission for the commission's operational and administrative costs. Replaces "state board" with "commission" in various provisions relating to charter school oversight. In instances where the commission reverses a local board's denial of a charter on appeal and the commission thus becomes the chartering entity, requires the state board to determine whether the charter proposal approved by the commission is consistent with statutory provisions. Every two years, directs the commission to provide to the state board and local school boards a report on best practices in charter school authorizing, including evaluating applications, oversight of charters, and renewal of charter schools. Permits the commission to charge a fee to a charter school it authorizes, with the fee to be deposited in the State Charter School Commission Fund. Requires any charter school authorized by the state board to have its authorization transferred to the commission upon a vote of the state board; provides, however, that no such transfer may take place before July 2012. Provides for transfer of authorization of charter schools approved by local boards to the state charter school commission. Clarifies rulemaking authority and applicability of rules for commission and state board. Defines "authorizer". Establishes powers and duties of charter school authorizers. Provides immunity from civil and criminal liability for authorizers. Requires the commission and all local school boards that have a charter school operating to develop and maintain chartering policies and practices consistent with recognized principles and standards for quality charter authorizing in all specified major areas of authorizing responsibility. Permits a local board to develop its own process for receiving charter school proposals. Provides that if 45 days pass without the local school board holding a public meeting for consideration of a charter school proposal, or if the local board has not voted on the proposal within 30 days of the public meeting, the applicant may submit the proposal to the commission. Permits a charter school applicant whose proposal has been denied by a local board to appeal the proposal to the commission. Clarifies proceedings of appeals as commission initially takes on oversight role. Permits the commission to reverse a local board's decision to deny a charter school proposal if the commission finds the proposal is in compliance with statute and is in the best interests of the students the charter school is designed to serve. Provides that final decisions of the commission are subject to judicial review under the Administrative Review Law. Provides that in the case of a charter school proposed to be jointly authorized by 2 or more school districts, the local school boards may unanimously deny the charter school proposal with a statement that the boards are not opposed to the charter school, but that they yield to the commission in light of the complexities of joint administration. For charter schools authorized by the commission, requires the commission to quarterly certify to the state board the student enrollment for each of its charter schools. For any charter school authorized by the commission, requires the state board to pay directly to a charter school any federal or state aid attributable to a student with a disability attending the school.
Repeals language directing the state board to compile annual evaluations of charter schools received from local boards, prepare an annual report on charter schools and issue a report every other year to the governor and legislature with its findings for the previous two years. Replaces with language requiring the state board to issue a report to the general assembly and governor every other year on each authorizer's strategic vision, charter schools' academic and financial performance, the status of each authorizer's charter school portfolio (i.e., charter operating, revoked, etc.), and the authorizing functions provided by the authorizer to the charter schools under its purview, including the authorizer's operating costs and expenses detailed in annual audited financial statements, which must conform with generally accepted accounting principles. Provides that the state board has the power to remove authorizing power from any authorizer if the authorizer does not demonstrate a commitment to high-quality authorization practices, and revoke the chronically low-performing charters authorized by the authorizer at the time of the removal. Provides that if a charter school is approved by the commission, the commission charter school is its own local education agency (LEA). http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/97/PDF/097-0152.pdf
Title: S.B. 79
Source: www.ilga.gov
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| MN | Signed into law 07/2011 | P-12 | Allows a school board to endorse or authorize the establishing of a charter school to replace the closed school. Requires charter applicants under this circumstance to demonstrate to the authorizer that the proposed charter is substantially different from the closed school and satisfies the requirements of this subdivision regarding its purpose. Requires a school board that both closes a school and authorizes a charter to document to the education commissioner that the proposed charter is substantially different from the closed school. (Article 2, Sec 29, Subd 1)
http://wdoc.house.leg.state.mn.us/leg/LS87/1/HF0026.0.pdf
Title: H.F. 26
Source: http://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/
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| MN | Signed into law 07/2011 | P-12 | Requires that a charitable organization must have been operating continuously for at least five years before it authorizes a charter school. (Article 2, Sec 29, Subd 3)
http://wdoc.house.leg.state.mn.us/leg/LS87/1/HF0026.0.pdf
Title: H.F. 26
Source: http://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/
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| MN | Signed into law 07/2011 | P-12 | Strikes several requirements for what an authorizer must include in its application to the commissioner for approval as an authorizer. Adds a requirement that the authorizer applicant include a description of the authorizer's criteria and process for granting expanded applications.
Allows the commissioner to assist a charter school in acquiring a new authorizer in a case where the commissioner terminates a contract between an authorizer and a charter school after finding that the authorizer failed to comply with statutory requirements governing charter school authorizers.
Allows the commissioner to take corrective action against an authorizer for any good cause shown that provides the commissioner with a legally sufficient reason to act. (Article 2, Sec 29, Subd 3)
http://wdoc.house.leg.state.mn.us/leg/LS87/1/HF0026.0.pdf
Title: H.F. 26
Source: http://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/
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| MN | Signed into law 07/2011 | P-12 | Requires school board elections to be held during the school year, which excludes days when the school is closed for holidays or vacations.
Clarifies that the parent member of the school board of directors must not be a school employee.
Allows the chief financial officer and chief administrator of a charter school to serve as ex officio nonvoting board members only and precludes charter school employees from serving on a charter school board unless they serve in their capacity as a licensed teacher employed at the school or as a licensed teacher providing instruction at the school under a contract between a cooperative and the charter school.
Prohibits contractors providing facilities, goods, or services to a charter school from serving on a charter school board. (Article 2, Sec 29, Subd 4)
http://wdoc.house.leg.state.mn.us/leg/LS87/1/HF0026.0.pdf
Title: H.F. 26
Source: http://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/
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| MN | Signed into law 07/2011 | P-12 | Allows a transfer of authorizers when an authorizer and a charter school board of directors mutually agree to terminate or not renew a charter contract. Requires the proposed authorizer to identify any outstanding issues and have the charter school agree to resolve those issues before the commissioner determines whether to approve a transfer of authorizers. (Article 2, Sec 29, Subd 23)
http://wdoc.house.leg.state.mn.us/leg/LS87/1/HF0026.0.pdf
Title: H.F. 26
Source: http://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/
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| OR | Signed into law 07/2011 | P-12 | Allows sponsor and public charter school to enter into cooperative agreement with other school districts for purpose of forming partnership to provide educational services. Allows public charter school to give admission priority to students who reside in school district that is sponsor or school district that is party to cooperative agreement. Specifies that public charter school that provides educational services under cooperative agreement to at least 25 students, regardless of school district in which students are residents, meets enrollment requirement for public charter schools. Section 6 of the bill directs Department of Education, Department of Community Colleges and Workforce Development and Bureau of Labor and Industries to collaborate on issues related to career and technical education. Establishes Career and Technical Education Revitalization Grant Program for purpose of awarding grants to enhance collaboration between education providers and employers. Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Department of Education for purpose of grant program. Declares emergency, effective July 1, 2011.
Title: H.B. 3362
Source: Westlaw/StateNet
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| CT | Signed into law 06/2011 | P-12 | Allows the state Commissioner of Education to waive the requirement that teachers in charter schools hold certification when the charter school can demonstrate the effectiveness for any uncertified teacher. http://www.cga.ct.gov/2011/ACT/Pa/pdf/2011PA-00060-R00SB-01104-PA.pdf
Title: S.B. 1104
Source: http://www.cga.ct.gov
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| FL | Signed into law 06/2011 | P-12 | Establishes criteria for high-performing charter schools (virtual or cyber charters are not eligible) and high-performing charter school systems. Authorizes a high-performing charter school to increase enrollment, expand grade levels served, submit a quarterly financial statement, consolidate the charters of certain charter schools, and receive certain modification or renewal of its charter. Provides that student capacity of a high-performing charter school be determined annually by the governing board. Encourages systems to work with disadvantaged students by authorizing certain charter schools more time to turn around a low-performing school. Abolishes the Charter School Review Panel. Requires the state Department of Education to study various issues, including finance, relating to charter schools. authorizes a charter school's governing board to request a hearing regarding charter nonrenewal or termination, including
immediate termination; authorizes the sponsor to choose to provide a direct hearing or a hearing before an administrative law judge; authorizes the award of costs and attorney's fees to a charter school if certain criteria are met; authorizes quarterly financial reporting for certain charter schools; establishes additional student enrollment preferences; prohibits a sponsor from limiting or requiring waiver of certain high-performing charter school benefits as a condition of charter approval or renewal;provides that student capacity of a high-performing charter school shall be determined annually by the governing board.Adds tto the list of eligible students to include: Students who are the children of an employee of the business partner of a charter school-in-theworkplace or a resident of the municipality in which such charter school is located; a resident of a municipality that operates a charter school-in-amunicipality; students who have successfully completed a voluntary prekindergarten education program provided by the charter school or the charter school's governing board during the previous year; students who are the children of an active-duty member of any branch of the United States Armed Forces.
Ch. 2011-232 LAWS OF FLORIDA Ch. 2011-232
13http://laws.flrules.org/files/Ch_2011-232.pdf
Title: S.B. 1546
Source: http://laws.flrules.org
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| HI | Signed into law 06/2011 | P-12 | Requires charter school budget requests for needs-based facilities funding to include a detailed explanation as to the formula used and the funding request breakdown by school. Allows charter schools to appeal denied reauthorizations to the board of education. Requires charter schools and their local school boards to develop internal policies and procedures consistent with ethical standards of conduct. Requires the charter school review panel to conduct a multi-year evaluation of each charter school every six years, instead of every five. Establishes a task force to address issues on charter school governance, accountability, and authority to provide clarity to the relationships, responsibilities, and lines of accountability and authority among stakeholders of the charter school system. http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2011/Bills/SB1174_CD1_.HTM
Title: S.B. 1174
Source: www.capitol.hawaii.gov
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| HI | Signed into law 06/2011 | P-12 | Allows the superintendent of education to reconstitute a public school, except for charter schools. Directs the department to negotiate with the respective unions the process of reassigning employees of the school to be reconstituted to other positions within the department for which the employees are qualified. Allows the superintendent to recommend actions to the charter school review panel, including the revocation of a school's charter. http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2011/Bills/SB1485_CD1_.HTM
Title: S.B. 1485
Source: www.capitol.hawaii.gov
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| IL | Signed into law 06/2011 | P-12 | Allows at least 5 charter schools devoted exclusively to students from low-performing or overcrowded schools to operate at any one time in Chicago. Provides the up to five Chicago charter schools serving re-enrolled high school dropouts to also serve students age 15 or 16 who are at risk of dropping out. Specifies that a Chicago charter school whose mission is to serve high school dropouts may grant priority admission (previous language said "restrict admission") to high school dropouts and/or students age 15-16 who are at risk of dropping out. Also permits any charter school with a mission exclusive to educating students from low-performing or overcrowded schools to restrict admission to students from low-performing or overcrowded schools. Defines "priority admission", "low-perfoming school", "overcrowded school" and "students at risk of dropping out" for these purposes. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/97/PDF/097-0624.pdf
Title: H.B. 190
Source: www.ilga.gov
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| LA | Signed into law 06/2011 | P-12 | Addresses corporate donations to charter schools. Discusses enrollment preferences and membership on the governing or management board of a charter school for certain major corporate donors and enrollment of their children in the schools. Addresses facility and land use related to these charters.
http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=758764
Title: H.B. 421
Source: http://www.legis.state.la.us
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| LA | Signed into law 06/2011 | P-12 | Allows a chartering authority to alter the time period within which a charter school must begin operation. A charter school, once approved, shall not begin operation sooner than eight months after such approval is granted, unless the chartering authority agrees to a lesser time period. Previously, approved charters were to start operations in July, August or September of a given year.
http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=760290
Title: S.B. 43
Source: http://www.legis.state.la.us
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| LA | Signed into law 06/2011 | P-12 | Revises statute: Prior to the consideration of a charter school proposal by any local school board or the state board, each charter applicant shall be afforded the opportunity to revise and resubmit the proposal based on the independent evaluation conducted.
http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=760363
Title: S.B. 142
Source: http://www.legis.state.la.us
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| ME | Signed into law 06/2011 | P-12 | Establishes a process which authorizes the establishment of charter schools in the state. Allows for teachers who are members of the Maine Public Employees Retirement System and take a leave of absence to teach in a charter school to continue to participate in the retirement system while on leave. http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/bills_125th/chapters/PUBLIC414.asp
Title: S.P. 496
Source: http://www.mainelegislature.org
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| NC | Signed into law 06/2011 | P-12 | Removes the cap on charter schools. Allows the state board of education discretion in granting final approval of charter school applications. Raises the enrollment growth cap to 20 percent. Permits charter schools to charge fees charged by the local school administrative unit. Strengthens the standards for retaining a charter for a charter school. Requires the state board of education to report to the general assembly on charter schools. http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/HTML/S8v8.html
Title: S.B. 8
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us
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| NV | Signed into law 06/2011 | P-12 | Creates and prescribes the membership of a State Public Charter School Authority. Removes the authority of the State Board of Education to sponsor charter schools and authorizes the State Public Charter School Authority to sponsor charter schools. Provides for the appointment of the Director of the State Public Charter School Authority. Transfers the duty to prepare an annual report of accountability information of each charter school in the state from the board of trustees of a school district to the sponsore of that charter school. Provides for the transfer of certain personnel positions from the Department of Education to the State Public Charter School Authority. Requires the members of the State Public Charter School Authority to be appointed. Transfers the sponsorship of all charter schools sponsored by the State Board of Education to the State Public Charter School Authority. Codies into statute the provisions of this regularion and defines educational management organization for purposes of that section. Repeals the Subcommittee on Charter Schools of the State Board of Education.
http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/76th2011/Bills/SB/SB212_EN.pdf
Title: S.B. 212
Source: http://www.leg.state.nv.us
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| NV | Signed into law 06/2011 | P-12 | Revisesprovisions governing the membership of a committee to form a charter school and the governing body of a charter school; revises provisions for the process of review of an application to form a charter school; authorizing the governing body of a charter school to set a salary for the attendance of its members at meetings of the governing body; revises the requirements for a charter school to be eligible for an exemption from annual performance audits and to receive certain money for facilities; revises provisions governing the employment of licensed employees by a charter school; revises various other provisions governing charter schools; repealsthe Subcommittee on Charter Schools.
http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/76th2011/Bills/AB/AB171_EN.pdf
Title: A.B. 171
Source: http://www.leg.state.nv.us
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| OH | Signed into law 06/2011 | P-12 | Provides that for any building that is ranked in the lowest 5% of all public school buildings statewide for three consecutive years and is declared to be under an academic watch or in a state of academic emergency, the district board must do one of the following: (1) Close the school and direct the district superintendent to reassign the students to another school; (2) Contract with another school district or a nonprofit or for-profit entity with a demonstrated record of effectiveness to operate the school; (3) Replace the principal and all teaching staff and, upon request from the new principal, exempt the school from all requested policies and regulations of the board regarding curriculum and instruction. The board must also distribute funding to the school in an amount that is at least equal to the product of the per pupil amount of state and local revenues received by the district multiplied by the student population of the school. (4) Reopen the school as a conversion community school. Provides that if any of the actions described above causes the district to no longer maintain all grades K-12, the district must contract with another district for enrollment of students. Provides that if the district board fails to or is unable to enter into or maintain such a contract, the state board of education shall take all necessary actions to dissolve the district. Pages 50-51 of 1000: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/BillText129/129_HB_153_EN_part2.pdf
Title: H.B. 153 - Sanctions for the Lowest-Performing Schools
Source: www.legislature.state.oh.us
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| OH | Signed into law 06/2011 | P-12 | Permits community schools to enter into agreements for joint or cooperative establishment and operation of any educational program. Provides that except as otherwise provided in 3321.01(H), no fees or tuition may be charged for students participating in the program. Page 162 of 1000: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/BillText129/129_HB_153_EN_part2.pdf
Title: H.B. 153 - Cooperative Educational Programs at Community Schools
Source: www.legislature.state.oh.us
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| OH | Signed into law 06/2011 | P-12 | Repeals existing language regarding charter caps for charter operators that were operating fewer than 50, 50-75 and more than 75 schools as of May 1, 2005. New provision states that subject to section 3314.016, an entity that sponsors community schools may enter into preliminary agreements and sponsor up to 100 schools. Creates new 3314.016, which applies to any entity that sponsors a community school. Directs the department of education to develop a composite performance index score that measures the academic performance of students enrolled in community schools sponsored by the same entity; provides exceptions. Provides that such schools are not excluded beginning January 1, 2013 if the general assembly does not by that date enact separate performance standards for community schools operating dropout prevention and recovery programs, and community schools serving students with disabilities. Directs the department to annually rank all entities that sponsor community schools according to the entities' composite performance index scores.
Specifies that an entity sponsoring a community school may enter into contracts to sponsor additional community schools only if (1) the entity is in compliance with all legislative provisions requiring sponsors of community schools to report data or information to the department of education, and (2) the entity is not ranked in the lowest 20% of community school sponsors. Provides a contract is void if the governing authority of a community school enters into a contract with a sponsor prior to the date on which the sponsor is prohibited from sponsoring additional schools and the school has not opened for operation as of that date.
184-187 of 1000: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/BillText129/129_HB_153_EN_part2.pdf
Title: H.B. 153 - Charter Caps, Charter Performance Index
Source: www.legislature.state.oh.us
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| OH | Signed into law 06/2011 | P-12 | For purposes of start-up community schools, adds to definition of "challenged school district" any district ranked in the lowest 5% according to its performance index score. Defines "operator" as either 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, or 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. Adds start-up schools created while a district ranked in the lowest 5% according to the performance index to those schools that may continue once their district's status as low-performing no longer applies. Permits the governing authority of a start-up community school to provide by resolution for its members' compensation; provides, however, that no member of a start-up community school governing board may be compensated more than $425 per meeting, or more than $5,000 per year for all governing authorities on which the individual serves. Repeals provision requiring the sponsor of a community school to be located or have representatives within 50 miles of the community school, or in the case of an Internet- or computer-based school, within 50 miles of the school's base of operation. Requires a represenative of a community school sponsor to meet every month rather than every other month with either the governing authority or treasurer of the school; requires that enrollment records also be reviewed (previously only financial records were required to be reviewed).
Amends deadlines related to termination or nonrenewal of a community school's contract. Specifies procedures for appealing a contract termination to the state board of education. Specifies that any community school whose contract is terminated must close permanently at the end of the school year or on a date specified in the notification of termination. Specifies that a sponsor of a community school and the officers, directors, or employees of such a sponsor are immune from civil liability for any action authorized under chapter 3314 (community schools) or the contract entered into with the school.
Pages 187-192 and 204-206 of 1000: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/BillText129/129_HB_153_EN_part2.pdf
Title: H.B. 153 - Community Schools (Miscellaneous Provisions)
Source: www.legislature.state.oh.us
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| OH | Signed into law 06/2011 | P-12 | Establishes the Ohio School Sponsorship Program; directs the department of education to establish an office of Ohio school sponsorship. Authorizes any person, group of individuals or entity to apply to the department for direct authorization to establish a community school. Also permits the governing authority of an existing community school, upon the expiration or termination of its contract with its sponsor, to apply to the department for direct authorization to continue operating the school. Identifies numerous elements that must be addressed in applications submitted to the department, including the school's business plan, including a five-year financial forecast, and a description of the learning opportunities to be offered to students, including both classroom- and nonclassroom-based learning opportunities. Establishes application approval process. Permits the department to approve up to 20 applications for each of five calendar years for community schools to be established or continue operation; provides, however, that no more than five such applications may be for the establishment of new schools. Provides that the governing authority of community schools approved by the department must enter into a contract; provides such contract may be for up to five years. Permits the department to require a community school approved by the department to post and file with the superintendent of public instruction a bond payable to the state or to file with the state superintendent a guarantee, to be used to pay the state any funds owed the state if the school closes. Directs the department, by December 31, 2012 and annually thereafter, to issue a report on the program. In the fifth report, directs the department to include a complete evaluation of the program and recommendations regarding the program's continuation.
Pages 192-195 of 1000: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/BillText129/129_HB_153_EN_part2.pdf
Title: H.B. 153 - Ohio School Sponsorship Program
Source: www.legislature.state.oh.us
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| OH | Signed into law 06/2011 | P-12 | Permits a community school under the same contract to be located in multiple facilities and to assign students in the same grade level to multiple facilities, as long as the facilities are all located in the same county, and the governing authority has entered into and maintains a contract with an operator. Permits two or more separate community schools to be located in the same facility. Provides that for a community school located in multiple facilities, beginning July 1, 2012, the department must assign a unique identification number to the school and to each facility maintained by the school, for identification purposes only. Provides that nothing requires the department to calculate the amount of funds paid, or to compute any data required for the report cards for each facility separately, but requires the department to make all such calculations or computations for the school as a whole. Pages 202-203 of 1000: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/BillText129/129_HB_153_EN_part2.pdf
Title: H.B. 153 - Community Schools in More Than One or Sharing a Facility
Source: www.legislature.state.oh.us
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| OH | Signed into law 06/2011 | P-12 | Provides that the employees of a conversion community school sponsored by the Cleveland board of education will cease to be subject to any future collective bargaining agreement if the mayor submits to the board of education sponsoring the school and to the state employment relations board a statement requesting that all employees of the community school be removed from a collective bargaining unit. Provides that the employees of the community school who are covered by a collective bargaining agreement in effect when the mayor submits the statement must remain subject to that collective bargaining agreement
until the agreement expires on its terms. Upon expiration of that collective bargaining agreement, the employees of that school are not subject to Chapter 4117 of the Revised Code and may not organize or collectively bargain pursuant to that chapter. Page 229 of 1000: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/BillText129/129_HB_153_EN_part2.pdf
Title: H.B. 153 - Collective Bargaining at Cleveland Board-Sponsored Community School
Source: www.legislature.state.oh.us
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| OH | Signed into law 06/2011 | P-12 | Prohibits a community school that opened for operation after May 1, 2005 from operating from a home. Page 2 of 264: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/BillText129/129_HB_153_EN_part4.pdf
Title: H.B. 153 - Community School Cannot Operate from a Home
Source: www.legislature.state.oh.us
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| OH | Signed into law 06/2011 | P-12 | Permits any early college high school operated by a big eight school district (as defined in statute http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/3314.02) in partnership with a private university to operate as a new start-up community school beginning in the 2007-2008 school year, if all of specified conditions are met. Pages 2-3 of 264: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/BillText129/129_HB_153_EN_part4.pdf
Title: H.B. 153 - Early College Start-Up Community School
Source: www.legislature.state.oh.us
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| OR | To governor 06/2011 | P-12 | Requires school district in which public charter school is located to be responsible for identifying, locating and evaluating students to determine which students may be in need of special education and related services. Provides for distribution of state funding to school district for those students. Establishes notice requirements , including notice requirements related to special education and related services, when student enrolls in public charter school or withdraws from public charter school. Effective July 1, 2011.
Title: H.B. 2299
Source: Westlaw/StateNet
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| OR | Signed into law 06/2011 | P-12 | Allows an institution of higher education to evaluate a proposal for sponsorship by a public charter school; provides that the process or the decision to approve or disapprove of the proposal for sponsorship by the institution of higher education are final and not subject to appeal; retains current law that provides that the State Board of Education may not waive an appeal provision regarding requirements for virtual public charter schools and access to documents; and establishes the Task Force on Virtual School Governance consisting of seven members to recommend a governance structure for virtual education that is provided statewide. Staff support for the task force is provided by the Legislative Administrative Committee and the task force shall submit a report to interim legislative committees on education no later than October 1, 2011. The task force is repealed on the date of the convening of the 2012 regular session.
http://www.leg.state.or.us/11reg/measpdf/sb0900.dr/sb0994en.pdf
Title: S.B. 994
Source: http://www.leg.state.or.us
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| PA | Signed into law 06/2011 | P-12 | Removes provisions requiring the state to reimburse charter and cyber charter schools for a portion of the employer's share of social security payments.
http://www.legis.state.pa.us/WU01/LI/BI/FN/2011/0/HB1352P2227.pdf
Title: H.B. 1352
Source: http://www.legis.state.pa.us
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| TN | Signed into law 06/2011 | P-12 | Requires a district, in which a charter school operates, to make available annually a list of the district's vacant properties and space.
http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/107/Bill/HB1980.pdf
Title: H.B. 1980
Source: http://www.capitol.tn.gov
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| TN | Signed into law 06/2011 | P-12 | Authorizes the Department of Education's (DOE) Achievement School District (ASD) to be a chartering authority for a public charter school. Deletes the eligibility restrictions in current law and opens enrollment in public charter schools to all students residing within a local education agency (LEA). An LEA may also authorize public charter schools to enroll students who do not reside in the LEA's jurisdiction. Requires the chartering authority, if an LEA, to give preference in approval of charter school applications that demonstrate the capability to meet the needs of students who were assigned to or were previously enrolled in, a school failing to make adequate yearly progress (AYP), students who failed to test proficient in the subjects of reading/language arts or mathematics in grades three and eight on the TCAP tests, and students who failed to test proficient in the subjects of reading/language arts or mathematics on the end of course assessments in grades nine through twelve, or students who were eligible for free and reduced lunch. If a proposed charter school application is approved that focuses on a group or groups of students as set forth in the preceding sentences, the charter school shall give enrollment preference to that group or groups of students. The charter school shall include the number of enrolled students from the group or groups in their annual report. If the chartering authority is the ASD, the ASD shall only accept public charter school applications that demonstrate the capability to meet the needs of the above classifications of students. Authorizes an LEA to convert an eligible public school to a public charter school. Eliminates the cap on the number of public charter schools. Requires the State Board of Education (SBOE) to give written reasons for sending an appealed charter school application back to the local board of education.
Authorizes local boards of education to consider whether the approval of a charter school will have a substantial negative fiscal impact on the LEA. If the local board of education denies a
charter school application for this reason, the local school board must give supporting documentation to the sponsor of the proposed charter school. This documentation shall be the
following: the current student enrollment number and an estimate of the number of students currently enrolled in the LEA that will transfer into the proposed charter school; an estimate of
the number of students who will no longer be enrolled in the LEA for reasons other than transfer to the proposed charter school in the school year that the proposed charter school will open; a projection of the LEA's student enrollment in the school year that the proposed charter school will open excluding the number of students transferring into the charter school. Describes details of what the projection needs to include.
Removes provisions requiring a lottery and preference requirements when the number of students seeking enrollment exceed the capacity of the public charter school. Authorizes a public
charter school's application to be revoked or denied if the school failed to make AYP for two consecutive years. Removes provisions relating to re-enactment of the public charter school law and the adoption of dates and timelines for the submission and processing of public charter school applications. Authorizes the Commissioner of Education to establish rules and regulations for the authorization of public charter schools by the ASD. http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/107/Bill/HB1989.pdf
Title: H.B. 1989
Source: http://www.capitol.tn.gov
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| TN | Signed into law 06/2011 | P-12 | Amends charter schools provisions. Prohibits a local board of education from serving as the governing body of a public charter school. Requires governing bodies to conduct at least one annual board training course and provide documentation of such training to the chartering authority. Training courses must be certified by the Tennessee Charter Schools Association. Requires financial reports to include the audited financial statements of the charter school. More frequent reports cannot be required unless the chartering authority has reason to believe the school is not in compliance and states the reasons in writing.
Applications to renew must be submitted by October 1 of the year prior to the year in which the charter expires. On or before Feb. 1, the chartering authorigy is required to approve or deny the application. The decision is to be based on the report and evaluation required by law. Allows a decision to deny renewal to be appealed by the governing body to the state board of education within 10 days of the decision to deny. If the state board directs the chartering authority to approve the renewal, the charter schools is to continue to operate for the prescribed period of 10 years. A decision by the state board to deny the renewal is final, with no appeal.
Requires LEAs to distribute public charter school funding in nine equal payments and to include the district's projected per student funding for the current school year. Removes a provision mandating how capital funds received by the public charter school are used.
Requires that public charter schools that provide transportation other than through the LEA to receive all funds that would have been
spent by the LEA to provide this transportation.
Authorizes full-time employees other than teachers to participate in a local LEA group insurance plan. Authorizes approved public charter school applicants to delay opening the school for one calendar year and requires the Commissioner of Education to verify that no material changes have been made when the school is ready to open.
http://state.tn.us/sos/acts/107/pub/pc0507.pdf
Title: H.B. 1956
Source: http://state.tn.us
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2011 | P-12 | Permits open-enrollment charter school staff to participate in the Texas Facilities Commission's contract for travel services.
Bill text: http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlodocs/82R/billtext/pdf/HB01550F.pdf#navpanes=0
Bill analysis: http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlodocs/82R/analysis/pdf/HB01550E.pdf#navpanes=0
Title: H.B. 1550
Source: www.capitol.state.tx.us
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2011 | P-12 | Authorizes an open-enrollment charter school operated by a municipality to give a preference in admissions to children of employees of the municipality. Clarifies that an open-enrollment charter school operated by a municipality is considered a work-site open-enrollment charter school for purposes of federal regulations regarding admissions policies that apply to open-enrollment charter schools receiving federal funding. http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlodocs/82R/billtext/pdf/HB02366F.pdf#navpanes=0
Title: H.B. 2366
Source: www.capitol.state.tx.us
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2011 | P-12 | Clarifies that the confidentiality of documents evaluating teacher or administrator performance applies to teachers and administrators at open-enrollment charter schools, regardless of whether the teacher or administrator is certified. Provides that at the request of a school district or open-enrollment charter school at which a teacher or administrator has applied for employment, an open-enrollment charter school may give the requesting district or school a document evaluating the performance of a teacher or administrator employed by the school. http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlodocs/82R/billtext/pdf/HB02971F.pdf#navpanes=0
Title: H.B. 2971
Source: www.capitol.state.tx.us
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2011 | P-12 | Specifies that an open-enrollment charter school may not be awarded a distinction designation if the charter school is evaluated under alternative education accountability procedures adopted by the commissioner. Specifies that for purposes of the subchapter of chapter 39 of the education code related to distinction designations, a district includes an open-enrollment charter school that operates on more than one campus, and a campus includes an open-enrollment charter school campus. http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/82R/billtext/pdf/SB01484F.pdf#navpanes=0
Title: S.B. 1484
Source: www.legis.state.tx.us
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| FL | Signed into law 05/2011 | P-12 | Sec. 8 - Adjusts the charter school enrollment process such that students living in a development that provides the facility and related property with an appraised value of at least $10 million for a charter school in the development shall be entitled to 50 percent of the enrollment in the charter school. Provides that charter school systems may be designated as local education agencies for the purpose of receiving federal funds.
Sec. 11 & 12 - Increases the number of students that may be assigned to an instructor in the school year Pre-kindergarten program from 11 to 12, and from 18 to 20 for an instructor plus an assistant.
Sec. 14 - Redefines the term "core curricula courses" for the purpose of designating classes subject to the maximum class size requirements and requires the state Department of Education to maintain a list of such courses.
Sec. 15 - Provides flexibility for school districts to implement class size requirements when additional students enroll in a school after the October survey and for students in grades 4 to 8 who take high school courses. http://laws.flrules.org/files/Ch_2011-055.pdf
Title: S.B. 2120 - Sec. 8, 11, 12, 14, 15
Source: http://laws.flrules.org
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| GA | Signed into law 05/2011 | P-12 | Amends provisions related to career academies. Defines "college and career academy" as a specialized charter school established by a partnership that demonstrates a collaboration to advance workforce development between one or more local boards of education, a private individual, a private organization, or a state or local public entity in cooperation with one or more postsecondary institutions. Establishes the Office of College and Career Transitions in the Technical College System of Georgia to coordinate efforts across agencies in the professional development, curriculum support, and development and establishment of college and career academies. Provides for start-up funds for a college and career academy. Establishes procedures for the approval of a college and career academy. Authorizes the state board to disburse supplemental funding to existing or new college and career academies that demonstrate a need for such funding. Directs the office to establish a certification process for college and career academies, for approval by the state board of education. Provides that the certification process must require the applicant to:
--Demonstrate how the academy will increase student achievement, provide for dual credit and dual enrollment opportunities, increase work based learning opportunities, and address workforce development needs; --Articulate how the collaboration between business, industry, and community stakeholders will advance workforce development
--Demonstrate local governance and autonomy
--Show other benefits that meet the needs of the students and community.
Directs the office to collect and analyze data from and about college and career academies, including on academy effectiveness, in coordination with the Office of Charter School Compliance. Directs the board to establish eligibility criteria, requirements, and procedures for the disbursement of funding to college and career academies. Directs a college and career academy receiving state funds to submit an annual report to the board regarding the performance of such academy and the expenditure of funds received. Requires that representatives from business, industry, civic and governmental agencies and educational organizations advise the board on certification and governance of college and career academies. http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20112012/116852.pdf
Title: S.B. 161
Source: www.legis.ga.gov
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| IN | Signed into law 05/2011 | P-12 | Allows charter schools to opt in to the state health insurance plans. Establishes the charter school board as a statewide sponsor of charter schools. Provides that the department of education shall provide staff to the charter school board until the board begins receiving administrative fees from schools chartered by the board. Adds certain nonprofit private colleges and universities as eligible charter school sponsors. Establishes certain accountability criteria for charter school sponsors, and places charter schools under accountability standards for public schools. Adds: (1) student academic growth; (2) financial performance and stability; and (3) board performance and stewardship; to the list of items to be included in a charter school's charter. Requires uniform and consistent transfer of credits for students who transfer from a charter school to another public school. Stipulates that a teacher in a conversion charter school may be an employee of the charter school or the school corporation as determined in a charter school's charter. Provides that at least 90% of the full time teachers in a charter school must be licensed or in the process of obtaining a license. Ends the virtual charter school pilot program, and allows existing virtual charter schools to seek sponsors. Provides that a virtual charter school's funding is equal to the sum of: (1) the virtual charter school's ADM multiplied by 85% of the school's foundation amount (rather than 80% of the statewide average basic tuition support, under current law); plus (2) the total of any special education grants to which the virtual charter school is entitled. Provides that each school year, at least 60% of the students who are enrolled in virtual charter schools for the first time must have been included in the state's ADM count for the previous school year. Sets out the conditions, accounting process, and reporting procedures for a charter school sponsor concerning the collection of fees from its sponsored charter schools. Requires the department of education to establish a charter school page on the department's Internet web site. Establishes the charter school facilities assistance program and fund. Specifies the purposes for which grants and loans of money in the fund may be used. Provides that money in the fund may be used to match federal grants from the United States Department of Education for charter school facilities, and deletes current law that allows common school fund interest to provide these state matching funds. Changes the procedure for converting a public school into a charter school. Establishes a "trigger" for conversion of a school to a charter school with both parents and the school board signing off on the conversion. Establishes a process by which charter schools may lease or purchase unused, closed, or unoccupied school buildings that are maintained by school corporations and are not being used for classroom instruction. Permits the state board of education to close a charter school, transfer sponsorship of a charter school, or reduce the administrative fees collected by the sponsor of the charter.
http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2011/HE/HE1002.1.html
Title: H.B. 1002
Source: http://www.in.gov
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| NV | Signed into law 05/2011 | P-12 | Section 1 of this bill removes the requirement that the automated system of accountability information have the capacity to identify which paraprofessionals are assigned to provide services to individual pupils and removes the requirement that the information on pupil achievement maintained in the system be used to evaluate paraprofessionals. Under existing law, the board of trustees of each school district and the governing board of each charter school are required to administer certain examinations to determine the achievement and proficiency of pupils and to report the results of those examinations to the Department of Education. Section 2 and 3 revise the manner in which the results of pupils on those examinations are reported by requiring the governing body of each charter school to submit the results and other required information through the sponsor of the charter school.
Title: S.B. 35
Source: http://www.leg.state.nv.us
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| OK | Signed into law 05/2011 | P-12 | Any charter school which chooses to lease property is eligible to receive current government lease rates.
http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf/2011-12%20ENR/SB/SB256%20ENR.DOC
Title: S.B. 256
Source: http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us
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| OK | Signed into law 05/2011 | P-12 | Clarifies that students who reside in a school district where a charter school is located are not required to obtain a transfer to attend the charter school in the school district of residence. The measure allows charter schools to enroll emergency transfer students.
http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf/2011-12%20ENR/SB/SB445%20ENR.DOC
Title: S.B. 445
Source: http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us
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| OK | Signed into law 05/2011 | P-12 | Allows the State Board of Education to sponsor a charter school when the applicant has a contract with the Office of Juvenile Affairs to provide a fixed rate level E, D, or D+ group home service. The board may not sponsor more than two charter schools from July 1, 2010, to July 1, 2016, for children under supervision of the state through the Office of Juvenile Affairs or a contractor of the Office of Juvenile Affairs. Also removes the 20% limit on the amount funds allocated for textbooks that can be used for supplementary textbooks and other instructional materials.
http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf/2011-12%20ENR/SB/SB278%20ENR.DOC
Title: S.B. 278
Source: http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us
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| OR | Signed into law 05/2011 | P-12 | Requires transfer of student education records to school district when charter is terminated or public charter school is dissolved. Applies student education record statutes to public charter schools.
http://www.leg.state.or.us/11reg/measpdf/hb2000.dir/hb2029.en.pdf
Title: H.B. 2029
Source: http://www.leg.state.or.us
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| AR | Signed into law 04/2011 | P-12 | Declares that if the cap on the number of charters available for an open-enrollment public charter school is within two charters of meeting any existing limitation or cap on available open-enrollment charters, the number of available charters shall automatically increase by five slots more than the most recent existing limitation or cap on open-enrollment charters.
http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2011/2011R/Bills/SB346.pdf
Title: S.B. 346
Source: http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us
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| AR | Signed into law 04/2011 | P-12 | Requires a public charter school to annually submit a report detailing: (1) The number of applications for enrollment received; (2) The number of applicants with a disability identified under the Individuals with Disabilities Act; (3) The number of applications for enrollment denied and an explanation of the reason for each denial.
Requires reporting on the number of students in each of the following categories:
(A) Students who dropped out of the public charter school during the school year;
(B) Students who were expelled during the school year by 8 the public charter school; and
(C) Students who were enrolled in the public charter 10 school but for a reason other than those cited in subdivisions (b)(1)(A) and 11 (B) did not complete the school year at the public charter school; and 12
Also calls for charter school teachers, teachers' aides and student teachers to be included in the state's school worker defense program, which protects school employees from civil liability as a result of the performance of their duties.
For all students enrolled in the public charter school, the scores for assessments required under the Arkansas Comprehensive Testing, Assessment, and Accountability Program, including benchmark assessments and end-of-course assessments.
http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2011/2011R/Acts/Act993.pdf
Title: S.B. 436
Source: http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us
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| AZ | Signed into law 04/2011 | P-12 | Updates the definition of charter school to clarify a public university, a community college with an enrollment of 15,000 full-time equivalent students (FTSE), or a group of community colleges with a combined enrollment of 15,000 FTSE may serve as authorizer of a charter school.
Permits the State Board for Charter Schools (SBCS) to accept gifts or grants of monies or real or personal property if the purpose of the gift is approved by SBCS and within the scope of SBCS's powers and duties. Mandates the use of a different auditor at least once every six years to conduct annual audits required for charter schools. Chapter 344
http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/50leg/1r/bills/sb1263h.pdf
Title: S.B. 1263--Charter Schools
Source: http://www.azleg.gov
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| CO | Signed into law 04/2011 | P-12 | Encourages districts to adopt policies to increase parental involvement. Requires schools that must develop improvement plans to notify parents of the issues giving rise to the need for such a plan, and to include other relevant information about the plan and timeline.The same policy applies to charter schools required to develop improvement plans.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2011a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/64C61264FC2538048725780800800CFC?Open&file=1126_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1126
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us/
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| ID | Signed into law 04/2011 | P-12 | Allows public postsecondary institutions to operate public charter high schools.
http://legislature.idaho.gov/legislation/2011/S1184.pdf
Title: S.B. 1184 - Charter Schools
Source: http://legislature.idaho.gov
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| ID | Signed into law 04/2011 | P-12 | This legislation makes amendments to SB 1184 – the third bill in the Students Come First plan. These changes are as follows:
Additional relief is granted from the state's "use it or lose it" requirement for state instructional staff funding. The relief is expanded from the 6%, 8% and 10% granted by SB 1184 for FY12, FY13 and FY14+ to 7%, 9.5% and 11%. This adjustment allows the amount of relief to better reflect the actual budget that was set for Public Schools after the introduction of SB 1184.
Revises provisions relating to fractional average daily attendance for students attending more than one school district or public charter school, or who are enrolled in online courses.
Revises provisions relating to staff allowances and funded positions and revises provisions relating to the education portion of the experience and education multiplier table.
Revises provisions relating to: certain staff salaries; Idaho digital learning academy funding, and; distribution of state funds for certain math and science courses.
Establishes provisions for dual credits for early completers, making them eligible for up to 36 post-secondary credits of dual credit courses in twelfth grade.
Revises provisions permitting post secondary institutions to operate public charter schools.
Declares an emergency for all sections of this act and SB 1184, and language is added to provide greater time specificity for certain provisions. This will ensure that the budget and laws established for public schools cannot be interrupted in an untimely manner, allowing school districts to begin planning and budgeting immediately.http://legislature.idaho.gov/legislation/2011/H0345.pdf.
Title: H.B. 345
Source: legislature.idaho.gov
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| RI | Adopted 04/2011 | P-12 | The regulations were adopted in order to provide uniform rules for the establishment, operation, and oversight of charter schools in Rhode Island.
http://www2.sos.ri.gov/cgi-bin/topdf/tmp/6434tmp.pdf or http://sos.ri.gov/rules/index.php?page=details&erlid=6434
Full text of the regulations: http://sos.ri.gov/documents/archives/regdocs/released/pdf//DESE/6434.pdf
Title: RI ADC 21-2-58:C-1- through C-9-1
Source: http://www2.sos.ri.gov
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| CO | Signed into law 03/2011 | P-12 | Concerns procedures for charter schools that apply for grants.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2011a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/72F3BE6445179D0087257808008049CA?Open&file=1089_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1089
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us
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| NM | Signed into law 03/2011 | P-12 | Addresses contracts between charter schools chartering authorities; creates an annual evaluation process for charter schools; includes other charter policies, requirements and procedures.
http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/11%20Regular/final/SB0446.pdf
Title: S.B. 446
Source: http://www.nmlegis.gov/
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| NM | Signed into law 03/2011 | P-12 | Clarifies the attendance priorities and other procedures for schools that have been converted to charters through the Assessment and Accountability Act, and based on adequate yearly progress measures.
http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/11%20Regular/final/HB0097.pdf
Title: H.B. 97
Source: http://www.nmlegis.gov/
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2011 | P-12 | From bill summary: Allows and encourages local school boards to enter into an interlocal agreement to create a regional service center to provide education related services. Requires a regional service center to be formed by an interlocal agreement to receive state funding. Provides that an interlocal agreement may confirm or formalize a regional service center in operation before a certain date. Requires the state board of education to make rules regarding regional service centers. Provides that a charter school may enter into a contract with an eligible regional service center to provide education related services to the charter school. http://le.utah.gov/~2011/bills/hbillenr/hb0092.pdf
Title: H.B. 92
Source: le.utah.gov
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2011 | P-12 | Defines "organization that represents Utah's charter schools". Provides that three members of the state charter school board (all of whose members are appointed by the governor) must be nominated by an organization that represents Utah's charter schools, and that these members must have experience in developing or administering a charter school. Authorizes the governor to seek nominations for a prospective appointment from one or more organizations that represent Utah's charter schools. Authorizes the governor to remove any member of the state charter school board for official misconduct, habitual or willful neglect of duty, or for other good and sufficient cause. http://le.utah.gov/~2011/bills/sbillenr/sb0140.pdf
Title: S.B. 140
Source: le.utah.gov
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2011 | P-12 | Provides that a charter school student is eligible to participate in an extracurricular activity at a public school other than the student's charter school if the student's charter school is located on the campus of the public school, or has local school board approval to locate on the campus of the public school. Permits the state board of education to establish rules to allow a charter school student to participate in an extracurricular activity at a public school other than those listed above. http://le.utah.gov/~2011/bills/sbillenr/sb0235.pdf
Title: S.B. 235
Source: le.utah.gov
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2011 | P-12 | Provides that a chartering entity may use certain data to measure the performance of a charter school. Prohibits a chartering entity from imposing performance standards, except as permitted by statute, that would limit a charter school from accomplishing the purposes of charter schools. Requires a charter to include an acknowledgment that neither the chartering entity nor the state is liable for the debts or financial obligations of the charter school. Also requires a charter to include fiscal procedures that are consistent with generally accepted financial management standards. http://le.utah.gov/~2011/bills/hbillenr/hb0388.pdf
Title: H.B. 388
Source: le.utah.gov
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| WY | Signed into law 02/2011 | P-12 | An act relating to charter schools; requiring charter school applications and renewal applications to be uniform statewide; imposing duties upon the state superintendent; and providing for effective dates.
http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2011/Enroll/HB0115.pdf
Title: H.B. 115
Source: http://legisweb.state.wy.us
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