From the ECS State Policy Database Choice of Schools--Charter Schools

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. Please cite use of the database as: Education Commission of the States (ECS) State Policy Database, retrieved [date]. State Status/Date Level Summary IL Adopted 10/2012 P-12 From Illinois Register: Amends charter school provisions to conform with P.A. 97-152, effective July 20, 2011, which created the State Charter School Commission to assume some of the state board's responsibilities relative to charter schools. Additionally, the rules include the process to be used by charter schools should they close. The amendments address notice requirements, disposition of the school's assets and records, and the handling of students' school records. Also outlines the procedures for the State Charter School Commission's consideration of appeals from charter school developers and charter schools or requests for consideration when a school board fails to act in a timely manner (Sections 650.100 and 650.110). The rules mirror closely the steps of the appeal process used by the state board. Under the Commission's procedures, opportunities will be provided for charter school developers and charter schools to meet with Commission staff and authorized representatives in advance of the public meeting held to consider the request for consideration or appeal. The amendments include timelines for action to ensure that the Commission meets its statutory obligation to render a decision on the request for consideration or appeal within 30 days after the public meeting is held. Pages 273-291 of 402: http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/index/register/register_volume36_issue40.pdf Title: 23 IL ADC 650.10 through .110 Source: www.cyberdriveillinois.com CA Vetoed 09/2012 P-12 From bill summary: Requires a charter school to provide each needy pupil with one nutritionally adequate free or reduced-price meal during each school day, Among other things, excludes a charter school that offers only nonclassroom-based instruction or only online instruction from this requirement. Bill text: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/11-12/bill/asm/ab_1551-1600/ab_1594_bill_20120906_enrolled.pdf Governor's veto message: http://gov.ca.gov/docs/AB_1594_Veto_Message.pdf Title: A.B. 1594 Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov CA Signed into law 09/2012 P-12 From bill summary: Mandates that measurable pupil outcomes required in a petition to establish a standard or countywide charter school include outcomes that address increases in pupil academic achievement both schoolwide and for all groups of pupils served by the charter school, which this bill defines. Existing law requires charter school seeking a renewal to meet at least one of several criteria. New provision revises the criteria relating to the attainment of the charter school's Academic Performance Index growth target in prior years and requires those growth targets to be met both schoolwide and for all groups of pupils served by the charter school. Also requires the chartering authority to consider increases in pupil academic achievement for all groups of pupils served by the charter school as the most important factor in determining whether to grant a charter renewal. Requires a chartering authority to consider increases in pupil academic achievement for all groups of pupils served by the charter school as the most important factor in determining whether to revoke a charter. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/11-12/bill/sen/sb_1251-1300/sb_1290_bill_20120926_chaptered.pdf Title: S.B. 1290 Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov CA Vetoed 09/2012 P-12 From bill summary: Commencing with the 2013–14 fiscal year, requires the general-purpose entitlement of a conversion charter high school established on or after January 1, 2013, to be equal, for the first 3 years of operation, to the current year base revenue limit per unit of average daily attendance of the sponsoring unified school district, adjusted as specified. Commencing with the 4th year of operation, requires the charter school to generate general-purpose funding based on the statewide average revenue limit funding per unit of average daily attendance received by high school districts. Becomes inoperative either on July 1, 2018, and repealed on January 1, 2019, or on the effective date of a measure enacting comprehensive school finance reform, whichever occurs first. Bill text: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/11-12/bill/asm/ab_1801-1850/ab_1811_bill_20120911_enrolled.pdf Governor's veto message: http://gov.ca.gov/docs/AB_1811_Veto_Message.pdf Title: A.B. 1811 Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov CA Vetoed 09/2012 P-12 From bill summary: Requires the department of education to provide a district that is a charter school's chartering authority, in accordance with a specified federal law relating to the disclosure of pupil records, individual pupil achievement data, including test results from the STAR Program, high school exit examination, and English language development tests, as well as pupil demographic data and program data, relating to pupils who attend the charter school, except as specified. Requires the department to provide the district with this data, to the extent it has the data, along with the unique pupil identification number of each of those pupils. Bill text: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/11-12/bill/asm/ab_1901-1950/ab_1919_bill_20120906_enrolled.pdf Governor's veto message: http://gov.ca.gov/docs/AB_1919_Veto_Message.pdf Title: A.B. 1919 Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov TX Adopted 09/2012 P-12 From Texas Register: Makes the following changes to improve the application process for charters authorized by the state board: (1) Specifically defines the mitigating factors to be considered when the commissioner considers adverse action for an open-enrollment charter school; (2) Allows the commissioner the latitude to enforce sanctions other than charter revocation for student health, safety, and welfare issues; (3) Requires that a charter holder notify the parents and the Texas Education Agency (TEA) anytime that operations are suspended at a campus or site for a period of more than three days; (4) Clarifies that a charter holder that is a nonprofit entity must maintain its nonprofit status at all times. Adopted as published in the June 8, 2012 Texas Register (pages 38-46 of 68): http://www.sos.state.tx.us/texreg/pdf/backview/0608/0608prop.pdf Title: 19 TAC 100.1011, 1015, 1017, 1022, 1023, 1025, 1041, 1063, 1131, 1153, 1201, 1213, 1217 Source: www.sos.state.tx.us NY Signed into law 08/2012 P-12 Allows a principal employed by the New York City district to make a written request to the board of education for an extended leave of absence to serve as a principal at a charter school. Provides that approval of such a leave request for three years or less shall not be unreasonably withheld. http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=%0D%0A&bn=A6300&term=&Summary=Y&Text=Y Title: A.B. 6300 Source: assembly.state.ny.us OH Signed into law 06/2012 P-12 Authorizes a board of education to sell real or personal property to certain to a nonprofit institution of higher education or the governing authority of a nonpublic school. Prior to disposing of real property, requires the district to first offer the property for sale to the board of trustees of any college-preparatory boarding school located in the district (previous provision required offering of sale only to communty school governing authority). Requires such offering to be made at a price not higher than the property's appraised fair market value as determined in an appraisal not more than one year old. Also amends provisions related to district sale of unused school facilities. Permits the district, at the same time it offers the unused school facilities for lease or sale to governing authorities of community schools or the board of trustees of any college-preparatory boarding school, to also offer that property for sale or lease to the governing authorities of community schools with plans either to relocate their operations to the territory of the district or to add facilities to be located within the territory of the district. Pages 79-86 of 592: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/BillText129/129_SB_316_EN_Y.pdf Title: S.B. 316 - District Sale or Lease of Property or Facilities Source: www.legislature.state.oh.us OH Signed into law 06/2012 P-12 Permits the department's office of Ohio school sponsorship to assume sponsorship of a community school whose sponsorship has been revoked by the department. Permits the office to extend the term of a contract for a school whose sponsorship it has assumed. Provides that certain limits on directly authorized community schools do not apply to community schools sponsored by the office of Ohio school sponsorship. Provides that nothing precludes a community school whose sponsorship has been assumed by the office of Ohio school sponsorship from applying for sponsorship under the Ohio school sponsorship program established under section 3314.029 (http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/3314.029). Requires all community schools sponsored by the office of Ohio school sponsorship to be ranked together for purposes of the department's composite performance index score for academic performance of community schools sponsored by the same entity. Directs the department to exclude from the calculation of an entity's composite performance index score all community schools that have been in operation for less than 2 full school years. Provides certain community schools will cease to be excluded from the index if those schools become subject to closure. Requires the sponsoring entities' annual rankings from highest to lowest to be published between October 1-15. Amends definition of "sponsor" in provisions relating to certain community schools, to include a district board of education or the governing board of an educational service center that agrees to the conversion of all or part of a school or building. Increases from 2 to 5 the number of governing authorities of start-up community schools on which an individual may serve at a time. Authorizes the department to deny an application submitted by the governing authority of an existing community school, if a previous sponsor of that school did not renew its contract with the school. Requires the department to make available a copy of every approved, executed community school contract filed with the state superintendent. Requires community schools to comply with public school promotion/retention policies, and provision that requires a parent enrolling his/her child to be provided upon enrollment with a copy of the school's most recent accountability report card. Permits children under the age of 5 to be admitted to a community school in the same manner as early enrollees in traditional public schools, and requires a local board and a community school governing authority to include such early enrollee figures in their respective community school enrollment reports. Permits the governing authority of a community school to either (1) establish a single-gender school for either sex, or (2) establish single-gender schools for each sex under the same contract, provided facilities for boys and girls are substantially equal. Establishes procedures by which districts must monthly review enrollment of students in community schools who are entitled to attend school in the district, to verify the community school in which the student is enrolled, and that the student is entitled to enroll in school in the district. Provides that if, by March 31, 2013, the general assembly does not enact for certain community schools performance standards, a report card rating system, and criteria for closure, those schools are required to permanently close upon meeting certain criteria; provides exceptions. Pages 117-170 of 592: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/BillText129/129_SB_316_EN_Y.pdf Title: S.B. 316 - Community Schools Source: www.legislature.state.oh.us OH Signed into law 06/2012 P-12 Permits a community school that was open for operation as a community school as of May 1, 2005 to operate from or in a home in Ohio, regardless of when the community school's operations from or in a particular home began. Pages 392-393 of 401: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/BillText129/129_SB_316_EN_N.pdf Title: S.B. 316 - Operation of Community School from/in a Home Source: www.legislature.state.oh.us OH Signed into law 06/2012 P-12 Not later than 90 days after the effective date of these provisions, directs the department of education to publish on its website every approved, executed contract with a community school that was filed with the superintendent of public instruction under section 3314.03 of the Revised Code (http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/3314.03) before the effective date of this section. Page 395 of 401: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/BillText129/129_SB_316_EN_N.pdf Title: S.B. 316 - Contracts Between State Superintendent and Community School Governing Authorities Source: www.legislature.state.oh.us OH Signed into law 06/2012 P-12 Establishes the intent of the general assembly to enact a law, not later than December 31, 2012, that establishes a battery of measures to be used to rate the performance of the sponsors of community schools and to determine whether an entity may sponsor additional community schools. Page 396 of 401: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/BillText129/129_SB_316_EN_N.pdf Title: S.B. 316 - Community School Sponsors' Performance Source: www.legislature.state.oh.us LA Adopted 06/2012 P-12 Makes changes to various provisions related to charter schools. New rules define "management organization," and require a charter application to describe any proposed corporate partnerships. Requires the state superintendent's recommendation to the state board on a Type 5 charter school's application to be based on a recommendation by the Office of Parental Options and the recovery school district. Establishes issues that must be addressed in any contracts entered into between a charter operator and a management organization. Prohibits a charter school other than a Type 5 from beginning operation sooner than 8 months after approval of the charter school has been granted, unless the chartering authority agrees to a lesser time period. Amends provisions regarding state board evaluation of a charter school's performance, to require that Type 5 charter schools be subject to oversight of statutory, regulatory, and contractual obligations and all reporting requirements by the department and the recovery school district, which must regularly report findings to the Office of Parental Options. Amends provisions related to third-year review (which, if successful, allows for a two-year extension of a charter). Amends charter renewal process and timeline, revocation proceedings, and material amendments for BESE-authorized charter schools. Provides a student application period may not be less than 1 month or more than 3 months. Amends provisions regarding enrollment of students, lottery, and waitlist. Incorporates 2011 legislative changes regarding corporate partnerships. Pages 52-56 of 133: http://www.doa.louisiana.gov/osr/reg/1206/1206.pdf Title: LAC 28:CXXXIX.Chapters 1, 5-19, 27, and 39 Source: www.doa.louisiana.gov HI Signed into law 06/2012 P-12 Repeals existing charter school laws and establishes a new chapter governing charter schools based on the recommendations of the Charter School Governance, Accountability, and Authority Task Force established by Act 130, Session Laws of Hawaii 2011. Maintains the charter school administrative office until July 1, 2013. Transfers all funds in the charter schools account established pursuant to section 302B-12(i), HRS, to the general fund. The new charter school laws establish the state public charter school commission, and grants the commission statewide chartering jurisdiction and authority. Establishes mandatory and recommended qualifications of commission nominees. Permits the commission to authorize charter schools anywhere in the state. Establishes entities that may apply to the board of education for statewide, regional, or local chartering authority. Directs the board of education to establish by rule the annual application and approval process for all entities eligible to apply for chartering authority; directs the board not to approve any application for chartering authority until July 2014 or the board adopts rules, whichever is later. Identifies required contents of an application for authorizing authority. Establishes term and content of an authorizing contract. Establishes authorizer powers, duties, and liabilities. Establishes principles and standards for charter authorizing, including that all authorizers are required to develop and maintain chartering policies and practices consistent with nationally recognized priniciples and standards for quality charter authorizing in all of 5 enumerated areas of authorizing responsibility. Establishes authorizer annual reporting requirements. Prohibits an employee, trustee, agent, or representative of an authorizer from simultaneously serving as an employee, trustee, agent, representative, vendor, or contractor of a charter school authorized by that authorizer. Establishes procedures regarding optional charter school purchasing of services from authorizer. Makes the board of education responsible for overseeing the performance and effectiveness of all charter school authorizers. Establishes board procedures for addressing issues with authorizers, including for revocation of an entity's authorizing authority and transfer of entities authorizing power to other authorizers. Establishes considerations and criteria for charter school governing board members and boards, including boards' powers and duties. Creates procedures for establishing start-up and conversion charter schools, including required content of charter application. Provides the board of education with the power to decide appeals of authorizer denials of charter application or reauthorization, or authorizer revocation of charters, and specifies the board must serve as final arbitrator of such appeals. Requires performance provisions in the charter contract to be based on a performance framework that clearly sets forth the academic and operational performance indicators, measures, and metrics to guide the authorizer's evaluations of each charter school; defines areas for which, at a minimum, indicators, measures, and metrics must be set. Sets additional requirements for performance frameworks. Requires each charter school to set annual performance targets in conjunction with the school's authorizer. Directs authorizers to manage all assessment data for each charter school it oversees, in accordance with the performance framework. Provides relative to authorizers' ongoing oversight responsibilities. Requires each authorizer to annually publish a performance report for each school it oversees. Establishes authorizers' duties and authority in the event of a charter school's unsatisfactory performance or legal compliance, or in the event that corrective action or sanctions are required. Establishes procedures for authorizer renewals, revocations, and nonrenewals of charters. Establishes procedures for charter school closure and dissolution, and for transfer of a charter contract and of oversight of that charter school, from one authorizer to another. Directs the board of education to provide the governor, legislature, and the public with an annual report on charter schools, addressing performance, funding and other specified elements. Directs the state board of education to establish minimum standards for reporting fiscal, personnel, and student data from charter schools to the department. Establishes procedures regarding charter school occupancy and use of vacant or available public school facilities. Exempts charter schools from certain provisions of Hawaii Revised Statutes; identifies provisions from which charter schools are not exempt. Confirms civil service status of civil service employees in schools that convert to charter schools, and provides charter school employees full participation in state retirement, workers' compensation, unemployment insurance, temporary disability insurance, and health benefit systems. Provides relative to administration of workers' compensation claims for charter school employees. Specifies funding mechanisms for charter schools. Directs charter schools to elect whether to receive allocations calculated according to the weighted student formula allocation. Permits charter schools, through their authorizer, to propose to the state board of education an alternative weighted student formula. Establishes department responsibilities toward charter schools, including development of a technical assistance system. Provides that if a charter school is unable to provide all of the required services for a student's free appropriate public education (FAPE), the department must provide services as determined by the student's individualized educational program (IEP) team. Provides additional department duties regarding the provision of special education services in charter schools. Requires the department to provide students in charter schools with the same opportunity to participate in athletics as students in other public schools. http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2012/bills/SB2115_CD1_.pdf Title: S.B. 2115 Source: www.capitol.hawaii.gov HI Signed into law 06/2012 P-12 Directs the board of education to contract with an implementation and transition coordinator to assist in (1) implementing the recommendations of the charter school governance, accountability, and authority task force, included in 2012 S.B. 2115 and (2) transition from the current charter school system to the charter school system set forth in 2012 S.B. 2115. Establishes the minimum qualifications for an implementation and transition coordinator, and identifies the coordinator's minimum scope of work. Limits term of the contract to one year, but permits the board and coordinator to enter into supplemental contracts as the board deems necessary. Makes an appropriation. http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2012/bills/SB2116_CD1_.pdf Title: S.B. 2116 Source: www.capitol.hawaii.gov LA Signed into law 06/2012 P-12 Provides that if a chartering group determines that a facility or property purchased from the Orleans Parish School Board is no longer needed for an educational purpose, the group must first offer to sell the facility or property back to the Orleans Parish School Board before seeking to dispose of it to any other person or entity. http://legis.la.gov/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=812059 Title: H.B. 411 Source: legis.la.gov NH Signed into law 06/2012 P-12 Establishes a procedure for the provision of special education and related services to a child with a disability who is enrolled in a chartered public school and requires chartered public schools to provide due process in the provision of special education and related services to children with disabilities. http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/2012/SB0300.html Title: S.B. 300 Source: http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/ CO Signed into law 06/2012 P-12 Allows charter schools that are authorized to provide kindergarten to also offer preschool programs. Addresses requirements for the preschool programs. http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2012a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/A386D89EDA600136872579820026D8D7?Open&file=1240_enr.pdf Title: H.B. 1240 (section 51) Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us MO Signed into law 05/2012 P-12 This act modifies the laws governing charter schools. SECTION 29.205 – The State Auditor may audit any charter school in the same manner as any agency of the state. SECTION 160.400 – In addition to the St. Louis City and Kansas City School Districts, charter schools may be operated in unaccredited districts. Charter schools may be operated in districts accredited without provisions if sponsored by the local school board except that a local school board with an enrollment of 1550 students or greater cannot enroll more than thirty-five percent of its enrollment in charter schools it sponsors, as described in the act. Charter schools may be operated in a provisionally accredited district after three full school years of provisional accreditation and APR scores consistent with a classification of provisionally accredited or unaccredited beginning in the 2012-2013 school year. In addition, if the provisional accreditation is related to financial stress or hardship, the State Board of Education must vote to decide whether charters may operate. The sponsor is limited to the local school board or a sponsor that has met accountability standards, as described in the act. This act modifies sponsorship. If the State Board of Education appoints a special administrative board for Kansas City, the special administrative board may sponsor charter schools. This act removes the restriction that a sponsoring public four-year college or university have its primary campus in the school district or in a county adjacent to the county in which the district is located. In addition, a community college whose service area encompasses some portion of the district may be a sponsor. Currently, any private four-year college or university located in St. Louis City with an enrollment of one thousand students and an approved teacher preparation program may be a sponsor. This act eliminates the requirement that the institution be located in St. Louis City but requires that its primary campus be located in Missouri. Additional sponsors include the special administrative board of the St. Louis City School District, any two-year private vocational or technical school, as described in the act, and the Missouri Charter Public School Commission. In an unaccredited or provisionally accredited district where a charter school is sponsored by an entity other than the local school board, when the district becomes classified as accredited, a charter school may continue to be sponsored by the entity sponsoring it prior to the classification of accreditation. Such a school will not be limited to the local school board as a sponsor. Charter schools in Kansas City and St. Louis may be sponsored by any eligible entity, regardless of the districts' accreditation classification. A charter school whose charter provides for the addition of grade levels may add grade levels until the planned expansion is complete. The mayor of St. Louis City may request a two-year private vocational or technical school or the Missouri Charter Public School Commission to sponsor a workplace charter school. When a charter school chooses to affiliate with a four-year college or university, the college or university will no longer be required to be located within the county in which the school district lies or in an adjacent county. A school district or the State Board of Education, when acting as a sponsor, may have expenses associated with sponsorship be defrayed by having the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education withhold up to 1.5% of the charter school's state and local funding. A sponsor that receives 1.5% funding to defray expenses associated with sponsorship must submit annual reports to the Joint Committee on Education demonstrating compliance with requirements. A charter school sponsor must develop policies and procedures for the following: the review of a charter school proposal; the granting of a charter; the performance framework of a charter; the renewal, revocation, and nonrenewal processes; additional criteria for oversight of the charter; and procedures to be used when a school closes. The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education is required to provide guidance to sponsors in developing these procedures and policies. Currently, the State Board may suspend a sponsor's ability to sponsor a school for a period of one year. This act modifies the State Board's existing monitoring and suspension authority and instead requires the State Board to evaluate sponsors, as described in the act, to determine compliance with sponsorship standards every three years. If the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education determines that a sponsor is in material noncompliance with sponsorship duties, it must be notified and given remediation time. If compliance does not improve, the Commissioner of Education must conduct a public hearing and recommend corrective action to the State Board of Education. The State Board will have final determination over corrective action. If the State Board removes sponsorship authority for any currently operating charter school, the Missouri Charter Public School Commission will become the school's sponsor. SECTION 160.403 – The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education must establish an annual application and approval process for all entities eligible to sponsor charter schools. All information and guidelines for eligible sponsors must be made available by November 1, 2012. This act identifies the information that must be included in an eligible sponsor's application. By April 1 annually, the Department must grant or deny a sponsoring authority to a sponsor applicant. Within thirty days of the Department's decision, it must execute a renewable sponsoring contract with each approved sponsoring entity. The term will be six years in length and may be renewed. SECTION 160.405 – This act modifies the framework of a charter school's charter. The charter will be a legally binding performance contract that describes the obligations and responsibilities of the school and the sponsor. The term of a charter will be for five years, instead of the current provision that allows charters to be not less than five but not greater than ten years. This act identifies additional items that must be contained in a charter. Charter schools operating on August 27, 2012 will have until August 28, 2015 to meet the new requirements for items that must be in a charter. A charter must be submitted to the sponsor and follow the sponsor's policies and procedures for review and granting. The charter must be consistent with the sponsor's charter sponsorship goals and capacity. In addition, the charter must be approved by the State Board of Education by December 1 prior to the proposed opening date of the charter school. This act modifies the definition of "high risk" student. This act eliminates judicial review for the disapproval of a charter. Charter schools must conduct a background check of education personnel, including through the employee criminal history background check and the Family Care Safety Registry. Charter schools with local educational agency status must comply with all federal audit requirements for such charters. Currently, charter schools must collect baseline data during at least the first three years to determine performance. This act requires charter schools to establish baseline student performance during the first year of operation and collect student performance data, as described in the act, throughout the duration of the charter to annually monitor student academic performance, based upon grade levels offered by the school. The performance standards for alternative and special purpose charter schools that target high-risk students must be based on measures defined in the school's performance contract with its sponsors. Charter schools are required to comply with all applicable federal and state special education laws including IDEA and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. This act allows proposed or existing high risk or alternative charter schools to include alternative arrangements for students to obtain credits for satisfying graduation requirements in the charter application and charter. Alternative arrangements may include credit for off-campus instruction, embedded credit, work experience, independent studies, and performance-based credit options. Upon approval of the charter by the State Board of Education, any alternative arrangements will be approved at the same time. The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education must conduct a study of any such charter school granted alternative arrangements for students to obtain credit to assess student performance, graduation rates, educational outcomes, and entry into the workforce or higher education. The sponsor, governing board, and charter school staff must jointly review the school's performance, management, and operations during the first year of operation and then every other year after the most recent review, instead of the current requirement of at least once every two years. This act removes the requirement that a charter school become a local educational agency for the sole purpose of direct access to federal grants and allows the school to become an agency if the sponsor and the governing board reach a written agreement to become an agency. Sponsors must annually review the charter school's compliance with statutory standards including statewide assessment participation, completion of the annual report card, data collection, a method to measure pupil progress, and publication of the charter school's annual performance report. Sponsors must have intervention policies to give schools notice of contract violations or performance deficiencies, as described in the act. A sponsor must have a policy to revoke a charter if there is evidence of underperformance or a violation of the law or the public trust that imperils students or public funds, as described in the act. This act limits the length of probationary status for a charter school to no more than twelve months, provided that no more than one designation of probationary status is allowed for the duration of the charter contract. This act removes judicial review of a sponsor's final decision to revoke a charter. Instead, the decision to revoke a charter will be subject to an appeal to the State Board of Education, which must then determine whether the charter will be revoked. Sponsors must conduct a renewal process of charter schools based on objective evidence, as described in the act, including annual performance report results. Beginning August 1 during the year in which a charter is up for renewal, a sponsor must demonstrate to the State Board of Education that the charter school is in compliance with federal and state law and the school's performance contract, including academic performance requirements. The sponsor must also submit a revised charter application to the State Board of Education, which must determine if the sponsor has demonstrated compliance. If compliance is demonstrated, the State Board must renew the charter. SECTION 160.410 – This act requires charter schools whose mission includes student drop-out prevention or recovery to enroll nonresident pupils from the same or an adjacent county who reside in residential care facilities, transitional living group homes, or independent living programs whose last school of enrollment is in the school district where the charter school is established, who submit a timely application. Charter alternative and special purpose schools may also give a preference for admission to high-risk students, as defined, when the school targets these students through its proposed mission, curriculum, teaching methods, and services. Charter schools may limit admission based on gender if the school is a single-gender school. Students of a charter school who are present for the January membership count in Section 163.011 will be counted in the performance of the charter school on the statewide assessments in that calendar year, unless otherwise exempted as English language learners. If a charter school is operated by a management company, a copy of the contract must be made available for public inspection. If a student attending a charter school moves so that he or she no longer lives in the school district where charter schools may operate, he or she may complete the current semester at the charter school and will be considered a resident student. The parent or legal guardian will be responsible for the student's transportation. If a change in school district boundary lines occurs so that a student no longer lives in a school district, or if action by the State Board of Education occurs under Section 162.081 where charter schools may operate, the student may complete the current academic year at the charter school. The parent or legal guardian will be responsible for the student's transportation. The Foster Care Bill of Rights (Sections 167.018 and 167.019) will apply to charter schools. SECTION 160.415 – This act contains requirements to be included in a request for proposals if a proposed charter school intends to contract with an education services provider for substantial educational services, management services, or both. The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education may withhold funding at an adequate level during a charter school's last year of operation until the Department determines that school records, liabilities, and reporting requirements, including a full audit, are satisfied. SECTION 160.417 – By October 1, 2012, and each October 1 thereafter, the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education must identify charter schools experiencing financial stress using information from the report required by Section 162.821. A list of charter schools experiencing financial stress will be provided to the Governor, Speaker of the House of Representatives, and President Pro Tem of the Senate. Parameters for financial stress are defined in the act. By November 1, the sponsor must notify the governing board of a charter school if it is identified as experiencing financial stress. The governing board must develop and approve a budget and education plan, which must be submitted to the sponsor within forty-five days. Requirements for what must be included in the plan are described in the act. The sponsor may make suggestions to improve the plan. The Department may withhold any payment of financial aid until such time as the charter school is in compliance with these requirements. SECTION 160.420 - In addition to existing criminal background check requirements, charter schools must ensure that a Family Care Safety Registry check is conducted for employees. Multiple provisions are repealed because they are identical to provisions contained in Section 160.415. SECTION 160.425 – This act creates the Missouri Charter Public School Commission. It will have nine members, all appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate. Members will serve a term of four years, except for the initial appointees, whose terms are staggered. Commission members will be: one member selected from a slate of three candidates recommended by the Commissioner of Education; SC Signed into law 05/2012 P-12 Provides charter school powers and duties and permits a sponsor to retain certain funds for overseeing a charter school; creates the charter school facility revolving loan program for the construction, purchase, renovation, and maintenance of public charter school facilities; permits a public or independent institution of higher learning to sponsor a charter school and determines that the geographical boundaries from which a charter school sponsored by a public or independent institution of higher learning is the same as the boundaries of the state; allows for the application to create a single gender charter school; designates responsibilities to sponsor for special education and ensuring students are served in a manner consistent with LEA obligations; determines membership requirements for board of directors; allows charter school students to participate in certain extracurricular activities under certain conditions; allows a charter school to contract with providers for student transportation; clarifies what must be included in a contract between a charter school and sponsor and requires the department of education to create a contract template that must serve as a foundation for the development of the contract; allows a converted charter school to retain facilities and equipment available before conversion; prohibits acts of unlawful reprisal towards school personnel and educational programs of a school or district because of an application to establish a charter school; directs the distribution process of funds to charter schools; directs the department of education to develop a template to be used by converted charter schools in the creation of annual reports submitted to the sponsor; and provides that a charter school is a covered employer with respect to the South Carolina retirement systems for certain school district employees. http://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess119_2011-2012/bills/3241.htm Title: H.B. 3241 Source: scstatehouse.gov CT Signed into law 05/2012 P-12 (Sec. 29-31) Starting in FY 14, allows the SBE (starting in 2014), within available appropriations, to approve (1) operating grants of up to $ 3,000 per student and (2) grants of up to $ 500,000 as startup costs to establish local charter schools on or after July 1, 2012. The grants are payable only if the board of education for the charter school and the union representing the board's certified employees mutually agree on staffing flexibility in the school and the SBE approves the agreement. Increases the state's annual per-student grant to state charter schools over three years from $ 9,400 to $ 11,500. It increases the grant from $ 9,400 to $ 10,500 for FY 13, to $ 11,000 for FY 14, and to $ 11,500 for FY 15 and subsequent fiscal years. (Sec 32) Allows SBE to grant new state and local charters only to schools located in towns that, at the time of the application, have at least one school participating in the commissioner's network (see Sec. 19) or a school district designated as low-achieving. Requires two of the first four new state charter schools the SBE approves between July 1, 2012 and July 1, 2017 to be schools specifically focused on providing a dual language or other program models focusing on language acquisition by English language learners. (A dual language program is a two-way bilingual program that integrates language minority and language majority students and provides instruction in both the minority language (such as Spanish) and English.) Adds to the types of schools to which SBE must give preference when reviewing charter school applications. Preference is to be given to applicants whose primary purpose is to: serve students (a) with a history of low academic performance or behavioral and social difficulties, (b) receiving free or reduced priced lunches, (c) requiring special education, (d) who are ELLs, or (e) who are of a single gender; or improve the academic performance of an existing school that has consistently demonstrated substandard academic performance, as determined by the education commissioner. In addition to providing the preference for serving one or more of the educationally needy populations mentioned above, SBE must give preference to applications that demonstrate highly credible and specific strategies to attract, enroll, and retain such students. Charter applications must include student recruitment and retention plans that clearly describe the school's capacity to recruit and retain such students and how it plans to do so. Permits SBE to deny renewal if that charter schools fails to put sufficient effort into effectively attracting, enrolling, and retaining all of the educationally needy students mentioned above except students of a single gender. Allows the SBE, upon application, to waive the lottery requirement for schools with a primary purpose of serving at least one of the following: (1) students with a history of behavioral and social difficulties; (2) special education students; (3) ELLs; or (4) students of a single gender. Bars enrollment lotteries for any public school with a school performance index that places it in the lowest-performing 5% of schools that is converted to a local charter school. (Sec. 33) Requires SDE to study "opt-out lotteries" for determining enrollment in state and local charter schools. Such lotteries automatically include all students who (1) live in the district where the school is located and (2) are enrolled in any grade the school serves, unless a student chooses not to participate. The study must cover (1) the feasibility of charter school governing authorities and boards of education for districts where they are located conducting such lotteries for state charter schools, (2) the methods by which they may be conducted, and (3) the costs of doing so. The SDE must report the study's results and any recommendations to the Education Committee by February 1, 2014. http://www.cga.ct.gov/2012/ACT/PA/2012PA-00116-R00SB-00458-PA.htm Title: S.B. 458 Source: cga.ct.gov GA Signed into law 05/2012 P-12 Proposes an amendment to the Constitution of Georgia so as to (1) Clarify the authority of the General Assembly to provide for the establishment of policies for the provision of public education; (2) Provide that the authority of local boards does not diminish the General Assembly's authority otherwise granted in the state constitution, including the authority to establish special schools; (3) Revise provisions related to special schools to specify that no bonded indebtedness or levy may be incurred without the approval of a local board; (4) Specify that a special school may include state charter schools; (5) Identify schools that may not be classified as state charter schools, including private and for-profit schools; and (6) Provide no deduction may be made to any state funding a local school system is otherwise authorized to receive pursuant to general law as a direct result or consequence of the enrollment in a state charter school of a student residing within the geographic boundaries of the local school system. Provides wording of ballot amendment. http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20112012/125399.pdf Title: H.R. 1162 Source: www.legis.ga.gov GA Signed into law 05/2012 P-12 Repeals and rewrites provisions related to the Georgia Charter Schools Commission. Provides legislative findings and intent regarding charter schools and statewide oversight of charter schools. Allows commission to approve state charter schools with statewide attendance zone as well as defined attendance zone. Provides for membership, duties, and powers of State Charter Schools Commission. Specifies requirements that applicant charter school must meet, both to be approved by the commission and once school begins operations. Identifies prohibited activities of a member of a governing board of a state charter school. Specifies information that the commission must make available on charter schools to all parents in the state. Requires an annual report to the state board on the academic performance and fiscal responsibility of all approved state charter schools. Provides related to assuming of debt for a charter school whose charter is terminated or not renewed. Provides for funding for state charter schools, including special charter schools offering virtual instruction. http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20112012/127650.pdf Title: H.B. 797 Source: www.legis.ga.gov TN Became law without governor's signature 05/2012 P-12 Regulates charter schools' relationships with foreign entities and the use of non-immigrant foreign workers by charter schools. http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/107/Bill/SB3345.pdf Title: S.B. 3345 Source: http://www.capitol.tn.gov FL Signed into law 04/2012 P-12 Requires a school improvement plan to include strategies for improving student achievement if a school has a significant student achievement gap for one or more subgroups, has not significantly decreased the percentage of students scoring below satisfactory on statewide assessments, or has significantly lower graduation rates for a subgroup compared to the state's graduation rate. Revises provisions requiring a charter school to implement a school improvement plan to raise student achievement. Revises corrective actions to be selected and implemented by a low-performing charter school. Provides requirements for implementation of corrective actions and intervention and support strategies identified in a charter school's school improvement plan. Provides for termination of a charter school not making continuous improvement unless it meets specified criteria. Revises provisions relating to the state board's authority to enforce public school improvement, to require the state board to comply with the federal flexibility waiver approved by the U.S. secretary of education. Beginning with the 2011-12 school year, directs the department of education to annually identify each public school in need of intervention and support to improve student academic performance. Defines all schools earning a grade of "D" or "F" as schools in need of intervention and support. Directs the state board to adopt by rule a differentiated matrix of intervention and support strategies for assisting traditional public schools and rules for assisting a charter school that has earned a "D" or "F." Specifies that the state board must apply the most intense intervention and support strategies to schools earning an "F" grade. Deletes department duties relating to the categorization of low-performing schools. Provides state board, district, and school requirements for implementing strategies and turnaround options to improve school performance. Revises turnaround options available to a district, and requires state board approval of the option selected for implementation. Directs the state board to adopt rules relating to plans for implementing turnaround options. Requires districts, for the 2012-13 school year, to use 15% of their Title I funds to meet supplemental educational services requirements. Requires that supplemental educational services be provided in Title I schools to students performing at Level 1 or Level 2 on the FCAT. Requires each district to contract with department-approved supplemental educational service providers. Revises the contents of the annual report of statewide assessment program results. Requires school report cards to include the percent of students performing at or above grade level and making a year's learning growth in a year's time in reading and math. Revises certain criteria on which school letter grades are based, including permitting more than 50% of a high school's grade to be based on specified factors (previous legislation made specified factors 50% of a high school's letter grade). Includes Postseconary Education Readiness Test as part of calculation of high school's letter grade. Amends methodology for calculating a school district's grade. Requires district grades to be calculated using student performance and learning gains data on statewide assessments for students enrolled in a district for a full school year. http://myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Documents/loaddoc.aspx?FileName=_h7127er.docx&DocumentType=Bill&BillNumber=7127&Session=2012 Title: H.B. 7127 - School Improvement and Education Accountability Source: myfloridahouse.gov MN Signed into law 04/2012 P-12 Existing law establishes procedures for a charter school authorizer that has chartered multiple schools to withdraw as an approved authorizer. This new provision extends those procedures to an authorizer of a single charter school. Article 2, Sec. 9, Subd. 3 https://www.revisor.mn.gov/data/revisor/law/2012/0/2012-239.pdf Title: H.F. 2949 Source: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/ MN Signed into law 04/2012 P-12 Requires charter schools to publish on the school's official website board meeting minutes for at least one year, directory information for the board of directors and committees, contact information for the school's authorizer. Provides that the school may include information for the school's authorizer in other public materials. Requires the school to provide financial statements upon request from an individual. Requires charter schools to include in their annual reports the training attended by each board member in the previous year. Article 2, Sec. 10, Subd. 4 https://www.revisor.mn.gov/data/revisor/law/2012/0/2012-239.pdf Title: H.F. 2949 Source: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/ MN Signed into law 04/2012 P-12 Extends the length of a charter school's initial contract from up to 3 to up to 5 years. [Article 2, Sec. 11, Subd. 6] Repeals the provision that prohibited the Department or a charter school from assessing or paying an authorizer's fee. Adds a provision limiting authorizer's fees and fees for services specified in statute. [Article 2, Sec. 13, Subd. 15] Title: H.F. 2949 Source: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/ MN Signed into law 04/2012 P-12 Extends the power of a charter school's affiliated nonprofit building corporation. Article 2, Sec. 14, Subd. 17a https://www.revisor.mn.gov/data/revisor/law/2012/0/2012-239.pdf Title: H.F. 2949 Source: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/ MN Signed into law 04/2012 P-12 Provides that a charter school board may enter into a renewable agreement with a school district, within whose boundaries it operates, to enhance student achievement. Prohibits a charter school authorizer from requiring a collaboration agreement as a condition of entering into or renewing a charter. Provides that a school district does not need to be an authorizer and that the agreement may not impact the authority or autonomy of the charter school or cause the state to pay twice for a student, service or facility. Provides that such agreement may include collaboration regarding facilities, transportation, training, assessments, performance standards. Allows a school district to include the performance of the collaborative charter school tor purposes of student assessment and reporting to the state. Requires the collaborative parties be subject to the same state and federal accountability measures and that all accountability measures be posted on the district, charter, and authorizer website. Article 2, Sec. 15, Subd. 27 https://www.revisor.mn.gov/data/revisor/law/2012/0/2012-239.pdf Title: H.F. 2949 Source: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/ CO Signed into law 04/2012 P-12 The bill requires each charter school, effective July 1, 2013, to incorporate as a nonprofit corporation. The bill prohibits a board of education of a school district or the state charter school institute board (authorizer) from approving a charter application submitted by, or entering into a charter contract with, a for-profit entity. Beginning September 1, 2012, an authorizer may not renew a charter or charter contract with a for-profit entity.. http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2012a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/04F6DDE9FDD5F76087257981007E078C?Open&file=067_enr.pdf Title: S.B. 67 Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us LA Signed into law 04/2012 P-12 Amends the application process for charter schools and provides for a new type of chartering authority, known as local charger authorizers. Requires the state board to approve a common charter school application for use by all chartering authorities. Requires the board to recruit chartering groups the offer programs that address regional workforce needs, such programs may include technical education and industry-based certifications. Addresses the evaluation of and procedures related to charter applications. Addresses timelines for school boards o respond to charter applications. Requires the state board create a process for authorizing multiple charter schools for chartering groups that have demonstrated a record of success. Removes the existing requirements for charter school staff and requires that all instructional staff have at least a baccalaureate degree. Addresses charter school renewal, extension periods and performance. Requires the state board to establish procedures for certifying other entities, other than the board itself and local school boards, as local charter authorizers. State agencies and nonprofit corporations with an educational mission may be certified as local charter authorizers. An entity which has been certified by the board as a local charter authorizer may accept, evaluate, and approve applications for charter schools from chartering groups. Describes the state board's responsibilities related to monitoring and setting standards for local charter authorizers and the schools they charter. http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=793655 Title: H.B. 976 Source: http://www.legis.state.la.us CO Signed into law 04/2012 P-12 Revises information to be included in charter school application; makes requirements more specific and focused on performance, finances and governance. Revises responsibility of school districts with respect to charter school application, evaluation, renewal and revocation. Addresses requirements and procedures if charter school must implement a turnaround plan. Provisions also apply to institute charter schools. http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2012a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/7658F626024B85A387257981007E053D?Open&file=061_enr.pdf Title: S.B. 61 Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us KY Signed into law 04/2012 P-12 Creates a new section of KRS Chapter 156 to define "district of innovation" and related terms. Authorizes the state board to approve districts of innovation for the purposes of improving students' educational performance. Limit initial approval and subsequent renewals to five year periods. Requires that districts of innovation be provided flexibility from state and local policies in order for educators to meet students' diverse needs. Directs the state board to promulgate administrative regulations to prescribe the conditions and procedures for a local board to be approved as a district of innovation, and identifies specific components state board policy must address. Establishes eligibility requirements for districts applying for designation as a district of innovation. Prescribes the statutory requirements with which schools of innovation within districts of innovation must comply. Clarifies that only schools that choose to be designated as schools of innovation are to be included in a district's application, and that 70% of eligible employees, as defined, must approve a vote for the school to become a school of innovation before joining a district application. However, permits a local board to require a persistently low-achieving school to participate in the district's plan of innovation. Identifies areas in which districts may request approval of practices that are different than current statutory requirements. http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB37/bill.doc Title: H.B. 37 Source: www.lrc.ky.gov VA Signed into law 04/2012 P-12 Provides unsuccessful charter school applicants with an opportunity to testify before the Board of Education. The local school board must submit sufficient documentation as to the rationale for the denial or revocation of the charter school application and a detailed explanation demonstrating that the charter school is not in the public interest or for the welfare of the students eligible to attend the proposed charter school. The Board of Education continues to have no authority to grant or deny a public charter school application or to revoke or fail to renew a charter agreement. The bill also provides that (i) a local school board shall no longer have the discretion to revoke a charter if it finds the school is no longer in the public interest or for the welfare of the students; (ii) local school boards may elect whether charter school personnel are employees of the charter school or of the local school board granting the charter; (iii) the amount of funds provided to the charter school by the local school board shall not be less than 90 percent of the school division's state and local share of the Standards of Quality per pupil funding; and (iv) the local school board shall allow a public charter school to lease or purchase vacant or unused properties or real estate owned by the school board. http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+ful+HB1173ER+pdf Title: H.B. 1173/S.B. 440 Source: http://lis.virginia.gov/ OR Administrative Rules 04/2012 P-12 Shifts student special education responsibilities from resident school district to the district in which the charter school is located if student is enrolled in a charter school in another school district from which the student resides. Title: OAR 581-015-2005, 2010, 2040, 2075, 2080 Source: Westlaw/StateNet ME Signed into law 03/2012 P-12 Amends the law authorizing creation of public charter schools. Makes the following changes with regard to authorizers of public charter schools. Allows the Commissioner of Education to suspend an authorizer's authority to enter into new charter contracts if the commissioner finds that the authorizer is deficient in performing its functions. Clarifies the functioning of local school boards that join together to form a regional charter school. Clarifies membership and operations of the State Charter School Commission, including specifying that members who are appointed because of their membership on the State Board of Education continue to serve on the commission only as long as they are members of the State Board of Education. Provides that the transitional 10-school limit on public charter schools in current law applies only to schools approved by the commission. Requires a public charter school authorizer to give a public charter school written notice of deficiencies in the school and to provide written notice of the authorizer's charter revocation procedures and criteria Makes the following changes with regard to public charter schools. Provides that governing boards of public charter schools are subject to the same conflict of interest provisions as noncharter public school boards. Clarifies when public charter schools take over responsibility for special education services for a student transferring from a noncharter public school and clarifies special education funding. Changes the law regarding payment of special education funds to a public charter school authorized by a local school board by requiring that the payments be made to the local school board, not to the public charter school. Ensures that a public charter school student has the same access to career and technical education programs as students in the noncharter public school in the student's resident school administrative unit Under current laws, if a school administrative unit fails to make payment to a public charter school, the Treasurer of State is directed to withhold payments to that school administrative unit. This bill provides that the Treasurer of State may withhold those funds from the municipalities that are members of the school administrative unit. Finally, the bill provides that public charter schools have access to high-risk pools and emergency funds operated by the State or by the school's authorizer, but do not have access to local high-risk or emergency funds. http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0607&item=1&snum=125 Title: S.P. 607 Source: www.mainelegislature.org AZ Signed into law 03/2012 P-12 Requires a charter school sponsor to review a charter at five year intervals using a performance framework adopted by the sponsor. In implementing its oversight and administrative responsibilities, the sponsor is required to ground its actions in evidence of the charter holder's performance in accordance with the performance framework. Requires that the performance framework include academic performance expectations and measurements, operational expectations including adherence to all applicable laws and obligations of the contract, and intervention and improvement policies. Permits a sponsor to deny the request for charter renewal if the charter holder has failed to 1) meet or make sufficient progress toward academic performance expectations set forth in the performance framework or 2) meet the operational performance expectations set forth in the framework, or comply with the obligations of the contract. Requires a charter holder transferring sponsors to notify the current sponsor once the transfer has been approved and to notify parents or guardians of registered students of the intent to transfer and regarding the timing of the proposed transfer. Requires that the new sponsor enforce the improvement plan but permits modification based on performance. Permits a sponsor to charge an application fee to any applicant and establishes a new charter application processing fund. http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/50leg/2r/laws/0155.pdf Title: S.B. 1424 Source: azleg.gov ID Signed into law 03/2012 P-12 Amends Idaho Code 33-5203(2)(a) to remove the growth cap of six new public charter schools per year, and to remove the cap of one new public charter school per district per year. http://legislature.idaho.gov/legislation/2012/H0481.pdf Title: H.B. 481 Source: legislature.idaho.gov AR Adopted 02/2012 P-12 Outlines application requirements for public charter schools and state board approval for licenses for existing open-enrollment public charter schools. Outlines the basis and procedure for public charter school probation or charter modification, revocation or denial of renewal. Directs charter applicants, local school boards and the state board to carefully review the potential impact of an application for a public charter school on the efforts of a public school district or public school districts to comply with court orders and statutory obligations to create and maintain a unitary system of desegregated public schools. Directs all public charter schools shall observe and comply with all anti-discrimination laws. Outlines reporting requirements for public charter schools, including an annual report to the Department of Education outlining information including the number of students who dropped out, transferred or were expelled, and student scores on state assessments. Provides that public charter schools that receive federal dissemination grant funds from the Department of Education provide the Department of Education Charter School Office with a list of the public charter school's best or promising practices in accordance with their approved dissemination grant applications. Provides that the Department of Education make available the procedures for establishing a public charter school and that the dates and requirements are followed by applicants. Outlines application, authorization, renewal and state board hearing procedures for conversion public charter schools. Outlines teacher transfer procedures and hiring priorities in the instance of license revocation for conversion public schools. Outlines application, authorization, renewal and state board hearing procedures for open-enrollment public charter schools. Outlines the charter requirements and open-enrollment regulations and authority of open-enrollment public charter schools. Outlines teacher transfer procedures and hiring priorities in the instance of license revocation for conversion public schools. Directs that the state board provide a status report of the open-enrollment public charter school programs to the General Assembly, House Interim Committee on Education and the Senate Interim Committee on Education. Requires an annual audit and evaluation of open-enrollment public charter schools. Requires an open-enrollment public charter school, in its initial school year of operation, to provide monthly reports on its enrollment status and compliance with its approved budget for the current school year to the Department of Education. Provides that an open-enrollment public charter school receive funds equal to the amount that a public school would receive, and outlines funding procedures for schools adding grades. Provides that, in the first year of operation and in any year when a grade is added, the open-enrollment public charter school shall receive professional development funding based upon the initial projected enrollment student count. Dictates that, upon dissolution of the open-enrollment public charter school, all net assets become property of the state. Outlines regulations for new or renovated facilities. Defines limited public charter school as a public school that applies for a charter for alternative comprehensive staffing and compensation programs designed to enhance student and teacher performance and improve employee salaries, opportunities, and incentives. Outlines application procedures, teacher transfer and contract regulations, and state board hearing procedures. Provides that the Department of Education annually evaluate limited public charter schools. Sets forth rules applicable to the closure or dissolution of public charter schools. http://170.94.37.152/REGS/005.15.11-004F-12843.pdf Title: AR ADC 005.08.2-1.00 to AR ADC 005.08.2-8.00 Source: http://www.sos.arkansas.gov/rules_and_regs/ 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 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 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 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 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 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 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/ 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 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 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/ 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/ 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/ 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/ 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/ 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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/ 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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/ 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/ 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 PA Veto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 11/2010 P-12 Exempts all school property owned by a charter school, cyber charter, or an associated nonprofit foundation, or owned by a nonprofit corporation or foundation and leased to a charter or cyber charter school or associated nonprofit from real estate taxes. http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=PDF&sessYr=2009&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=0101&pn=4389 Title: H.B. 101 - Section 1722-A Source: http://www.legis.state.pa.us NV Adopted Regulations 10/2010 P-12 Revises various provisions relating to charter schools: Relates to one year renewal of license and fiscal condition of the charter . Title: NAC 386.180, 240, 320, 325, 345, 350, 405 Source: http://www.leg.state.nv.us/NAC/CHAPTERS.HTMl CA Vetoed 09/2010 P-12 Requires a charter school to submit a renewal petition to the chartering authority no later than September 15 prior to the expiration of the charter, or by an earlier or later date if mutually agreed upon by the chartering authority and the charter school to accommodate local circumstances. Requires the governing board of a school district or a county board of education to approve or deny a charter renewal petition no later than December 15 prior to the expiration of the charter. Requires a charter school that elects to appeal the denial of its renewal application to submit the application to the county board or the state board, as applicable, within 30 days of the date of the denial. Bill text: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/09-10/bill/asm/ab_2501-2550/ab_2543_bill_20100831_enrolled.pdf Governor's veto message: http://dl5.activatedirect.com/fs/distribution:letterFile/yvcee9xanplikz_files/z5mmchj7nopo6b?&_c=d|yvcee9xanplikz|z5msx9bcq0v1fm&_ce=1285799579.48ebb0e553436fe9cc5ef405f2acee33 Title: A.B. 2543 Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov CA Vetoed 09/2010 P-12 Specifies that charter schools are subject to state sunshine laws, the California Public Records Act and specified ethics and conflict-of-interest laws. Authorizes an individual to serve as a member of the governing body of a charter school and be employed in a separate position at that charter school. Requires a member of the governing body of a charter school to abstain from voting on any matter affecting his or her own employment or any personnel matter that uniquely affects a relative of the member. Makes provisions operative on July 1, 2011. Bill text: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/09-10/bill/asm/ab_0551-0600/ab_572_bill_20100903_enrolled.pdf Governor's veto message: http://dl5.activatedirect.com/fs/distribution:letterFile/yvcee9xanplikz_files/z5mlwf8hy7pkli?&_c=d|yvcee9xanplikz|z5msx9bcq0v1fm&_ce=1285799669.1f4a0538af041715c53d4add82796361 Title: A.B. 572 Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov CA Signed into law 08/2010 P-12 Makes clear that provisions protecting public school students' right to freedom of speech and of the press are also applicable to charter school students. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/09-10/bill/sen/sb_0401-0450/sb_438_bill_20100817_chaptered.pdf Title: S.B. 438 Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov NY Signed into law 07/2010 P-12 Sunsets on September 1, 2013 the mandate that the board of regents and the board of trustees of the state university of New York (SUNY) issue a request for proposals (RFP). Provides that if after September 1, 2013 either the board of regents or the SUNY board of trustees have any charters that have not yet been issued, they may be issued pursuant to RFPs issued in each succeeding year, without limitation as to when such RFPs may be issued, on the number of charters that may be issued. http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=%0D%0A&bn=S08017&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Memo=Y&Text=Y Title: S.B. 8017 Source: assembly.state.ny.us FL Signed into law 07/2010 P-12 Repeals Section 1002.335 creating the Florida Schools of Excellence Commission. Repeals provision related to appealing charter school applications to the Florida Schools of Excellence Commission. http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Documents/loaddoc.aspx?FileName=_h7037er.docx&DocumentType=Bill&BillNumber=7037&Session=2010 Title: HB 7037 - Sec 23 Source: http://www.myfloridahouse.gov LA Signed into law 06/2010 P-12 Updates and revises duties and responsibilities of the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education when reviewing and approving a proposed charter school. Updates focus primarily on student discipline policies and plans, and enrollment preferences. http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=722592 Title: H.B. 1487 Source: http://www.legis.state.la.us/ LA Signed into law 06/2010 P-12 Revises the process for submission, review, and approval of charter school proposals and renewal of charters. http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=722547 Title: H.B. 962 Source: http://www.legis.state.la.us/ HI Adopted 06/2010 P-12 The Department of Education has adopted Chapter 8-500, Hawaii Public Charter Schools Probation and Revocation Procedures. Title: 8-500-1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Source: AK Signed into law 06/2010 P-12 An Act relating to charter school approval and funding. Establishes a charter school facilities construction, lease and major maintenance grant program. Chapter 91. MANIFEST ERRORS ON THIS BILL. WILL BE REVIEWED http://www.legis.state.ak.us/basis/get_bill_text.asp?hsid=SB0235Z&session=26 Title: S.B. 235 Source: http://www.legis.state.ak.us RI Signed into law 06/2010 P-12 Rewrites charter school provisions. Establishes separate provisions for "district charter schools" (existing schools converting to charter status), "independent charter schools" (start-up charter schools created by nonprofit organizations or postsecondary institutions), and "mayoral academies" (schools created by a mayor). For each type of charter school, establishes legislative provisions relating to entities eligible to apply for a charter, procedure for creation of a charter school, process for consideration of a proposed charter, revocation of a charter, budgets and funding, and charter school reporting. http://www.rilin.state.ri.us/PublicLaws/law10/law10084.htm Title: H.B. 7867, S.B. 2734 Source: www.rilin.state.ri.us LA Signed into law 06/2010 P-12 Revises charter school review and approval process.Provides relative to the process for submission, review, and approval of charter school proposals and renewal of charters; to provide relative to the use of local school board facilities and property by a chartering group; and to provide for related matters. http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=714857 Title: S.B. 344 Source: http://www.legis.state.la.us OK Signed into law 06/2010 P-12 Creates the empowered schools and school districts act. Allows a public school, zone, or district to submit empowerment plans to the state board. Plans must include information such as: 1. A statement of the mission of the school, zone, or district and why designation as an empowered school, zone, or district would enhance the ability of the school, zone, or district to achieve its mission; 2. A description of the innovations the school, zone, or district would implement, which may include, but not be limited to, innovations in school staffing, curriculum and assessment, class scheduling, use of financial and other resources, and faculty recruitment, employment, evaluation, and compensation; 3. A listing of the programs, policies, or operational documents within the school, zone, or district that would be affected by the innovations identified by the school, zone, or district and the manner in which they would be affected. Details other expectations. http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/2009-10bills/SB/SB2330_ENR.RTF Title: S.B. 2330 Source: http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us NY Signed into law 05/2010 P-12 From New York Assembly "Summary of Provisions": This legislation provides for the establishment of a new process to issue charters. The board of regents and the Board of Trustees of the State University of New York (SUNY Trustees) are each authorized to develop a request for proposals process for 260 new charters that provides for thoughtful review of charter applications and ensures that growth in charter schools is targeted, planned, and geared toward high-performance standards. One hundred thirty of the new charters would be issued on the recommendation of the SUNY Trustees, of which no more than 57 may be for charter schools located in New York City. Of the additional 130 charters issued by the board of regents, no more than 57 may be for charter schools to be located in New York City. The first request for proposals pursuant to this process will be issued by August 1, 2010 for a maximum of 32 charters for each the board of regents and the SUNY trustees. The board of regents and the SUNY trustees must issue a new request for proposals on January 1, 2011, for 33 charters each, on January 1, 2012 for 32 charters each, and on September 1, 2013 for 33 charters each. Charter schools will have to meet enrollment and retention targets of students with disabilities, English language learners (ELLs), and students eligible for the free and reduced price lunch program (FRPLs) and undergo a rigorous public review process. A repeated failure to meet enrollment and retention targets could be grounds for revocation of a charter. The board of regents and the SUNY Trustees must develop a scoring rubric to grant priority to applications that best demonstrate several objectives, including: --increasing student achievement and decreasing student achievement gaps --increasing high school graduation rates and focusing on serving specific high school student populations, including students at risk of dropping out, re-enrolled dropouts, and students with academic skills below grade level --focusing on the academic achievement of middle school students --utilizing high quality assessments --using local instructional improvement systems that provide teachers, principals and administrators with the information they need to improve instructional practices, decisionmaking and overall effectiveness --partnering with low performing public schools to share best educational practices and innovations --demonstrating the management and leadership techniques to operate a thriving, financially viable charter school --demonstrating the support of the school district in which the proposed charter school will be located and the intent to establsih an ongoing relationship with the school district. New procedures are enacted for co-locations of charter schools in public school buildings in New York City. The chancellor would be required to develop a building usage plan for each co-located charter school, which would include information such as the actual allocation and sharing of classroom and administrative space, a proposal for the collaborative usage of shared resources (i.e., cafeterias, libraries, gymnasiums and recreational spaces such as playgrounds), building safety, and communication and collaborative decision-making strategies. An expedited appeal may be made regarding the determination to locate or co-locate a charter school in a public school building and the implementation of and compliance with the building usage plan. In addition, capital improvements or facility upgrades in excess of $5,000 made to a co-located charter school will require a matching capital improvement in the co-located non-charter public schools. In addition to establishing a new standardized charter issuance process, certain changes to the management and operation of charter schools will apply to charters issued pursuant to the request for proposals process, such as prohibiting for-profit corporations or entities from applying for, managing or operating any new charter schools, requiring State Education Department (SED) approval of plans and specifications and compliance with SED facility health, sanitary and safety requirements. In addition, the term of charters issued will be comprised of up to five instructional years. Several new measures are enacted to ensure greater accountability and transparency. Charter schools will be subject to audits of the state comptroller, and any comptroller audits must be included in the charter school's annual report. In addition, the charter school annual report, which currently includes academic data, financial statements, and the charter school report card, must be made more widely and publicly available. A new component is added to the annual report, requiring information on the charter school's efforts taken during the current year, and a plan for subsequent years; to meet or exceed enrollment and retention targets of students with disabilities, ELLs and FRPLs. The board of regent's annual report is also expanded to require a list of charter schools that closed in the previous year and the reasons for the closure. The board of regents is also required to annually review and make available to school districts the best practices employed by charter schools. Charter schools will be subject to the provisions of the general municipal law regarding code of ethics, including disclosure of interest, to the same extent as all public school districts. In addition, a charter school's board of trustees must establish a process for conducting and publicizing monthly board meetings held at the charter school. In addition, changes are made to the charter school law to provide that applicants may propose to establish schools to specifically serve students who are in need of special assistance and support, such as students with disabilities and English language learners. SED is required to develop a uniform application form for students applying to charter schools that will have to be made available by the charter school in the languages predominantly spoken in the community where the charter school is located. In addition, the commissioner of education is required to issue regulations to ensure that the enrollment lottery is conducted in an equitable manner and that the time and location of the lottery is publicized in a manner that is consistent with the open meetings law. http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=%0D%0A&bn=A11310&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Memo=Y&Text=Y Title: A.B. 11310 Source: assembly.state.ny.us NY Signed into law 05/2010 P-12 Makes a clarification to A.B. 11310 regarding the approval and issuance process for charters approved by the SUNY trustees. http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=%0D%0A&bn=A11311&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Memo=Y&Text=Y Title: A.B. 11311 Source: assembly.state.ny.us OK Signed into law 05/2010 P-12 Allows charter schools to be sponsored by a school district, technology center school district or higher education institution which has a school site listed on the school improvement list (under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act) or by the state board of education. Except for a charter school sponsored by the state board, a charter school created after the effective date of this act is required to give enrollment preference to eligible students who reside within the boundaries of the school district in which the charter school is located and who attend a school site listed on the school improvement list.A charter school sponsored by the State Board of Education is to limit admission to youth that are in the custody or supervision of the Office of Juvenile Affairs. Removes the cap on the number of charter schools. A similar bill, S.B. 1862, allows charter school sponsorship by federally recognized Indian tribes for the purpose of native language immersion instruction and removes the cap on the number of new charters established annually.H.B. 2753 also removes the cap. http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/2009-10bills/HB/HB2753_ENR.RTF Title: H.B. 2753 Source: http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us GA Signed into law 05/2010 P-12 Existing legislation defines "high school cluster" as a high school and all its feeder middle and elementary schools, including both public and charter schools. New provision specifies that a local board must not act on a petition for a conversion charter for a high school cluster (just as it may already not act on a petition for a conversion charter school) until the petition has been agreed to by a majority of faculty, instructional staff members, and parents. Adds new provision that, alternatively, a local board must not act on a petition for a conversion charter for a high school cluster until such petition has been approved by a majority of the school councils in the high school cluster and agreed to by at least 60% of the faculty, instructional staff members and parents present at a public meeting called to determine whether to submit the petition to the local board for approval. Requires each school council in the high school cluster to appoint two representatives to a committee to conduct the vote. http://www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/2009_10/pdf/sb457.pdf Title: S.B. 457 Source: www.legis.state.ga.us HI Signed into law 05/2010 P-12 Makes numerous changes related to charter school oversight and finance. Requires the charter school review panel to adopt a clear process with rigorous criteria (including student achievement as a significant factor) for charter schools to be authorized and reauthorized. Requires the charter school review panel to reauthorize a charter school no later than 4 years following the initial issue of the charter and every 6 years thereafter. Requires the charter school review panel to evaluate and investigate charter schools when concerns arise that necessitate the resolution or assistance with the resolution of legal, fiscal, health, safety and other serious issues. Requires the charter school administrative office to withhold up to 2% of the annual general fund allocation for its operational expenses, including salaries for staff and the executive director. Requires the charter school administrative office to annually report to the charter school review panel individual and aggregate expenditures of charter schools, clearly distinguishing between expenditures for operational and instructional purposes. Directs the office to develop a standardized method for charter schools to report expenditures and to determine which expenditures are for operational vs. instructional purposes. Provides that if any charter school fails to meet these reporting requirements, the office may retain a portion of that charter school's per-pupil allocation. Requires per-pupil allocation checks paid by the charter school administrative office to individual charter schools to be co-signed by the executive director of the charter school administrative office and an agent of the charter school review panel to encourage more intentional and well-informed financial decision-making. Increases the number of new start-up charter schools that may be authorized. Requires the department of education to make available vacant school facilities or portions of school facilities for use by charter schools, provided that the department may elect to use the facilities to support public education programs with preference given to instructional uses over administrative uses. Requires the department to notify the charter school review panel of the possibie availability of a public school as early as possible. Establishes a process for the selection of a charter school to use the vacant school facility. Provides circumstances under which the department must consider making all or portions of the school available for other educational purposes. Makes changes to charter school funding, including the creation of the charter schools account as a separate account in the state treasury, to further encourage fairness in funding and the availability of resources to charter schools. http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2010/Bills/SB2589_CD1_.HTM Title: S.B. 2589 Source: www.capitol.hawaii.gov CO Signed into law 05/2010 P-12 Creates the Charter School and Charter Authorizer Standards Review Committee which is charged with making recommendations to the state board of education and the educational committees concerning standards for such schools and authorizers. http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2010a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/DF1E0EFB0034EE8E8725770000706851?open&file=1412_enr.pdf Title: H.B. 1412 Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us/ CO Signed into law 05/2010 P-12 Authorizes a charter school to enter into contractual agreements with a board of cooperative services or another charter school for buildings and services; authorizes a board of cooperative services to contract with a district charter school or an institute charter school to provide services and buildings; authorizes charter schools to form charter school collaboratives to perform any function appropriately performed by a charter school; makes an appropriation. http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2010a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/4EB57F2E2E9DC4B5872576B0007BD1F1?open&file=161_enr.pdf Title: S.B. 161 Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us/ GA Signed into law 05/2010 P-12 20-2-326 defines: --"Career academy" as (1) a specialized charter school established by a partnership between one or more local boards of education and a technical school or college or (2) a small learning community where a student receives academic instruction at his/her assigned high school, along with work-based learning opportunities at an industry center or technical school or college --"Chronically low-performing high school" as one (1) with a graduation rate below 60% for three consecutive years (using the National Governors Association methodology), or (2) that has not made adequate yearly progress (AYP) for three consecutive years --"Choice technical high school" as a high school other than the one the student is assigned to by residence, designed to prepare a student for postsecondary education and employment. Provides a choice technical high school may be operated by a local school system or technical college. Also permits a choice technical high school to be operated as a charter school under a governance board comprised of parents, employers and representatives from the local school board --"Focused program of study" as a rigorous academic core combined with (1) a focus in math and science, (2) a focus in humanities, fine arts and foreign language, or (3) a coherent sequence of career pathway courses that prepares a student for postsecondary education or immediate employment after high school graduation. Also defines "small learning community" as a subset of high school students and teachers joined around a broad career or academic theme where teachers have common planning time to connect teacher assignments and assessments to college and career readiness standards. Provides that students voluntarily apply for enrollment in a small learning community but must be accepted, and such enrollment must be approved by the student's parent. Specifies that a small learning community also includes a career academy organized around a specific career theme and integrates academic and career instruction, provides work-based learning opportunities, and prepares students for postsecondary education and employment, in partnership with local employers, community organizations and postsecondary institutions. New Section 20-2-328 directs the state board of education, subject to legislative appropriation, to establish a competitive grant program for local school systems to implement school reform measures in selected high schools. Requires the state board to establish grant criteria, which must include that priority for grants be given to chronically low-performing high schools. Directs the state board to develop, for high schools receiving a grant, an evidence-based model for serving at-risk students, which must focus on specified elements designed to increase student achievement; reduce dropout; help students and their parents set and achieve career and educational goals; and help students learn and apply study skills, coping skills and other habits that produce successful students and adults. Requires that the at-risk model program include: (1) Diagnostic assessments (2) A process for identifying at-risk students, closely monitored by the department of education to ensure that students are properly identified and receive timely and appropriate guidance and assistance, and to ensure no group is disproportionately represented (3) An evaluation component in each high school to ensure programs provide students an opportunity to earn a high school diploma. Identifies components the at-risk model program may include to facilitate 9th grade success, such as: (1) Flexible scheduling to increase student time in language/arts and math to eliminate academic deficiencies (2) Ninth grade student-teacher ratios no higher than those in any other grade in the high school (3) Using effective teachers as leaders for teacher teams in 9th grade to improve instructional planning, delivery and reteaching strategies (4) Assigning teacher mentors to meet frequently with students to provide planned lessons on study skills and other "habits of success" to help students become independent learners and help them receive the assistance they need to pass 9th grade (5) Ninth grade career courses incorporating a series of miniprojects throughout the school year that require the application of grade-level reading, math and science skills to complete, require students to use a range of technology, and help students explore a range of educational and career options to help them formulate post high school goals and give them a reason to stay in school and work toward achieving their stated goals. Requires the state board to adopt rules for chronically low-performing high schools receiving a reform grant, to make the high schools more relevant to and effective for all students. Requires that such rules encourage high schools to implement a comprehensive school reform research-based model that focuses on eight specified elements, including setting high expectations for all students and fostering collaboration among academic and career/technical teachers. New Section 20-2-329 requires high schools receiving a reform grant per Section 20-2-328 to provide focused programs of study that, whether offered at a choice technical high school, a career academy, a traditional high school, or on site at a two- or four-year postsecondary institution: (1) Are aligned with state board-set graduation requirements, including 4 years of math and 4 years of English with an emphasis on developing reading and writing skills to meet college and career readiness standards (2) Implement a teacher adviser system (3) Provide students in grades 9-12 with information on educational programs offered in high school, two- and four-year institutions, and through apprenticeship programs and how these programs can lead to a variety of career fields. Requires that districts offer opportunities for field trips, job shadowing and other means to help students and their parents in revising, if appropriate, the student's individual graduation plan. (4) Enroll students by grade 9 into one of the following options for earning a high school diploma and preparing students for postsecondary education and a career which will include a structured program of academic study with in-depth studies in: (A) Mathematics and science; (B) Humanities, fine arts, and foreign language; or (C) A career pathway that leads to passing an employer certification exam in a high demand, high skill, or high wage career field or to an associate's degree or bachelor's degree. (5) Implement the state board-developed at-risk model program (6) Schedule annual conferences to help students and their parents set educational and career goals and create individual graduation plans Directs the state board to adopt rules necessary to carry out the provisions of this bill. http://www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/2009_10/pdf/hb400.pdf Title: H.B. 400 - New Section 20-2-326, 328 and 329 Source: NH Signed into law 05/2010 P-12 Removes the prohibition on approval of new chartered public schools between July 1, 2009 and June 30, 2011 and authorizes the state board of education to issue approval of chartered public schools within that same time period. Changes the renewal term for a chartered public school from 7 years to 5 years. http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/2010/HB1495.html Title: H.B. 1495 Source: http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/ MN Signed into law 05/2010 P-12 Requires charter schools that elect to provide a screening program to comply with the requirements of the early childhood health and development screening program. Requires charter schools that provide screening to inform families that apply for admission to the charter school. Requires charter schools that provide early childhood health and developmental screening to comply with the requirements of the program. https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bin/bldbill.php?bill=S2505.1.html&session=ls86 Title: S.F. 2505 Source: https://www.revisor.mn.gov AZ Signed into law 05/2010 P-12 Authorizes public universities or a community college district with an enrollment of at least 15,000 full-time students or a group of community college districts with a combine enrollment of at least 15,000 full-time students to sponsor a charter school. Limits the number of approved applications to two in fiscal year 2010-2011, three in fiscal year 2011-2012 and four in fiscal year 2012-2013. Requires the governing body of a charter school to transmit a copy of its proposed budget or the summary of the proposed budget and a notice of the public hearing to the state department of education for posting on the department's website no later than 10 days before the hearing and meeting. Stipulates that if the charter school maintains a website, then the governing body must post a copy of its proposed budget or the summary of the proposed budget and a notice of the public meeting. Chapter 332 http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/49leg/2r/bills/hb2725s.pdf Title: H.B. 2725--Multiple Provisions Source: http://www.azleg.gov AZ Signed into law 05/2010 P-12 Allows the state board of education or the state board for charter schools to approve a charter application if the proposed sponsor determines that the applicant is sufficiently qualified to operate a charter school and is applying to operate as a separate charter holder by considering whether: (1) The schools have separate governing boards, governing body membership, staff, facilities and student population. (2) Daily operations are carried out by different administrators. (3) The applicant intends to have an affiliation agreement for the purpose of providing enrollment preferences. (4) The applicant's charter management organization has multiple charter holders serving varied garde configurations on one physical site or nearby sites serving one community. (5) It is reconstituting an existing school site population at the same or a new site. (6) It is reconstituting an existing grade configuration from a prior charter holder with at least one grade remaining on the original site with the other grade or grades moving to a new site. Allows a charter school to give enrollment preference and reserve capacity to pupils who attended another charter schol if the charter school previously attended by the pupil has identical charter holder, board, and governing board membership as the enrolling school, provided that any school that elects to give enrollment preferences are treated as a single charter school for the purpose of establishing their support level weights. Chapter 305 http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/49leg/2r/bills/sb1282s.pdf Title: S.B. 1282 Source: http://www.azleg.gov CT Signed into law 05/2010 P-12 Requires the state board of education by July 1, 2011to adopt regulations to: (1) prohibit a charter school and any affiliated charter management organization operating such charter school from sharing board members with other charter schools and such charter management organizations; (2) require the disclosure of sharing management personnel; (3) prohibit unsecured, noninterest bearing transfers of state and federal funds between charter schools and from charter schools to charter management organizations; (4) define allowable direct or indirect costs and the methodology to be used by charter management organizations to calculate per pupil service fees; and (5) permit charter management organizations to collect private donations for purposes of distributing to charter schools. http://www.cga.ct.gov/2010/ACT/PA/2010PA-00111-R00SB-00438-PA.htm Title: S.B. 438 - Sec. 15 Source: http://www.cga.ct.gov CT Signed into law 05/2010 P-12 Permits a board of education for a priority school district to, through agreement with the organizations designated or elected as the exclusive representatives of the teachers' and administrators' units, convert an existing public school into an innovation school or establish a new school as an innovation school, for purposes of improving school performance and student achievement; defines "innovation school" and requires innovation schools to operate under an innovation plan; and directs the district superintendent to annually evaluate innovation schools. http://www.cga.ct.gov/2010/ACT/PA/2010PA-00111-R00SB-00438-PA.htm Title: S.B. 438 - Sec. 6 Source: http://www.cga.ct.gov CT Signed into law 05/2010 P-12 Elminates enrollment caps for high-performing charter schools. Statutory enrollment caps prohibit charter schools from enrolling (1) more than 250 students, or in the case of a K-8 charter school, more than 300 students, or (2) 25% of the enrollment of the school district in which the charter school is to be located, whichever is less. http://www.cga.ct.gov/2010/ACT/PA/2010PA-00111-R00SB-00438-PA.htm Title: S.B. 438 - Sec. 12 Source: http://www.cga.ct.gov OK Signed into law 04/2010 P-12 Requires that a charter school sponsored by a board of education of a school district be considered a local education agency for purposes of federal funding. http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/2009-10bills/SB/SB2212_ENR.RTF Title: S.B. 2212 Source: http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us MS Signed into law 04/2010 P-12 Creates a New Start School Program. Requires a New Start School to be established in each public school that is considered failing. Provides for the conversion of underperforming schools into conversion charter schools, for contracts relating to such conversion, and for sources of funding. Allows a conversion charter school to apply for federal Race to the Top funding. Establishes provisions relating to professional development, employee evaluation, and per diem restrictions for school board members. http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2010/pdf/SB/2200-2299/SB2293SG.pdf Title: S.B. 2293 Source: http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us UT Signed into law 03/2010 P-12 Postsec. Community College Allows an individual or entity to enter into an agreement with a board of trustees of a higher education institution to establish and operate a charter school. Establishes procedures for state approval, opening and operation of a charter school chartered through an agreement with a higher education institution. Allows a fee to be charged for the board of trustees' costs in providing oversight of and technical support to the charter school. Specifies the responsibilities of a board of trustees that authorizes a charter school. Requires a campus board of directors of a college campus within the Utah College of Applied Technology to obtain approval from the Utah College of Applied Technology Board of Trustees before entering into an agreement to establish and operate a charter school. http://le.utah.gov/~2010/bills/sbillenr/sb0055.pdf Title: S.B. 55 Source: le.utah.gov UT Signed into law 03/2010 P-12 Removes a statutorily imposed cap on the maximum number of students who may be enrolled in charter schools each year. Allows the state board of education to approve an increase in charter school enrollment capacity in the 2012-13 school year or thereafter, subject to the legislature appropriating funds for the increase. http://le.utah.gov/~2010/bills/hbillenr/hb0149.pdf Title: H.B. 149 - Section 1 and 2 Source: le.utah.gov UT Signed into law 03/2010 P-12 Expands the membership of the state board of education by including a member of the state charter school board as a nonvoting member. Removes a statutory enrollment cap on charter schools. Allows the state board to approve an increase in charter school enrollment capacity, beginning in the 2012-13 school year, subject to legislative appropriation. Establishes state board and state charter school board procedures if the legislature does not appropriate funds for an increase in charter school enrollment capacity that has been tentatively approved by the state board. Modifies procedures for admitting students to charter schools and transferring from a charter school to a school district or another charter school. Modifies conflict of interest provisions applicable to charter school officers. Provides for the nomination by the state charter school board of members of a committee that reviews requests for loans to charter schools. http://le.utah.gov/~2010/bills/sbillenr/sb0188.pdf Title: S.B. 188 Source: le.utah.gov VA Signed into law 03/2010 P-12 Requires the public charter school applicant to submit its proposed charter application to the Board of Education for review, comment, and a pre- certification recommendation prior to the submission of such application to a local school board; provides for a petition for reconsideration. http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?101+ful+SB737ER+pdf Title: S.B. 737/H.B. 1390 Source: http://leg1.state.va.us RI Signed into law 03/2010 P-12 Allows for the expansion of charter public schools (from limit of 25 to limit of 35); permits the revocation of an existing public school charter if after three (3) years of operation the charter school has not demonstrated success. (After three (3) consecutive years of operation, is not a "high performing charter school," which is defined as a charter school that has demonstrated overall success, including: (i) Substantial progress in improving student achievement; and (ii) The management and leadership necessary to establish a thriving, financially viable charter school.) Public Law. No. 2010-3 http://www.rilin.state.ri.us/PublicLaws/law10/law10003.htm Title: H.B. 7208, S.B. 2406 Source: http://www.rilin.state.ri.us OR Signed into law 03/2010 P-12 Prohibits a public charter school, a district school board or a public or private provider of educational services from offering money or other consideration to a student, parent or legal guardian of a student or another entity for benefit of a student, parent or legal guardian in return for the student electing to receive or receiving educational services from a specific provider or as promise of payment that provider used as incentive for the student to enroll in a program. Chapter 53 http://www.leg.state.or.us/10ss1/measpdf/hb3600.dir/hb3688.en.pdf Title: H.B. 3688A Source: http://www.leg.state.or.us SD Signed into law 03/2010 P-12 Provides for the establishment of a pilot charter school in the state if the Department of Education receives a federal grant under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to fund such school; provides the application plan process for any entity seeking to establish a charge school; provides that American Indian students from federally recognized tribes shall be given enrollment priority; provides no school established may generate or request local property tax revenue from the local school district. http://legis.state.sd.us/sessions/2010/Bills/SB63ENR.pdf Title: S.B. 63 Source: http://legis.state.sd.us NM Signed into law 03/2010 P-12 Requires a charter school, during its planning year, to file a minimum of three status reports with the chartering authority and the Department of Education for the purpose of demonstrating that the charter school's implementation progress is consistent with the conditions, standards and procedures of its approved charter. http://nmlegis.gov/Sessions/10%20Regular/final/HB0074.pdf Title: H.B. 74 Source: http://nmlegis.gov/ UT Signed into law 02/2010 P-12 Provides that if monies appropriated to charter schools to replace local property taxes are less than the amount prescribed by a statutory funding formula, monies must be allocated among charter schools in proportion to each charter school's share of the total enrollment in charter schools. Also provides that if monies appropriated for charter school administrative costs are insufficient to provide the amount per student prescribed in statute, the appropriation must be allocated among charter schools in proportion to each charter school's share of the total enrollment in charter schools. Repeals Section 53A-17a-104, "Amount of state's contribution toward minimum school program" and 53A-21-501, "State contribution to capital outlay programs". http://le.utah.gov/~2010/bills/hbillenr/hb0001.pdf Title: H.B. 1 Source: le.utah.gov IA Signed into law 01/2010 P-12 Excerpts from the fiscal note: modifies Iowa Code to meet the requirements of the federal Race to the Top (RTTT) initiative. . . [e]nactment of the Bill will qualify school districts with persistently lowest achieving schools eligible to receive U.S. Department of Education School improvement grants. The Bill provides the following: • Eliminates the repeal of Iowa's Charter School legislation. Under current law, Code Chapter 256F will be repealed July 1, 2011. • Eliminates the cap on the number of charter schools that may be authorized in the State. • Creates Innovation Zone schools consisting of two or more school districts and an area education agency with the goal of improving student learning. • Directs the Department of Education director to require persistently lowest-achieving schools to implement at least one of the interventions mandated by the U.S. Department of Education. Assumptions: If the State of Iowa is awarded a RTTT grant, the Department of Education would retain 50.0% of the award and the remaining 50.0% would be allocated to participating school districts. Any administration, implementation, and additional staff costs incurred by the Department as a result of the RTTT requirements would be funded with RTTT grant funds. Additionally, it is assumed that the Department would also cover school district staff training costs as a result of the RTTT initiative through RTTT grant funds. Fiscal Impact: No State General Fund impact is anticipated. If Iowa is awarded a Race to the Top grant, the estimated federal grant could total between $60.0 - $175.0 million between FY 2011 – FY 2014. If Iowa is awarded School Improvement grants for the persistently lowest achieving schools, the estimated grant could total approximately $18.0 million (maximum of $500,000 per eligible school). http://coolice.legis.state.ia.us/Cool-ICE/default.asp?Category=BillInfo&Service=Billbook&ga=83&hbill=SF2033 Title: S.B. 2033 Source: http://coolice.legis.state.ia.us MA Signed into law 01/2010 P-12 Directs the department of education to study the possibility of allowing students living outside of the commonwealth who are eligible to attend public schools operating in the same geographic area as a charter school or a regional charter school to be eligible to attend the charter or regional charter school. (Section 14) http://www.mass.gov/legis/bills/senate/186/st02/st02247.htm Title: S.B. 2247; (NEW BILL) Source: http://www.mass.gov MA Signed into law 01/2010 P-12 Directs the department education to draft a model policy for school districts regarding the grade placement and eligibility for high school graduation of students leaving a charter school and seeking to enroll in a district school.  In drafting the model policy, the department shall confer with school districts and commonwealth charter schools. The model policy shall be made available not later than December 31, 2010. (Section 11) http://www.mass.gov/legis/bills/senate/186/st02/st02247.htm Title: S.B. 2247; (NEW BILL) Source: http://www.mass.gov MA Signed into law 01/2010 P-12 Requires charter schools whose charter was granted before January 1, 2010 to have a recruitment and retention plan in effect for the 2011-2012 school year or at the time of its next charter renewal, whichever occurs first. (Section 12) http://www.mass.gov/legis/bills/senate/186/st02/st02247.htm Title: S.B. 2247; (NEW BILL) Source: http://www.mass.gov MA Signed into law 01/2010 P-12 Repeals and replaces existing policies relating to charter schools. http://www.mass.gov/legis/bills/senate/186/st02/st02247.htm Title: S.B. 2247; (NEW BILL) Source: http://www.mass.gov MI Signed into law 01/2010 P-12 Part of Michigan's Race to the Top Legislation. Provides for the creation of up to 10 new charter schools that will be known as "schools of excellence." These schools could be authorized by local and intermediate school districts, community colleges, and public universities. The first 5 new "schools of excellence" must be schools offering one or more high school grades (9-12). The legislation also provides for the creation of two K-12 cyber schools. These schools, which would also fall under the rubric of schools of excellence, are to provide full-time instruction to students through online learning, and the entities establishing them must demonstrate experience in serving urban and at-risk students through an educational model involving a significant cyber component. http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2009-2010/publicact/htm/2009-PA-0205.htm Title: S.B. 981 - Part 6E Source: http://www.legislature.mi.gov OH Signed into law 12/2009 P-12 Authorizes specified community schools (charter schools) to operate as conversion schools. Authorizes the governing authority of specified community schools to enter into a contract with a different sponsor that is either a local board, governing board of an educational service center, or sponsoring authority designated by the board of trustees of a state university (or the board of trustees itself), provided the school was rated in need of continuous improvement or better for the 2008-09 school year and the sponsor approves the change in sponsorship. Specifies that the department may not consider a community school's performance ratings during its first two years of operation when determining whether the school meets certain criteria for accountability sanctions. Directs the department to reevaluate each community school that the department directed to close at the conclusion of the 2009-10 school year to determine if the school still meets the sanctions criteria when the school's performance ratings for its first two years of operation are not considered and, if the school no longer meets those criteria, prohibits the department from requiring the school to close at the conclusion of that school year. Pages 22-25 of 29: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/BillText128/128_HB_290_EN_N.pdf Title: H.B. 218 - Charter Schools Source: www.legislature.state.oh.us UT Adopted 12/2009 P-12 Repeals language detailing the State Charter School Board's accountability review process. Requires that all charter schools be accredited by the Northwest Association of Accredited Schools (NAAS). Clarifies that a parent school and all satellites must be considered a single local education agency (LEA) for purposes of public school funding and reporting. Requires that charter schools be in compliance with their charter agreement, as maintained by the state office of education (with the presumption that the agreement maintained by the USOE is the official and complete agreement). http://www.rules.utah.gov/publicat/bulletin/2009/20091001/32979.htm Title: R277-470 Source: www.rules.utah.gov WY Adopted 11/2009 P-12 Establishes new rules relating to charter schools. http://legisweb.state.wy.us/ARULES/ER09-21.htm Title: Chapter 32 Source: http://legisweb.state.wy.us WI Signed into law 11/2009 P-12 Extends the duty to consider the principles and standards for quality charter schools established by the National Association of Charter School Authorizers when they establish or contract for the establishment of a charter school. http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2009/data/SB-373.pdf Title: S.B. 373 Source: Legislative Council Act Memo NV Rule Adoption 10/2009 P-12 Establishes provisions governing finances and budgets of charter schools and university schools for profoundly gifted pupils. www.leg.state.nv.us/NAC/CHAPTERS.HTMl Title: NAC 386, 387 Source: www.leg.state.nv.us/l CA Signed into law 10/2009 P-12 From Legislative Counsel's Digest: Amends existing law which requires that, prior to receiving funding, title to property used for a charter school facilities project shall be held by the school district in which the facility is to be physically located, in trust, for the benefit of the state public school system. Authorizes a local governmental entity or a charter school to hold title to charter school project facilities. Requires applicants, prior to the release of funds for site acquisition or new construction final apportionments, to provide documentary evidence that the school district in which the facility is to be physically located, a local governmental entity, or the charter school holds title to the project facilities, subject to specified conditions. Authorizes a charter school to request a school district to transfer title to project facilities to an entity authorized by the bill if the district entered into an agreement, prior to January 1, 2010, to hold title to the project facilities. Authorizes a school district that receives such a request to transfer the title to the entity designated in the request pursuant to terms and conditions mutually agreed upon by the district and the charter school. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/09-10/bill/sen/sb_0551-0600/sb_592_bill_20091011_chaptered.pdf Title: S.B. 592 Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov IL Signed into law 08/2009 P-12 Requires charter schools to run criminal history records checks and checks of the Statewide Child Murderer and Violent Offender Against Youth Database of applicants for employment. Increases from 14 to 30 days the time period for the state board to approve charter proposals. Pages 46-53 of 63: http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/SB/PDF/09600SB1977lv.pdf Title: S.B. 1977 - Charter Schools Source: www.ilga.gov NH Signed into law 08/2009 P-12 Requires that pupils attending an approved chartered public school be counted in the average daily membership in residence. http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/2009/HB0169.html Title: H.B. 169 Source: http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/ IL Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 Increases statewide charter school cap and charter school cap for Chicago. Above and beyond caps, permits five Chicago charters (and specified numbers of campuses and enrollment seats within those five charters) to be devoted to serving returning high school dropouts. Requires charter schools to submit to the state board of education a copy of their audit and Form 990. Increases time frame for state board to approve a charter school proposal. Adds procedures for a charter school to respond to a proposed revocation of its charter. Beginning with the 2012-13 school year, requires at least 75% of instructional staff in established charter schools to hold teacher certification; for charter schools established after these provisions are enacted, requires 75% of instructional staff to be certified by the beginning of the 4th school year in which students are enrolled in the school. Provides charter schools statewide are exempt from caps on the number of employees who may be enrolled in alternative certification programs. Requires state board to report findings of charter school evaluation every two years rather than annually. Establishes an Independent Charter School Authorizer Task Force to study the need for an independent charter school authorizer in the state. Directs the task force to report its findings and recommendations to the governor and legislature by January 2010. Defines "contract school" as a Chicago attendance center run by a for- or not-for-profit private entity on contract to provide instructional and other services to a majority of the students enrolled in the attendance center. Defines "contract turnaround school" as an experimental Chicago contract school created to implement alternative governance in an attendance center subject to restructuring or similar intervention under NCLB that has not made adequate yearly progress (AYP) for 5 consecutive years. Provides that a Chicago school placed on probation that fails to make adequate progress in correcting deficiencies after one year may be converted to a contract turnaround school. Specifies the Chicago school board may operate no more than 30 contract schools, plus up to 5 contract turnaround schools. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/SB/PDF/09600SB0612lv.pdf Title: S.B. 612 Source: www.ilga.gov IL Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 Requires that a charter school comply with all provisions of the Educational Labor Relations Act. Provides that "educational employer" under the Educational Labor Relations Act includes the governing body of a charter school, a contract school or contract turnaround school or a subcontractor of instructional services of a school district, combination of school districts, charter school, or contract school or contract turnaround school. Specifies that "educational employer" under the Educational Labor Relations Act does not include an approved nonpublic special education facility that contracts with a school district or combination of school districts to provide special education services. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/SB/PDF/09600SB1984lv.pdf Title: S.B. 1984 Source: www.ilga.gov DC Emergency Rule Re-Adoption 07/2009 P-12 Reflects the status of current law with a clear enunciation of charter school special education responsibilities. http://www.osse.dc.gov/seo/lib/seo/DCMR_Notice.pdf Title: DCMR Title 5, Chapter 30, Section 3019 Source: www.osse.dc.gov NH Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 Separates the open enrollment provisions from the chartered public school statute and establishes a new chapter on open enrollment schools. http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/2009/HB0688.html Title: H.B. 688 Source: http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us OH Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 Partially from DOE summary of H.B. 1: Eliminates the two-year wait before the department of education begins issuing annual report cards for a community school. Provides that the ratings a community school receives for its first two full school years will not be considered toward automatic closure of the school or any other matter that is based on report card ratings. Clarifies that the department of education's authority to oversee and monitor community school sponsors applies to all sponsors, regardless of whether or not they must initially be approved by the department for sponsorship. Requires the department's annual report on community schools to include the performance of community school sponsors. Provides that a contract may be signed with an existing community school operator only if at least one school has a rating higher than "academic watch". Permits the conversion of a building operated by a joint vocational school district board of education into a community school, in the same manner as a building operated by a city, local, or exempted village school district board of education or an education service center governing board may be converted under current law. Permits a community school, beginning in the 2009-2010 school year, to operate from its current facility, rather than relocating to another school district, if the school meets the following criteria: (1) it has been located in its current facility for at least three years, (2) it is sponsored by a school district adjacent to the district in which the school is located, (3) it emphasizes serving gifted students, and (4) it has been rated continuous improvement or higher for the previous three years. Pages 1221-1232 of 3120: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/BillText128/128_HB_1_EN_N.pdf Link to DOE summary of H.B. 1: http://www.ode.state.oh.us/GD/DocumentManagement/DocumentDownload.aspx?DocumentID=71635 Title: H.B. 1 - Section 3314.012, 3314.015, 3314.016 and 3314.02 Source: OH Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 Provides that any early college high school operated by a big eight school district in partnership with a private university may operate as a new start-up community school (charter school) beginning in the 2007-08 school year if all of the following conditions are met: (1) The governing authority and school sponsor enter into a contract in accordance with Section 3314.03 and both parties sign the contract by July 2007. (2) The school's governing authority enters into a contract with the private university under which the university will be the school's operator. (3) The school provides the same educational program the school provided while part of the big eight school district. Pages 2833-2834 of 3120: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/BillText128/128_HB_1_EN_N.pdf Title: H.B. 1 - Section 265.50.90 Source: www.legislature.state.oh.us OH Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 Specifies that no community school (charter school) that began operation after May 1, 2005 may be operated from a home. Page 2833 of 3120: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/BillText128/128_HB_1_EN_N.pdf Title: H.B. 1 - Section 265.50.80 Source: www.legislature.state.oh.us OH Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 Section 3306.29: Establishes the Ohio school funding advisory council. Directs the council, by December 1, 2010 and every other year thereafter, to provide recommendations to the state board, the general assembly and the public for revisions to the adequacy components of the evidence-based school funding model . Requires that the recommendations be based on current, high quality research, information provided by school districts, and best practices in operational efficiencies. Requires that the December 2010 recommendations include analysis of the funding model's adequacy in financing for special education, gifted education services, career-technical education, arts education, services for limited English proficient students, and early college high schools. Also requires the 2010 report to include: (1) Recommendations for a student-centered evidence-based model that uses a per-pupil level of funding to follow a student to the school that best meets the student's individual learning needs (2) A study of the extent to which current funding for joint vocational school districts and compact and comprehensive career-technical schools is responsive to state, regional and local business and industry needs, and recommendations for revisions to career-technical education programming and funding (3) A study of the extent to which the current educational service center system supports school districts in academic achievement, teacher quality, shared educational services, and the purchasing of educational services and commodities, and recommendations for a new regional service delivery system, the educational service system governance structure, and accountability metrics for educational service centers (4) A study of existing teacher compensation and retirement benefits structures, and recommendations for changes to the systems of teacher compensation and retirement benefits to improve the connections between teacher compensation, teaching excellence and higher levels of student learning (5) A consideration of whether community schools (charter schools) and STEM schools should be subject to the expenditure and reporting standards and accountability requirements that apply to school districts (6) An analysis of the effects of open enrollment on students and districts, and recommendations for ensuring that open enrollment policies and financing are equitable for students and districts. Authorizes the council's analyses and recommendations for 2010 or subsequent biennia to address (but not be limited to): (1) Strategies and incentives to promote cost-saving measures and efficiencies (2) Options for adding learning time to the learning year, such as moving educator professional development to summer, adding learning time for children with greater educational needs, accounting for learning time by hours instead of days, and appropriate compensation to districts and staff for providing additional learning time (3) The adequacy of the model's accounting for and financing of operational costs, including district-level administration and administrative and transportation challenges experienced by low-density and low-wealth school districts, and the effect of those costs on student achievement (4) The accuacy of the calculation of each component of the funding model, and the model as a whole, in light of current educational needs and practices, and best practices (5) Options to encourage districts and schools already attaining "excellent" ratings under the state accountability system to go beyond state standards and aspire to higher international norms. Section 3306.291: Establishes a subcommittee of the Ohio school funding advisory council to study and make recommendations to foster collaboration between school districts and community schools. Directs the subcommittee to recommend fiscal strategies, including changes to the evidence-based funding model, that will provide incentives and compensation for districts and community schools to enter into collaborative agreements resulting in creative and innovative academic programming, and academic and fiscal efficiency. Directs the subcommittee to report its findings and recommendations to the general assembly by September 2010, and periodically thereafter at the direction of the state superintendent. Section 3306.292: Permits the Ohio school funding advisory council to establish additional subcommittees. Leaves the membership and duties of the additional subcommittees to the discretion of the advisory council. Provides that up to one-half of the members of each additional subcommittee may be individuals who are not members of the council. Pages 1103-1106 of 3120: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/BillText128/128_HB_1_EN_N.pdf Title: H.B. 1 - Section 3306.29, 3306.291 and 3306.292 Source: www.legislature.state.oh.us AZ Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 Concerns the open meeting law and public meetings; relates to minutes; relates to posting on a website of notice; includes notice by the governing bodies of charter schools; relates to emergencies. Chapter 27 http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/49leg/1r/bills/sb1303s.pdf Title: S.B. 1303 Source: http://www.azleg.gov/ LA Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 Relates to charter schools; removes the cap on the number of charter schools that can be created; provides relative to the fee that a school chartering authority may charge a charter school for certain administrative overhead costs; provides relative to fee amounts; requires chartering authorities to provide certain budget and use information relative to administrative fees to charter schools. http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=667635 Title: H.B. 519 Source: http://www.legis.state.la.us AZ Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 Concerns charter schools; relates to charter renewal period and a review of academic performance data. Chapter 117 http://www.azleg.gov/FormatDocument.asp?inDoc=/legtext/49leg/1r/summary/s.1386ed.doc.htm Title: S.B. 1386 Source: http://www.azleg.gov/ AZ Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 Requires municipalities and counties to allow a charter school to be established at a location in which schools operated by a school district are not prohibited by the zoning regulations of the county or municipality; permits a county or municipality to adopt zoning regulations that prohibit a charter school from operating in certain single family residences; provides that the construction and development of a charter school facility shall be subject to the building code of a municipality. Chapter 98 http://www.azleg.gov/FormatDocument.asp?inDoc=/legtext/49leg/1r/summary/h.hb2099_07-01-09_astransmittedtogovenor.doc.htm Title: H.B. 2099 Source: http://www.azleg.gov/ AZ Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 Provides for the property tax classification of property leased to a not-for-profit charter school; exempts property that is owned by an educational, religious or charitable organization and leased to a not for profit educational organization from taxation; clarifies the property tax classification of certain property belonging to shopping centers. Chapter 87 http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/49leg/1r/bills/hb2346s.pdf Title: H.B. 2346 Source: http://www.azleg.gov MO Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 Department of Elementary and Secondary Education is to commission a study comparing performance of charter school students with an equivalent group of district students representing an equivalent demographic and geographic population that will be conducted by the Joint Comittee on Education. Study will examine charter schools' impact on the constituents of the district by using a contractor through a proposal process. Study must include an analysis of the administrative and instructional practices of each charter school and include findings on best practices that lend themselves to replication or incorporation in other schools. Student performance assessment must include, but may not be limited to: MAP test performance; student re-enrollment rates; educator, parent and student satisfaction data; graduation rates and performance of students enrolled in the same public school for three or more consecutive years. http://www.senate.mo.gov/09info/bills/sb291.htm Title: S.B. 291--Charter Schools Source: http://www.senate.mo.gov OH Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 Clarifies language to specify that charter schools must adminster state assessments provided for in section 3313.612. Provides that a high school or an elementary school may consist of less than one or more than one organizational unit, as defined in sections 3306.02 and 3306.04. Pages 1019-1020 of 3120: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/BillText128/128_HB_1_EN_N.pdf Title: H.B. 1 - Section 3301.16 Source: www.legislature.state.oh.us OR Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Provides for the establishment of virtual public charter schools; specifies requirements for such schools relating to budgeting, performance, contracting, teacher employment, maintenance of records, and enrollment; requires that a proposal for any public charter school include a description of the financial management systems for the school; requires demonstration of the ability to have a sound financial system in place at the time the school begins operating; establishes the Online Learning Task Force. Chapter 691 http://www.leg.state.or.us/09reg/measpdf/sb0700.dir/sb0767.en.pdf Title: S.B. 767 Source: http://www.leg.state.or.us/ WI Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Provides that if a school board enters into an agreement with an American Indian tribe to establish a charter school, the board must, upon request, distribute to the parent or guardian of each student in the school a school and school district performance report that includes the information reported for traditional public schools, regardless of the location of the charter school. Requires such a school board to administer the state assessments to students in grades 4, 7, and 10 to students in the charter school. Requires such a charter school to be located either within the school district or within the boundaries of the tribe's or band's reservation. Requires the school board to determine whether the charter school is an instrumentality of the school district, regardless of the location of the charter school. Page 468, 470, 471 of 692: http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2009/data/acts/09Act28.pdf Title: A.B. 75 Source: www.legis.state.wi.us WI Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Provides that when the city of Milwaukee, the chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, the Milwaukee area technical college district board or the chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Parkside is establishing or contracting for the establishment of a charter school, the entity must consider the principles and standards for quality charter schools established by the National Association of Charter School Authorizers. Page 471 of 692: http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2009/data/acts/09Act28.pdf Title: A.B. 75 Source: www.legis.state.wi.us FL Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Damaged Textbooks: - Deletes a provision that requires a public school principal to collect a percentage of a textbook's purchase price from a student who has lost, destroyed, or damaged a textbook. Service-learning Programs: - Encourages school districts to initiate, adopt, expand, and institutionalize service-learning programs, activities, and policies in grades K-12. - Provides that, upon request, the state department of education will assist districts in securing financial assistance for service-learning programs. - Directs the department of education to develop and adopt elective service-learning courses for inclusion in middle and high school course code directories. - Provides that the hours that high school students devote to course based service-learning activities may be counted toward meeting community service requirements for high school graduation. Charter Schools: - Provides that for charter schools that meet the definition of an alternative school pursuant to State Board of Education rule, the decision to receive a school grade is the decision of the charter school governing board. Regional Professional Development Academies: - Amends statute governing regional professional development academies. - Provides that contracts between district school boards and each regional professional development academy must include certain requirements. http://www.flsenate.gov/cgi-bin/view_page.pl?Tab=session&Submenu=1&FT=D&File=sb1248er.html&Directory=session/2009/Senate/bills/billtext/html/ Title: S.B. 1248 Source: http://www.flsenate.govt LA Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Relates to the review of proposed charters, conversion of local school facilities, and enrollment of students; allows a charter school to be supported by or affiliated with a religious organization. http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=663033 Title: S.B. 146 Source: http://www.legis.state.la.us/ LA Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Revises provisions related to two types of charter schools (primarily those converted from preexisting schools), including approval and student attendance policies. http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=663066 Title: H.B. 187 Source: http://www.legis.state.la.us/ TN Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 From fiscal note: Authorizes the state board of education to be a charter school governing body. Removes cap on the number of charter schools, enrollment eligibility restrictions, and requirements; opens enrollment to all students eligible to attend a regular public school. Increases, from five to 10, the number of years a charter school may be chartered. Requires the local education agency (LEA) to give the charter school all applicable funding including federal Title I, federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act, and BEP capital outlay funds excluding debt service. Revises the report that a charter school must give during a renewal application. Link to bill summary: http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/billinfo/BillSummaryArchive.aspx?BillNumber=SB2133&ga=106 To bill text: http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/106/Bill/SB2133.pdf Title: S.B. 2133 Source: http://www.capitol.tn.gov TX Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Community College Postsec. Allows public junior colleges (two-year institutions) to be granted charters to operate open-enrollment charter schools, including on the junior college campus. Specifies criteria junior college must meet to be granted a charter, including that the charter's educational program must be designed to meet specific goals described in the charter, such as dropout recovery, and the attainment of the program's goals must be measured using specific, objective standards set forth in the charter, including assessment methods and a time frame. http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/81R/billtext/pdf/HB01423F.pdf Title: H.B. 1423 Source: www.legis.state.tx.us TX Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Amends calculation for providing charter school funding. Pages 3-4 of 108: http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/81R/billtext/pdf/HB03646F.pdf Title: H.B. 3646 - Section 5 Source: www.legis.state.tx.us TX Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Sections 6 and 9: Beginning with the 2009-10 school year, requires each school district and each charter holder that operated an open-enrollment charter school as of January 1, 2009, to increase the monthly salary of each classroom teacher and specified non-instructional staff by a specified amount. Section 7: Specifies that districts are entitled to state aid in the amount necessary to fund salary increases required by Section 19.009(d-2). Section 8: Beginning with the 2009-10 school year, requires the Windham School District (district established by the state board of corrections) to increase the monthly salary of each classroom teacher and specified non-instructional staff by a specified amount. Pages 4-8 of 108: http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/81R/billtext/pdf/HB03646F.pdf Title: H.B. 3646 - Sections 6-9 Source: www.legis.state.tx.us FL Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Postsec. Community College Relates to retirement; redefines certain terms termination; relates to reemployment of retirees; clarifyies when a State Community College System Optional Retirement Program participant is considered a retiree; providing for receipt of credit for past or prior service by charter school and charter technical career center employees; authorizing developmental research schools and charter schools to reemploy certain retired members under specified conditions; deletes provision that prevented persons retired from the public school system from renewing membership in the Florida Retirement System or Teachers' Retirement System upon reemployment by the school system. http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Documents/loaddoc.aspx?FileName=_h0479er.xml&DocumentType=Bill&BillNumber=0479&Session=2009 Title: H.B. 479 Source: http://www.myfloridahouse.gov HI Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Makes clarifying amendments to charter school administration. Clarifies that the charter school review panel is subject to the requirements of the sunshine law. Authorizes the board of education to remove a charter school review panel member for cause. Requires the charter school review panel to approve the charter schools budget, and to survey all charter school facilities prior to determining recommendations to allocate non-per-pupil facilities funds to charter schools with facilities needs. Specifies the duties of the executive director of the charter school administrative office with regard to the preparation of the budget. Changes the requirements for per-pupil funding. Requires the charter school review panel to evaluate a charter school on its fourth anniversary and every five years after. Requires the charter school review panel to establish criteria and an approval process for the development and submission of a capital improvement projects budget for charter school facilities. http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2009/Bills/SB496_CD1_.HTM Title: S.B. 496 Source: www.capitol.hawaii.gov TX Adopted 06/2009 P-12 Modifies the definition of "former charter holder" by including those charter schools that have been ordered closed by any applicable section of the Texas Education Code. http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/rules/tacupdates/june2009/ch100aa.pdf Title: 19 TAC 2.100.100.1011 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet NV Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Authorizes a charter school which is dedicated to providing certain services to pupils who are at risk to enroll a child who was enrolled in a prekindergarten or other early childhood educational program at the charter school and to enroll a child whose parent is employed full-time by the charter school before enrolling other eligible children. Chapter 162 http://www.leg.state.nv.us/75th2009/Bills/AB/AB393_en.pdf Title: A.B. 393 Source: http://www.leg.state.nv.us UT Adopted 05/2009 P-12 Amends rule on administration and funding of International Baccalaureate (IB) programs. Adds eligibility of charter schools to operate IB programs and receive state IB program funds. Amends funding language to designate that 50% of the total IB program funds must be distributed equally among all authorized IB programs in the state, and the remaining 50% must be distributed to IB high schools schools where students scored a grade of 4 or higher on IB exams. http://www.rules.utah.gov/publicat/bulletin/2009/20090315/32419.htm Title: R277-710 Source: www.rules.utah.gov MN Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Amends multiple provisions dealing with charter schools, including: Purposes; Authorizer; Conversion of existing schools; Contracting time line; State and local requirements; Admission requirements; Employment and other operating matters; Annual public reports; Leased space; Affiliated nonprofit building corporation; Causes for nonrenewal or termination of charter school contract. https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H0002.5.html&session=ls86 Title: H.F. 2 Source: https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us OK Vetoed 05/2009 P-12 Authorizes sponsorship of charter schools by a federally recognized Indian tribe. Also adds authorization for a statewide organization that represents and whose members are public school teachers to contract with a sponsor to establish a charter school. http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/2009-10bills/SB/SB586_ENR.RTF Title: S.B. 586 Source: http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us NV Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Revises provisions relating to the enrollment of certain pupils in charter schools; authorizes a charter school to enroll a child who is in a particular category of at-risk pupils if the child meets the eligibility for enrollment prescribed by the charter school for that particular category; requires a charter school to include in its application to form a charter school a statement of whether the charter school will enroll pupils who are in a particular category of at-risk pupils. Chapter 75 http://leg.state.nv.us/75th2009/Bills/SB/SB391_EN.pdf Title: S.B. 391 Source: http://www.leg.state.nv.us/ OR Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Abolishes Public Charter School Development Fund; transfers remaining moneys in fund to Department of Education Account to be used for public charter schools; declares emergency, effective July 1, 2009. Chapter 95 http://www.leg.state.or.us/09reg/measpdf/hb2100.dir/hb2111.en.pdf Title: H.B. 2111 Source: http://www.leg.state.or.us ID Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Amends and repeals existing law relating to education; revises provisions relating to severance payments; revises provisions relating to the determination of allowances; revises provisions relating to certain incentives; revises provisions relating to employing retired teachers and administrators; declares that school districts and public charter schools will receive reduced funding; encourages the districts and public charter schools to accommodate such reductions. Chapter 285 http://www.legislature.idaho.gov/legislation/2009/H0262.htm Title: H.B. 262 Source: http://www.legislature.idaho.gov/legislation/2009/H0262.htm ID Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 Relates to public schools; provides that certain school districts shall be considered rural school districts; provides that certain public charter schools shall be considered rural public charter schools. Chapter 239 http://www.legislature.idaho.gov/legislation/2009/S1165.pdf Title: S.B. 1165 Source: http://www.legislature.idaho.govf ID Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 Relates to public charter schools; amends existing law that provides for a notice and a public hearing in the case of a petition for a public virtual charter school; provides for comments; provides for review of certain petitions and public hearings. Chapter 200 http://www.legislature.idaho.gov/legislation/2009/S1121.pdf Title: S.B. 1121 Source: http://www.legislature.idaho.gov CO Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 Allows a school food authority to establish, maintain, equip, and operate a food-service facility; requires a board of education of a school district either to allow a district charter school of the school district to transfer the maintenance, supervision, and operation of the district charter school's food-service facility from the school district to a school food authority or to agree to provide food services to the district charter school according to terms that the district charter school requests. http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2009a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/BB267B13A49BB6F087257553007ECA26?open&file=230_enr.pdf Title: S.B. 230 Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us ID Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 Amends existing law relating to public charter schools; provides for notice relating to a petition for a non-virtual public charter school, for public comments, and for notice to the public charter school commission; provides for a hearing and for notice to the board of the local school district. Chapter 160 http://www.legislature.idaho.gov/legislation/2009/H0212.pdf Title: H.B. 212 Source: http://www.legislature.idaho.gov UT Signed into law 03/2009 P-12 Allows a charter school that made an election of nonparticipation in the state retirement systems for its employees to make a one-time, irrevocable retraction of the election of nonparticipation. http://le.utah.gov/~2009/bills/hbillenr/hb0096.pdf Title: H.B. 96 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet ID Signed into law 03/2009 P-12 Amends existing law relating to charter school admissions to provide charter schools with the option of awarding an enhanced enrollment opportunity to the children of the charter school's employees and children who previously attended the public charter school within the previous three school years, but who withdrew as a result of the relocation of a parent or guardian due to an academic sabbatical, employer or military transfer or reassignment. Chapter 41 http://www.legislature.idaho.gov/legislation/2009/H0079Bookmark.htm Title: H.B. 79 Source: http://www.legislature.idaho.gov NM Signed into law 03/2009 P-12 Requires mandatory training for charter school governing body members; provides for development of a mandatory training course for all governing body members that explains department rules, policies and procedures, statutory powers and duties of governing boards, legal concepts pertaining to public schools, finance and budget and other matters deemed relevant. http://nmlegis.gov/Sessions/09%20Regular/final/SB0148.pdf Title: S.B. 148 Source: http://nmlegis.gov/ NM Signed into law 03/2009 P-12 Relates to public schools; limits the period in which charter school applications may be submitted in a year. http://nmlegis.gov/Sessions/09%20Regular/final/SB0027.pdf Title: S.B. 27 Source: http://nmlegis.gov/ OH Adopted 03/2009 P-12 Authorizes the governing board of any educational service center or the administrative authority of any chartered nonpublic school to submit an application for exemption from state policies in order to implement a proposed innovative education pilot program. Adds that an application requesting exemptions in order to provide professional development for educators may be granted for research-based high quality professional development activities as defined by standards for professional development adopted by the state board of education. Clarifies language on timeline and procedures for approval of applications. Adds that applications to continue approved programs are not considered complete until an annual evaluation report is completed and submitted to the department. http://www.registerofohio.state.oh.us/pdfs/3301/0/46/3301-46-01_PH_FF_A_RU_20090313_1156.pdf Title: OAC 3301-46-01 Source: www.registerofohio.state.oh.us VA Signed into law 02/2009 P-12 Allows certain amendments to the charter school statutes to sunset as provided in Chapter 530 of the Acts of Assembly of 2004 and retains others. Specifically, changes made in 2004 that require the charter school applicant to include information regarding disclosures of any ownership or financial interest in the public charter school by the charter applicant and the governing body, administrators, and other personnel of the public charter school. http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?091+ful+HB1844ER Title: H.B. 1844 Source: http://leg1.state.va.us NV Adopted 02/2009 P-12 Revises various provisions governing charter schools including applications, reporting of data, preparation of budgets, and definitions. http://www.leg.state.nv.us/NAC/CHAPTERS Title: NAC 386 Source: http://www.leg.state.nv.us UT Adopted 11/2008 P-12 Specifies that the state charter school board must create an accountability review process that includes specified components. Directs district charter school authorizers to make charter school visits and submit written reports to charter schools after the visits. 2009 legislature did not reauthorize 277-470-12(B) and (C) re: parental involvement in charter schools: http://le.utah.gov/~2009/bills/hbillenr/hb0197.pdf Title: R277-470 Source: www.lexis.com NV Adopted 09/2008 P-12 Revises various provisions relating to charter schools for the Department. NEVADA 4427 http://www.leg.state.nv.us/NAC/CHAPTERS.HTMl Title: NAC 386 Source: http://www.leg.state.nv.us NV Adopted 09/2008 P-12 Establishes provisions relating to applications to form a charter school for sponsorship by the State Board of Education. Title: NAC 386 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet NV Adopted 09/2008 P-12 Revises provisions governing educational management organizations relating to charter schools. Title: NAC 386 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet CA Signed into law 09/2008 P-12 Provides a school or a school district would not be liable for transportation services provided by an operator of a charter-party carrier for which neither has contracted, arranged, or provided. Requires the review and, if necessary, revision of training and other requirements for drivers who operate charter-party carriers used for pupil transportation. Requires a vehicle to pass an annual inspection and authorizes a fee for the inspection. Requires operators to have certain documents in their possession. Chapter 649 http://www.assembly.ca.gov/acs/acsframeset2text.htm Title: A.B. 830 Source: http://www.assembly.ca.gov CA Signed into law 09/2008 P-12 Relates to the Charter Schools Facilities Program under the Leroy F. Green School Facilities Act of 1998 that provides funding to qualifying entities for the purpose of establishing school facilities for charter school pupils, and regulations that provide for the payment schedule for lease payments in lieu of local matching funds and requires the payments to include interest at a rate paid in moneys in the Pooled Money Investment Account. Revises the manner in which the interest rate is determined. Chapter 273 http://www.assembly.ca.gov/acs/acsframeset2text.htm Title: A.B. 2033 Source: http://www.assembly.ca.gov CA Vetoed 09/2008 P-12 Requires charter schools to adopt and comply with a conflict-of-interest policy to include specified requirements set forth in existing law. Sets the eligibility qualifications to be elected or appointed to a charter school governing board. Prohibits a school employee from serving unless they resign employment. Relates to board term limits and board member voting requirements. Requires charter schools to comply with specified acts relating to open meetings. http://www.assembly.ca.gov/acs/acsframeset2text.htm Title: A.B. 2115 Source: http://www.assembly.ca.gov OH Signed into law 08/2008 P-12 Permits chartered nonpublic schools to purchase goods and services through group purchasing contracts negotiated and arranged by the Department of Administrative Services. Permits an educational service center (ESC) to authorize the conversion of a building under its control into a conversion community school. Permits the governing authorities of two or more community schools to enter pooling agreements to jointly purchase goods and services, including health insurance for employees or liability insurance for the schools, or to provide student transportation. Title: H.B. 496 (Am. Sub. H.B. 562) Source: Ohio Legislative Service Commission CA Vetoed 07/2008 P-12 Requires a charter school or group of charter schools that directly administer pupil assessments to submit a notice of direct administration to the Superintendent of Public Instruction. Allows a charter school to terminate administering those assessments by submitting notice to the Superintendent. Authorizes the State Department of Education to post and maintain on its Internet Web site a list of charter schools that administer those assessments in lieu of their chartering authorities. Relates to funding. http://www.assembly.ca.gov/acs/acsframeset2text.htm Title: A.B. 2305 Source: http://www.assembly.ca.gov/ LA Signed into law 07/2008 P-12 Allows the parent or legal guardian of a student assigned to attend a school in a Recovery School District the option to enroll their child in any school operated by the original school system if a sufficient capacity at the appropriate grade level exists; relates to charter schools; provides for attendance zones in accordance with established policy and any federal court order, judgment or consent decree. http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=504270 Title: S.B. 447 Source: http://www.legis.state.la.us/ LA Signed into law 07/2008 P-12 Provides that Type 2 charter schools approved by the state board after July 1, 2008 must receive a per pupil amount each year as provided in the Minimum Foundation Program approved formula. Repeals certain provisions relating to funding of Type 1, 2 and 3 charter schools. Provides that during a charter school's application period and first year of operation, a chartering authority may charge a fee to each charter school it authorizes for administrative overhead costs incurred by the chartering authority for considering the charter application and any amendments, providing monitoring and oversight of the school, collecting and analyzing school data, and for reporting on school performance. Authorizes a charter school in its second year of operation and each year thereafter to negotiate a fee with its chartering authority for such administrative overhead costs, not to exceed 3% of the total per pupil amount Authorizes a charter school to contract with the chartering authority, or with the Recovery School District for a Type 5 charter school, for the direct purchase of specific services at actual cost, including food services, special education services, transportation services, custodial and maintenance services, media services, technology services, library services, health services, and health benefits for active and retired employees. Requires each chartering authority, at the end of each fiscal year, to provide its charter schools with an itemized accounting of all administrative overhead costs and, if applicable, an itemized accounting of the actual cost of each purchased service provided to the charter school. http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=501054 Title: H.B. 1105 Source: www.legis.state.la.us LA Signed into law 06/2008 P-12 Requires charter schools receiving transportation services from a local school board to reimburse the board for the cost of providing such transportation. http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=503464 Title: S.B. 475 Source: http://www.legis.state.la.us/ DE Signed into law 06/2008 P-12 Postsec. Would impose a one-year moratorium on new charter school applications during the 2008-09 school year. During this time period, applications for a single gender charter school for girls may be submitted; however only one such school may be granted charter approval. http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis144.nsf/vwLegislation/SJR+11/$file/legis.html?open Title: S.J.R. 11 Source: http://legis.delaware.gov LA Signed into law 06/2008 P-12 Increases the limitation on the number of charter school proposals that can be entered into by all chartering authorities from 42 to 70. http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=494906 Title: H.B. 321 Source: www.legis.state.la.us TN Signed into law 06/2008 P-12 Ceates a task force to study and evaluate statutory inconsistencies and technical issues, fiscal issues, administrative compliance, identification and communication of charter schools' best practices, facility needs, transportation, food services, communication between LEAs and charter schools' boards, principals and administrative staff and employee benefits, and charter school boards' accountability. Sets parameters for admission selection process. Keeps prior provisions related establishment of new charter schools. http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/bills/currentga/Chapter/PC1133.pdf Title: S.B. 3401 Source: http://www.legislature.state.tn.us LA Signed into law 06/2008 P-12 Changes the charter school renewal period. Replaces existing 10-year renewal period with renewal period ranging from three to 10 years. http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=498131 Title: H.B. 349 Source: www.legis.state.la.us TN Signed into law 06/2008 P-12 Prohibits public charter school sponsorship by private elementary and secondary schools. Authorizes private higher education institutions to sponsor public charter schools. Current law prohibits all private schools from sponsoring a public charter school. http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/bills/currentga/Chapter/PC1101.pdf Title: S.B. 3283 Source: http://www.legislature.state.tn.us OK Signed into law 06/2008 P-12 Relates to the State Charter Schools Act; allows charter schools to provide prekindergarten programs to four-year-olds; allows a charter school previously sponsored by the Board of Education of a school district which continues operation in such district to retain any personal property purchased with state or local funds; excludes noncertified employees as qualified employees for the Academic Achievement Award Program; relates to the academic performance index. http://www.sos.state.ok.us/documents/Legislation/51st/2008/2R/SB/2100.pdf Title: S.B. 2100 Source: http://www.sos.state.ok.us AZ Signed into law 06/2008 P-12 Provides that property and buildings, including land, improvements, furniture, and equipment, that are owned by a nonprofit organization that operates as a charter school are exempt from taxation. Chapter 252 http://www.azleg.gov/FormatDocument.asp?inDoc=/legtext/48leg/2r/bills/hb2330h.htm Title: H.B. 2330 Source: http://www.azleg.gov SC Signed into law 05/2008 P-12 Relates to the approval, renewal, revocation, and termination of charters for charter schools; increases the charter period from five to ten years; transfers certain authority pertaining to approval, renewal, revocation, and termination of charters from the State Board of Education to the Administrative Law Court. http://www.scstatehouse.net/sess117_2007-2008/bills/4980.htm Title: H.B. 4980 Source: http://www.scstatehouse.net GA Signed into law 05/2008 P-12 Establishes the Georgia Charter Schools Commission as a state-level charter school authorizing entity working in collaboration with the department of education. Provides for membership of commission. Provides that the commission must, among other duties: (1) Approve or deny petitions for charter schools and renew, nonrenew or terminate charter school petitions. Provides that the state board may overrule a commission action by a two-thirds vote. (2) Authorize charter schools cosponsors. Provides that cosponsors have no authority to authorize charter schools, but may partner with charter petitioners and the commission to provide community support for the proposed charter school, including technical assistance, academic support, curriculum review, financial assistance, or other support. (3) Conduct facility and curriculum reviews of charter schools. (4) Develop, promote, and disseminate best practices for charter schools and charter school cosponsors. At a minimum, the best practices must encourage the development and replication of academically and financially proven charter school programs. (5) Review and recommend to the general assembly any necessary revisions to statutory requirements regarding standards and accountability for charter schools. (6) Collaborate with cosponsors to provide the highest level of public education to all students, including, but not limited to, low-income, low-performing, gifted, and underserved student populations and to students with special needs. Provides that such collaborations must allow two- and four-year institutions that cosponsor commission charter schools to enable attending students to take college courses and receive high school and college credit for such courses; and assist in determining the feasibility of establishing commission charter schools for students with disabilities. (7) Provide training for members of charter school governing bodies after approval of the charter school, including on best practices on charter school governance. Provides procedures for the submission of charter school petitions. Requires the commission to provide maximum access to information regarding commission charter schools to all parents, including through a user-friendly Web site. Requires the commission chair to submit an annual report on the academic performance and fiscal responsibility of all commission charter schools and cosponsors. Provides that if a charter is not renewed or is terminated, the commission charter school is responsible for all of the school's debts. Provides for funding levels of commission charter schools. http://www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/2007_08/pdf/hb881.pdf Title: H.B. 881 Source: www.legis.state.ga.us AZ Signed into law 05/2008 P-12 Provides that if a school district transports or contracts to transport pupils to the state schools for the deaf and the blind during any fiscal year, the school district may transport or contract with a charter school to transport sensory impaired pupils during that year to a charter school if requested by the parents. Chapter 208 http://www.azleg.gov/FormatDocument.asp?inDoc=/legtext/48leg/2r/summary/h.hb2747_05-12-08_astransmittedtogovernor.doc.htm Title: H.B. 2747 Source: http://www.azleg.gov CT Signed into law 05/2008 P-12 Concerns state charter school governance; reforms charter school governance and membership of the governing council; provides for transfer of student records from the charter school the student previously attended. http://www.cga.ct.gov/2008/ACT/Pa/pdf/2008PA-00050-R00SB-00648-PA.pdf Title: S.B. 648 Source: http://www.cga.ct.gov/ NM Adopted 04/2008 P-12 Relates to charter school application and appeal requirements. Established the initial application and renewal process for charter schools, whether locally or state chartered, the appeal process of charter schools to the secretary of education and the secretary of education's review process. http://www.nmcpr.state.nm.us/nmac/parts/title06/06.080.0004.pdf Title: NMAC 6.80.4 Source: http://www.nmcpr.state.nm.us/nmac/ AZ Signed into law 04/2008 P-12 Provides that charter schools may be recipients of money from the Academic Contests Fund for the purpose of sending pupils who are state level winners of academic contests and their chaperons to the national levels of these contests so that the pupils may represent this state. Chapter 61 http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/48leg/2r/summary/s.2167k12.doc.htm Title: H.B. 2167 Source: http://www.azleg.gov AZ Signed into law 04/2008 P-12 Relates to the period of time in which the sponsor of a charter school's approved plan must notify the school of its ability to apply for a renewal; provides that a charter school that elects to apply for renewal must do so within a specified time prior to the expiration of the existing approved plan; prohibits reprisal as a result of lawful application to establish a charter school that that is adverse to another employee or educational program. Chapter 56 http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/48leg/2r/bills/sb1215s.pdf Title: S.B. 1215 Source: http://www.azleg.gov WI Signed into law 04/2008 P-12 The bill requires that anyone who teaches in a public school or charter school must hold a teaching license issued by the department of public instruction (DPI). Teachers in virtual charter schools (defined as a charter school offering an online learning program) are exempt from this provision until July 1, 2009. Virtual charter schools are not required to be in the school district of the approving school board, unlike regular charter schools. Beginning with the 2009-10 school year, school boards that establish a virtual charter school must ensure that no more than 85% of pupils attending do so through the Open Enrollment Program. School boards are not authorized to establish a virtual charter school before the 2009-10 school year. DPI must make online courses available for a reasonable fee. Each school board or chartering entity must do the following: 1. Determine which pupils may enroll in an online course, which courses are available and the number of courses a student may take; 2. provide a safe and secure online environment; 3. Assign an appropriately licensed teacher for each course; 4. Ensure that students enrolled part-time have direct contact with a teacher for at least 20 minutes per week per course, that elementary school students enrolled full-time have direct contact with a teacher for at least 2 hours every school day, and that high school students enrolled full-time have direct teacher contact for at least 30 minutes each school day; 5. Determine the average equivalency hours for online courses; and, 6. Ensure only state residents enroll in online courses. Title: S.B. 396 Source: http://www.legis.state.wi.us CO Signed into law 04/2008 P-12 Concerns State Charter School Institutes; relates to open meetings and records laws; relates to school district charter school exclusive authority; provides procedures by which a charter school may request revocation of such exclusive authority; relates to specified requirement by a charter school board; provides procedures to for conversion to a institute charter school; relates to at-risk students and institute charter schools. http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2008a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/74890A616876910687257376007B0E1D?open&file=1159_enr.pdf Title: H.B. 1159 Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us LA Adopted 03/2008 P-12 Amends rules relating to charter schools. Provides for the authorizing responsibilities of the Board, the application process, performance contracting, evaluation of schools, extensions, renewals and revocations, amendments, governance, funding, fiscal responsibilities, enrollment, and school staff. http://doa.louisiana.gov/osr/lac/28v139/28v139.doc Title: LAC 28:CXXXIX.Chapters 1 thru 35 (Bulletin 126) Source: http://doa.louisiana.gov/osr/lac/ UT Signed into law 03/2008 P-12 Amends language establishing caps on the number of students who may be served by charter schools in the state. Provides that, beginning with the 2009-2010 school year, the State Charter School Board and local school boards may authorize a combined maximum student capacity of an annual increase in charter school enrollment capacity equal to 1.4% of total school district enrollment as of October 1 of the previous school year. Also provides that beginning with the 2009-2010 school year, one-third of the student capacity as described above must be allocated to increase the maximum student capacity of operating charter schools. Provides that if operating charter schools do not use the allocation, the remaining student capacity may be used by new charter schools. http://le.utah.gov/~2008/bills/sbillenr/sb0002.pdf Title: S.B. 2 - Section 1 Source: le.utah.gov DE Signed into law 03/2008 P-12 Allows a charter school to restrict student admissions by gender in the case of a same-gender school; provides that within a reasonable amount of time after commencement of operations of any same-gender charter school in the state, there shall be approved and operated a same-gender charter school of the opposite gender, substantially equal to the first same-gender charter school, matching in grade-level and marketed towards similar demographics. http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis144.nsf/vwLegislation/HB+285/$file/legis.html?open Title: H.B. 285 Source: http://legis.delaware.gov/ UT Signed into law 03/2008 P-12 Modifies provisions relating to charter schools. Modifies the appointment procedures for the staff director of the State Charter School Board. Modifies provisions relating to the purposes and status of charter schools. Requires the state board of education, in consultation with the State Charter School Board, to adopt rules related to charter school accountability. http://le.utah.gov/~2008/bills/hbillenr/hb0160.pdf Title: H.B. 160 Source: le.utah.gov ID Signed into law 03/2008 P-12 Amends existing law relating to public charter schools to require submission of documentation of due diligence upon referral of a charter school petition to the public charter school commission by a local board of trustees. Chapter 157 http://www3.idaho.gov/oasis/S1403.html Title: S.B. 1403 Source: http://www3.idaho.gov/oasis UT Signed into law 03/2008 P-12 Requires a charter school to report to school districts, by the last business day in April, May, June, July and August, the aggregate numbers of new students, sorted by their resident school and grade level, who have accepted enrollment in the charter school. http://le.utah.gov/~2008/bills/hbillenr/hb0472.pdf Title: H.B. 472 Source: le.utah.gov ID Signed into law 03/2008 P-12 Amends existing law relating to public charter schools to provide for relocation of public charter school facilities to another school district if the approved primary attendance area of the public charter school is located within more than one school district. Chapter 171 http://www3.idaho.gov/oasis/H0502.html Title: H.B. 502 Source: http://www3.idaho.gov AZ Signed into law 03/2008 P-12 Allows a charter school or school district to determine whether credits earned by a pupil formerly enrolled in a separate charter school or school district will be assigned as elective or core credits and to provide that pupil with a list that indicates which credits have been accepted as core credits and which have been accepted as elective credits; allows the pupil to request an examination in each particular course in which a core credit has been denied in order to change that determination. Chapter No. 2 http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/48leg/2r/bills/hb2563h.pdf Title: H.B. 2563 Source: http://www.azleg.gov CA Adopted 03/2008 P-12 Clarifies and expands existing provisions with regards to facilities and the operation and maintenance of charter schools. Adds content to the section pertaining to procedures and timeliness for dispute resolution. Title: Title 5 CCR Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet NM Signed into law 02/2008 P-12 Relates to public schools; enacts the New Mexico school for the arts act; allows for the creation of a state-chartered charter school as a statewide residential high school for the arts; exempts the school from certain provisions of the charter schools act; allows the school to establish admissions criteria and room and board fees; provides for outreach activities; makes an appropriation. http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/08%20Regular/final/SB0034.pdf Title: S.B. 34 Source: http://legis.state.nm.us/LCS/default.asp VA Signed into law 02/2008 P-12 Provides that any joint, or regional charter school in operation prior to July 1, 2008, may request a waiver from any new regulation requirements; provides that any joint or regional school, such as academic year Governor's Schools, may set the school calendar so that the first day students are required to attend school will comport with the calendar of any of the participating school divisions, including those granted a waiver to start before Labor Day. http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?081+ful+HB771ER Title: H.B. 771 Source: http://leg1.state.va.us MI Signed into law 01/2008 P-12 Clarifies charter school policies related to location, facilities, admissions, grade configuration and enrollment. http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2007-2008/publicact/pdf/2008-PA-0001.pdf Title: S.B. 730 (sec. 504) Source: http://www.legislature.mi.gov/ NY Adopted 10/2007 P-12 Amends regulations to delegate authority for conducting charter school hearings from the board of regents to the commissioner of education. Adopted as proposed August 2007; page 7-9 of 48: http://www.dos.state.ny.us/info/register/2007/aug15/pdfs/rules.pdf Title: Title 8 NYCRR Section 3.16 Source: www.dos.state.ny.us NY Adopted 10/2007 P-12 Establishes procedures for the conduct of public hearings concerning charter schools. Page 9-11 of 38: http://www.dos.state.ny.us/info/register/2007/NOV14/pdfs/rules.pdf Title: Title 8 NYCRR Section 119.4 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet CA Signed into law 10/2007 P-12 Authorizes the governing board of a charter school to use monthly installments and withholding options in making salary adjustments to the school's certificated employees. Grants the authority to issue work periods to minors, or to designate other individuals to issue work permits, to the chief executive officer, or the equivalent position, of a charter school. Authorizes specified charter schools to receive specified instruction related apportionments. Requires such schools to provide specified reports. Chapter 524 http://info.sen.ca.gov/pub/07-08/bill/sen/sb_0301-0350/sb_345_bill_20071012_chaptered.pdf Title: S.B. 345 Source: http://info.sen.ca.gov UT Adopted 10/2007 P-12 Requires all charter schools to have a committee consisting of a majority of parents designated to make decisions regarding School LAND Trust Program funds. Requires all charter schools to have a current school plan for enhancing or improving academic excellence, approved by the State Charter School Board for state chartered schools. Title: R277-477-3 Source: www.lexis.com OH Signed into law 10/2007 P-12 Permits establishment of a start-up community school after June 30, 2007 only if the school's governing authority contracts with an operator that manages other schools in the U.S. that perform at a level higher than academic watch. Permits an early college high schools to become a start-up community school under certain conditions. Limits sponsors. Requires community schools to conduct criminal records checks of their governing authority members. Sets other provisions. Title: H.B. 119 -- Community Schools Provisions (Charter Schools) Source: Digest of Enactments 2007 CA Vetoed 09/2007 P-12 Relates to Charter School Act of 1992. Revises the description of the procedures relating to pupil suspension or expulsion. Requires a description of how the school intends to serve pupils with disabilities and the qualification and planned professional development of teachers and administrators who will serve this population. Requires a petition to define and demonstrate the ability and training to develop a special education program and the capacity to serve special education pupils. http://www.assembly.ca.gov/acs/acsframeset2text.htm Veto message: http://info.sen.ca.gov/pub/07-08/bill/asm/ab_1251-1300/ab_1281_vt_20071010.html Title: A.B. 1281 Source: http://www.assembly.ca.gov GA Adopted 09/2007 P-12 Clarifies rules regarding charter schools, including applicable definitions, responsibilities, petition provisions and termination of the charter. http://www.doe.k12.ga.us/_documents/doe/legalservices/160-4-9-.04.pdf Title: GAC 160-4-9-.04 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet CA Signed into law 09/2007 P-12 Relates to charter schools that serve at-risk pupils. Extends allowable term of operation until a specified date, subject to the approval of the county board of education for continued operation beyond that date. Extends the provisions of existing law that relate to funding for charter schools. Chapter 525 http://info.sen.ca.gov/pub/07-08/bill/asm/ab_0151-0200/ab_177_bill_20071012_chaptered.pdf Title: A.B. 177 Source: http://www.assembly.ca.gov UT 09/2007 09/2007 P-12 Adds rules for identifying the maximum number of authorized charter school students statewide. Provides for new or expanding charter school notification of prospective students and parents. The amendments to the rule include: 1) procedures for identifying the maximum number of authorized charter school students statewide; 2) procedures that provide for new or expanding charter school notification of prospective students and parents; 3) procedures for transfer students; 4) procedures for expansion and satellite schools for approved charter schools; 5) procedures for a charter school building subaccount; and 6) appeals criteria and procedures. http://www.rules.utah.gov/publicat/bull_pdf/2007/b20070701.pdf (p. 13) Title: R277-470 Source: http://www.rules.utah.gov/ NC Signed into law 07/2007 P-12 Allows an existing charter school to participate in the teachers' and state employees' retirement system and the state teachers' and state employees' comprehensive major medical plan. http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/HTML/H1471v0.html Title: H.B. 1471 Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us RI Signed into law 07/2007 P-12 Permits any career/technical charter public schools which enroll special education students from outside the school district with verifiable Individual Education Plans to receive from the sending district the average per pupil special education cost of the sending district. http://www.rilin.state.ri.us/PublicLaws/law07/law07382.htm Title: H.B. 6128 Source: http://www.rilin.state.ri.us OR Signed into law 07/2007 P-12 Requires any person employed as an administrator in a public charter school to be licensed or registered to administer by the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission (prior to this law, required only charter school teachers to be registered). http://www.leg.state.or.us/07reg/measpdf/sb0200.dir/sb0214.en.pdf Title: S.B. 214 Source: http://www.leg.state.or.us AZ Signed into law 07/2007 P-12 Postsec. Relates to postsecondary education grants and their implementation; relates to early graduation scholarships, school districts and charter schools; requires development of application forms; relates to costs of books and fees. Chapter No. 280. http://www.azleg.gov/FormatDocument.asp?inDoc=/legtext/48leg/1r/summary/h.sb1069_06-12-07_astranmittedtogovernor.doc.htm Title: S.B. 1069 Source: http://www.azleg.gov NH Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Prohibits the state board of education from approving new charter schools between July 1, 2007 and June 30, 2009, provided that a charter school application filed prior to July 1, 2007 which is scheduled to be acted upon by the state board of education on or before October 1, 2007 is exempt from this prohibition. http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/2007/HB0002.html Title: H.B. 2 Source: http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us AZ Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Relates to fingerprinting of applicants for a new or renewed teaching certificate in a school district or charter school; relates to calculating equalization assistance for charter schools; establishes the American Competitiveness Project Fund to provide technical assistance to schools and local educational agencies that provide specified curricula; relates to educational assessment; relates to the mathematics or science achievement grant; relates to the Instructional Technology Systems Pilot Program. Chapter No. 264 http://www.azleg.gov/FormatDocument.asp?inDoc=/legtext/48leg/1r/summary/h.hb2790_06-18-07_astransmittedtogovernor.doc.htm Title: H.B. 2790 Source: http://www.azleg.gov OK Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Amends the Charter Schools Act: adding certain higher education institutions as additional sponsors for charter schools; specifying certain requirements for higher education institutions; limiting number of charter schools established each year; defining term; requiring applicants to complete certain training prior to filing an application; authorizing the State Department of Education to develop and implement the training; requiring documentation of completion of training; requiring the Board to make determination of certain limit; providing for specification of duties of certain sponsor in the contract; prohibiting delegation of responsibilities without approval of the school district; modifying term of charter school contract; allowing submission of an application to a new sponsor upon nonrenewal of contract; modifying distribution of funding for certain charter schools; providing for an administrative fee; making certain charter schools eligible for certain funding; repealing 70 O.S. 2001, Section 3-133, which relates to additional sponsors of charter schools; http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/2007-08bills/HB/HB1589_ENR.RTF Title: H.B. 1589 Source: http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us NV Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Authorizes the boards of trustees of school districts to establish a program of empowerment schools for the public schools of the school district. Authorizes public schools to develop empowerment plans. Prescribes the process for the approval of empowerment plans by the boards of trustees of school districts. Provides principals of empowerment schools with autonomy in areas relating to the operation of the school, including, without limitation, the school schedule, governance, incentives for employees, staffing, budgeting and the provision of instruction. http://www.leg.state.nv.us/74th/Bills/SB/SB238_EN.pdf Title: S.B. 238 Source: http://www.leg.state.nv.us/ NV Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Postsec. Community College Authorizes a college or university within the Nevada System of Higher Education to sponsor charter schools. Sets forth the requirements for a charter school that has been in operation for at least 5 years to be exempt from an annual performance audit and undergo a performance audit every 3 years and to be eligible for available money from legislative appropriation or otherwise for facilities. Expands the services that a school district must provide if the school district sponsors a charter school. Authorizes a governing body to consist of at least two licensed teachers and one person who previously held a license to teach and prohibits more than two persons who serve on the governing body from representing the same organization or business or otherwise representing the interests of the same organization or business. http://www.leg.state.nv.us/74th/Bills/AB/AB591_EN.pdf Title: A.B. 591 Source: http://www.leg.state.nv.us HI Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Clarifies the significant role of the board of education in policymaking for charter schools, including:          (A)  Appointing members of the charter school review panel; and          (B)  Serving as an appeals board for charter school applicants or charter schools that do not agree with the decisions of the charter school review panel.      Delegates to the charter school review panel the responsibilities to:          (A)  Approve or deny charter applications for new charter schools;          (B)  Issue and revoke charters, and place charter schools on probation;          (C)  Approve or deny amendments to detailed implementation plans;          (D)  Conduct charter school evaluations; and          (E)  Appoint and evaluate the executive director of the charter school administrative office. Changes the membership of the panel. Clarifies how the executive director of the charter school administrative office is appointed and evaluated. Shifts the burden of providing staff and resources for the charter school review panel from the board of education to the charter school administrative office. Updates the charter school funding mechanism, including ensuring that funding allocations to the charter schools are based on the most recent department of education budget base. http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessioncurrent/Bills/SB603_CD1_.htm Title: S.B. 603 Source: www.capitol.hawaii.gov NV Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Creates a school district for charter schools sponsored by the state board for federal law purposes. Revises provisions governing the closure of a charter school. Clarifes certain provisions governing the payments of money to a charter school for the enrollment of certain pupils. Revises provisions governing the employment of administrators for a charter school. http://www.leg.state.nv.us/74th/Bills/AB/AB334_EN.pdf Title: A.B. 334 Source: http://www.leg.state.nv.us/ TX Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Relates to the issuance by a corporation established by the Texas Public Finance Authority of revenue bonds for open-enrollment charter school facilities. http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlodocs/80R/billtext/pdf/HB01400F.pdf Title: H.B. 1400 Source: http://www.capitol.state.tx.us GA Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Enacts the Charter Systems Act. Amends definitions of "charter," "charter petitioner," "local revenue," and "petition," and adding definitions of "charter system," "governing council," "school-level governance," and "system charter school." Provides procedures for the establishment of charter systems. Provides that, with exceptions, all schools within a charter system are system charter schools. Directs the state board of education to establish rules to allow a local school district to submit a petition to establish a charter system. Provides that such rules must include specific components toward the goal of maximizing school level governance and the involvement of parents, teachers, and community members in such governance. Directs the state board, subject to legislative appropriation, to disburse planning grants to local school systems that wish to become charter systems, and to disburse $125,000 implementation grants to each charter system. Authorizes the state board to approve up to 5 petitions for charter systems during the 2008 fiscal year, and in following years to approve up to a maximum number of petitions as may be established in board rules and as subject to availability of funding for implementation grants. Directs the state board to establish a charter advisory committee to review charter petitions for compliance with established standards, and to make recommendations to the state board on charter policy and petitions. Amends code section 20-2-2064 relating to the approval or denial of a charter petition. Amends code section 20-2-2064.1 relating to the review of a charter by the state board, by directing the state board to give all due consideration to input from the charter advisory committee. Amends code section 20-2-2065, relating to operating requirements, control, and management. Amends code section 20-2-2067.1 relating to the amendment of the terms of charter for a charter school, the initial term of a charter, and an annual report. Revises code section 20-2-2068, relating to charter amendments and terminations. Amends code section 20-2-2068.1 (effective July 1, 2008), relating to the application of the Quality Basic Education Formula, grants, local tax revenue, and funds from local bonds. Adds new language directing that, for system charter schools, federal, state, and local revenue be distributed to each such school by the charter system with an objective of maximizing spending at the school level. Amends code section 20-2-2069, relating to the office of charter school compliance, to add references to charter systems and the charter advisory committee. http://www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/2007_08/pdf/sb39.pdf Title: S.B. 39 Source: www.legis.state.ga.us CO Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Concerns the use of school district facilities by charter schools. Charter schools may purchase a building and grounds, at a district's descretion. If a charter school vacates the building, the district will have first right of refusal to reacquire and purchase the property. http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2007a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/E20107CBD7978AAE87257251007D498D?open&file=1178_enr.pdf Title: H.B. 1178 Source: Colorado Legislature CA Adopted 05/2007 P-12 Establishes clear procedures to be implemented in the event of theclosure of a charter school. Requires that a petition for a charter schoolinclude a reasonably comprehensive description of the procedures to be used ifthe charter school closes. Requires the designation of a responsible entity toconduct closure-related activities. Specifies the parties to be notified and theminimum information to be included in a notification of closure. Identifiesfunding for closure activities. CALIFORNIA 17844 Title: Title 5 CCR Sec(s) 11962, 11962.1 Source: Cal. Admin. Code tit. 5, s 11962.1 MN Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Requires that closed charter school must transfer the student's educational records within 10 business days of closure to the student's school district of residence where the records must be retained or transferred. http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H2245.2.html&session=ls85 Title: H.F. 2245 [Charter School Records] Source: http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us MS Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Reenacts procedures for public schools to apply for and be granted charter school statuts. Extends the repealer on charter school statutes to JULY 1, 2009. http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2007/html/HB/0500-0599/HB0554SG.htm Title: H.B. 554 Source: http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/ AZ Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Concerns the Character Education Office; makes an appropriation; relates to public and charter schools. Changes administration of the program from the Northern Arizona University to the Department of Education and stipulates procedure for disbursement of the grant monies. Deletes set funding of $1500 per year. (Chapter No. 86) Title: H.B. 2204 Source: http://www.azleg.gov AZ Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Relates to charter schools, fingerprinting and a civil penalty if a charter school fails to comply with fingerprinting requirements. New provision provides that penalties shall be assessed by reducing the amount of state aid that the charter school would otherwise receive. (Chapter No. 6) http://www.azleg.gov/FormatDocument.asp?inDoc=/legtext/48leg/1r/bills/hb2041o.asp Title: H.B. 2041 Source: http://www.azleg.gov/ NY Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Provides that an application for a charter school cannot be approved unless the charter entity finds that in a school district where the total enrollment of resident students attending charter schools in the base year is greater than 5% of the total public school enrollment of the district in the base year, (1) granting the application would have a significant educational benefit to the students expected to attend the proposed charter school, or (2) the school district in which the charter school will be located consents to such application. Adds a provision that when a revision of a charter involves the relocation of a charter school to a different school district, the proposed new school district must be given at least 45 days notice of the proposed relocation. Requires the applicant to additionally provide an analysis of the community support for such relocation and of the projected programmatic and fiscal impact of the charter school on the proposed new school district of location and other public and nonpublic schools in the area. Increases the number of charters that may be issued from 100 to 200. Increases the number of charters that may be approved by the board of trustees of the state university of New York from 50 to 100. Provides that of the 100 charters that may be approved by other authorizers, up to fifty must be reserved for the New York City district. Provides that before a charter school may be located in part of an existing public school building, the charter entity must provide notice to the parents of students then enrolled in the existing school building, and must hold a public hearing to discuss the location of the charter school. Adds provision that charter schools must demonstrate good faith efforts to attract and retain a comparable or greater enrollment of students with disabilities and limited English proficient students when compared to the enrollment figures for such students in the school district in which the charter school is located. Extends from two to three years the leave of absence a teacher employed by a school district may take to teach at a charter school. Requires each charter entity to notify the school district in which the charter is located and to public and nonpublic schools in the same geographic area as the proposed charter school within 30 days of its receipt of an application for formation of a new charter school or for renewal of an existing charter school, and at least 45 days prior to initial approval of the charter application by the charter entity. Requires the school district in which a charter school is to be located to hold a public hearing to solicit comments from the community prior to the issuance, revision, or renewal of a charter. Requires such hearing to be held in the community potentially impacted by the proposed charter school. When a revision involves the relocation of a charter school to a different school district, requires the proposed new school district to also hold such hearing. Also requires such school districts to be given an opportunity to comment on the proposed charter to the charter entity, and requires such charter entity to consider any comments raised and submit any such comments to the board of regents with the application for issuance, revision or renewal of a charter. Provides that in the event the school district fails to conduct a public hearing, the board of regents must conduct a public hearing to solicit comments from the community regarding the issuance, revision or renewal of a charter. Requires that the measures included in the charter school's annual charter school report card (which include, at a minimum, graduation rates, dropout rates, performance of students on standardized tests, college entry rates, total spending per pupil and administrative spending per pupil) be presented in a format that is easily comparable to similar public schools. Also requires the charter school to ensure that such information is easily accessible to the community. Requires that the board of regents' annual report on charter schools to the governor and heads of the senate and assembly include a list of all actions taken by a charter entity on charter application and the rationale for the renewal or revocation of any charters. Requires that the format for this annual report be developed in consultation with representatives of school districts and charter school officials. http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?bn=S02107&sh=t Title: S.B. 2107 -- Part D-2 Source: assembly.state.ny.us NM Vetoed 04/2007 P-12 Relates to charter school requirements, amends existing law to clarify enrollment limits. http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/07%20Regular/final/SB1147.pdf Title: S.B. 1147 Source: http://legis.state.nm.us NM Vetoed 04/2007 P-12 Distinguishes a student's academic proficiency from the AYP of schools and districts. Conforms rankings of schools in need of improvement with Federal requirements. Provides a process for reopening failing schools as state-chartered charter schools. Provides the disaggregation of data by gender. Reconciles multiple Amendments to the same section of law in Laws 2005. http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/07%20Regular/final/SB0287.pdf Title: S.B. 287 Source: http://legis.state.nm.us NM Vetoed 04/2007 P-12 Adds the charter school student activities program unit into the program cost calculation. http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/07%20Regular/final/HB0513.pdf Title: H.B. 513 Source: http://legis.state.nm.us NM Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Relates to charter school requirements, clarifies enrollment limits and declares an emergency. http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/07%20Regular/final/HB1245.pdf Title: H.B. 1245 Source: http://legis.state.nm.us NM Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Creates fund relating to charter school facilities funding. Provides procedures for meeting the needs of state-chartered and locally chartered charter schools for adequate facilities. http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/07%20Regular/final/SB0634.pdf Title: S.B. 634 Source: http://legis.state.nm.us/ NM Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Distinguishes a student's academic proficiency from the adequate yearly progress of public schools and school districts; conforms rankings of schools in need of improvement with federal requirements; provides a process for reopening failing schools as state-chartered charter schools; provides for the disaggregation of data by gender. http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/07%20Regular/final/HB0034.pdf Title: H.B. 34 Source: http://legis.state.nm.us NM Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Would make the hiring practices of charter schools align with current hiring practices of school districts by requiring all decisions to hire, fix salaries, assign, terminate or discharge employees of a charter school to be made by that school's head administrator. The head administrator could not initially employ in any capacity certain enumerated relatives of the head administrator or governing body. The bill would give the governing body the authority to waive prohibited employment of relatives of the head administrator just as current law allows a local board that waiver as to a district superintendent. http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/07%20Regular/final/SB0189.pdf Title: S.B. 189 Source: http://legis.state.nm.us DE Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Requires the Department of Education to develop a standardized format for the reporting of the local school district or charter school budget to the public. http://www.legis.state.de.us/LIS/lis144.nsf/vwLegislation/HB+21/$file/0801440478.doc?open Title: H.B. 21 Source: Delaware Legislature AR Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 Provides a major revision of the Public Charter School Law. Amends Public Charter School Law to allow for obtaining conversion public charter school status, open-enrollment public charter school status, or limited public charter school status. Defines the three types. Allows for conversion of school to charter status as a probationary measure for failure to meet academic or fiscal performance criteria. Limits open-enrollment in public school district until after the third year of the administrative reorganization. Grants open-enrollment public charter school the right of first refusal to purchase or lease for fair market value a closed public school facility or unused portion of a public school facility from which it draws its students. (Act. No. 736) http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2007/public/HB1504.pdf Title: H.B. 1504 Source: http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us ID Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 Allows for the creation of "professional-technical regional public charter schools." Provides that a professional-technical regional public charter school must meet the standards and qualifications established by the division of professional-technical education and must operate in association with at least two school districts. Provides that funding for regional professional-technical charter schools is the same as current law except that they receive the statewide average index for public charter schools. Session Law Chapter 246 http://www3.state.id.us/oasis/S1088.html Title: S.B. 1088 Source: www3.state.id.us UT Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 Modifies charter school application and authorization provisions; modifies certain requirements for charter schools, including those relating to charter school assets, school closures, and application, enrollment and withdrawal of a student from a charter school; modifies charter school funding provisions; regulates certain transactions and relationships relating to charter schools; requires a criminal background check for teachers applying to charter schools. This bill coordinates with H.B. 3 by providing that certain amendments in this bill supersede the amendments in H.B. 3 and that certain amendments in H.B. 3 supersede the amendments in this bill. This bill also coordinates with H.B. 160 by providing that certain amendments in this bill supersede the amendments in H.B. 160 and that certain amendments in H.B. 160 supersede the amendments in this bill. http://le.utah.gov/~2007/bills/hbillenr/hb0164.htm Title: H.B. 164 Source: http://www.le.state.ut.us/ WY Signed into law 02/2007 P-12 Restricts the frequency of charter school applications to allow only one application every 12 months from any person, group or organization that has previously filed a charter application and had it denied; limits renewal periods for charter schools to 5 years; modifies and clarifies the denial and appeal process for charter school applications. http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2007/Enroll/HB0031.pdf Title: H.B. 31 Source: http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2007/bills.htm UT Adopted 12/2006 P-12 Provides 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/ OH Signed into law 12/2006 P-12 Any 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 OH Signed into law 12/2006 P-12 Sec. 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 OH Signed into law 12/2006 P-12 Sec. 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 UT Adopted 11/2006 P-12 Provides 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 UT Adopted 11/2006 P-12 Adds 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/ CA Vetoed 09/2006 P-12 Adds 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 CA Signed into law 09/2006 P-12 Provides 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 CA Signed into law 09/2006 P-12 Requires 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 CA Signed into law 09/2006 P-12 Provides 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 CA Signed into law 08/2006 P-12 Permits 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 GA Adopted 07/2006 P-12 Clarifies 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 HI Became law without governor's signature 07/2006 P-12 Improves 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 LA Signed into law 06/2006 P-12 Requires 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 NY Died 06/2006 P-12 Relates 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 AZ Vetoed 06/2006 P-12 Relates 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 AZ Signed into law 06/2006 P-12 Concerns 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 RI Signed into law 06/2006 P-12 Requires 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 RI Signed into law 06/2006 P-12 Requires 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 FL Signed into law 06/2006 P-12 Revises 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 IA Signed into law 06/2006 P-12 Increases 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 CT Signed into law 05/2006 P-12 Concerns 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 ID Adopted 05/2006 P-12 Rewrites 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 ID Adopted 05/2006 P-12 Clarifies 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 GA Signed into law 04/2006 P-12 Allows 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 AZ Vetoed 04/2006 P-12 Concerns 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 WI Vetoed 04/2006 P-12 Allows 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 WI Signed into law 04/2006 P-12 Authorizes 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 UT Signed into law 03/2006 P-12 Prohibits 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 UT Signed into law 03/2006 P-12 Creates 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 NM Signed into law 03/2006 P-12 From 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 MS Signed into law 03/2006 P-12 Extends 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/ LA Signed into law 11/2005 P-12 Establishes procedures for identifying underperforming schools to be transferred to the Recovery School District. Requires the Recovery School District to provide all educational services to students in transferred schools. Requires the recovery district to develop and present to the state board a plan for the operation of all schools transferred, within six months after the transfer of a school to the recovery district. Sets forth mandatory components of a plan. Mandates that the recovery district retain jurisdiction over any school transferred to it for at least five school years. Requires the recovery district to report to the state board on specified indicators no later than nine months prior to the expiration of the five-year period, and to recommend whether the school should be (aa) Continued in the recovery district pursuant to its reported operational status; continued in the recovery district with a change in its operational status and the nature of the recommended change; closed; or returned to the administration and management of the transferring system with proposed stipulations and conditions for the return. Authorizes the district to manage and retain specified funding; relates to Type 5 charter schools; prohibits members of certain school boards from also being members of the governing board of certain Type 5 charter schools. States that on and after November 15, 2008, no additional schools shall be transferred to the jurisdiction of the recovery district. http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=329650 Title: H.B. 121A Source: www.legis.state.la.us, Lexis-Nexis/StateNet CA Signed into law 10/2005 P-12 An act to amend Sections 33054, 47605, 47605.6, 47607, 47612.5, and 51745.6 of, and to add Section 47612.6 to, the Education Code, relating to charter schools. Existing law requires that charter schools meet specified statewide standards and conduct the specified pupil assessments. This bill would require that these standards and pupil assessments include the high school exit examination, and would require a pupil completing grade 12 to successfully pass the exit examination as a condition of receiving a diploma of graduation. Title: H.B. 1610 Source: StateNet DE Rule Adoption 08/2005 P-12 Amends regulations to clarify what matters are to be considered minor modifications, major modifications, modifications that are considered as a new charter, and establishes a process by which these modifications are decided. http://www.state.de.us/research/AdminCode/title14/200/275.shtml#TopOfPage Title: 14 DAC 275 Source: StateNet NC Signed into law 08/2005 P-12 Authorizes Evergreen Charter School to elect to participate in the teachers' and state employees' retirement system. http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/HTML/H485v3.html Title: H.B. 485 Source: StateNet NC Signed into law 08/2005 P-12 Charter schools participation in the teachers' and state employees' retirement system and the North Carolina teachers' and state employees' major medical plan. Title: H.B. 182 Source: StateNet OR Signed into law 07/2005 P-12 Requires that initial charters be in effect for a period of not more than five years and are to be renewed upon the authorization of the sponsor. The first renewal of a charter are for the same time period as the initial charter. Subsequent renewals of a charter are for a minimum of five years but may not exceed 10 years. The renewal of a charter shall use the process required by this section. Renewals must follow the following process: -- The public charter school governing body is to submit a written renewal request to the sponsor for consideration at least 180 days prior to the expiration of the charter. -- Within 45 days after receiving a written renewal request from a public charter school governing body, the sponsor must hold a public hearing regarding the request for renewal. -- Within 10 days after the public hearing, the sponsor must notify the public charter school governing body of the sponsor¢s intent about the renewal of the charter. -- Within 20 days after the public hearing, the sponsor must approve the renewal of the charter or state in writing the reasons for denying the renewal of the charter. -- If the sponsor approves the renewal of the charter, the sponsor and the public charter school governing body are to negotiate a new charter within 90 days after the date on which the sponsor approved the renewal of the charter unless the sponsor and the public charter school governing body agree to an extension of the time period. -- If the sponsor does not renew the charter, the public charter school governing body may address the reasons stated under paragraph (e) of this subsection and any remedial measures suggested by the sponsor and submit a revised request for renewal to the sponsor. -- Notwithstanding other provisions, a sponsor and a public charter school governing body may agree in the charter of the school to a timeline for renewing the charter that is different from the timeline required by paragraphs (b) to (g) of this subsection. -- If the sponsor does not renew the charter based on the revised request for renewal, the public charter school governing body may appeal the decision of the sponsor to the state board for a review of whether the sponsor used the process required by this section in denying the renewal of the charter. -- If the board finds that the sponsor used the process required by this section in denying the request for renewal, the board is to affirm the decision of the sponsor. A public charter school governing body may seek judicial review of an order of the board. -- If the board finds that the sponsor did not use the process required by this section in denying the request for renewal, the board must order the sponsor to reconsider the request for renewal. -- If after reconsideration the sponsor does not renew the charter, the public charter school governing body may seek judicial review of an order of the sponsor. -- If the board is the sponsor of a public charter school and the board does not renew the charter based on the revised request for renewal, the public charter school governing body may seek judicial review of whether the board used the process required by this section in denying the request for renewal. -- The sponsor is required to base the charter renewal decision on a good faith evaluation of whether the public charter school: (A) Is in compliance with this chapter and all other applicable state and federal laws; (B) Is in compliance with the charter of the public charter school; (C) Is meeting or working toward meeting the student performance goals and agreements specified in the charter or any other written agreements between the sponsor and the public charter school governing body; (D) Is fiscally stable; and (E) Is in compliance with any renewal criteria specified in the charter of the public charter school. -- The sponsor must base the renewal evaluation primarily on a review of the public charter school¢s annual performance reports, annual audit of accounts and annual site visit and review and any other information mutually agreed upon by the public charter school governing body and the sponsor. http://www.leg.state.or.us/05reg/measpdf/hb3100.dir/hb3174.en.pdf Title: H.B. 3174 Source: http://www.leg.state.or.us CA Signed into law 07/2005 P-12 An act to amend Section 47610 of , and to add Section 47610.5 to, the Education Code, relating to charter schools. Expressly includes the California Building Standards Code amongst those state laws from which a charter school is not exempt. Requires charter schools to be in compliance with those provisions by January 1, 2007. Also provides that a charter school is exempt from this requirement if it complies with the requirements of the Field Act, or if the school is exclusively owned or controlled by the federal government or other entity that is not subject to the California Building Standards Code. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_1051-1100/sb_1054_bill_20050719_chaptered.pdf Title: S.B. 1054 Source: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov CA Vetoed 07/2005 P-12 An act to amend Section 47607 of the Education Code, relating to charter schools. Existing law provides procedures that relate to the renewal of a charter and specifies that a renewal is for a period of 5 years, inclusive. This bill provides, as an alternative, that a charter may be renewed for a period of 2 to 4 years, with certain requirements. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0151-0200/sb_166_bill_20050706_enrolled.pdf Title: S.B. 166 Source: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov DE Signed into law 07/2005 P-12 This Act is based on a recommendation by the Charter School Standards and Licensing Task Force created by House Resolution No. 78 of the 142nd General Assembly. Allows a modification requested by a charter school relating to financial matters, enrollment preferences, number of students, or such other matters to be considered a minor modification when appropriate. Requires the Department to promulgate rules and regulations subject to state board approval. http://www.legis.state.de.us/LIS/LIS143.nsf/vwLegislation/ Title: H.B. 156 Source: http://www.legis.state.de.us LA Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 17:24.10(A) and 3995(C). Authorizes charter schools to apply for and receive funding from the department to provide early childhood development and enrichment activity classes, .a.k.a. LA 4 classes, as provided for in statute. Specifies that a charter school may apply for and receive funding directly from the state or federal government. Specifies that a charter school must comply with the terms of any state or federal grant program for which it receives funding. http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=319041 Title: S.B. 239 Source: www.legis.state.la.us TN Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Amends charter school governing board membership to include a parent of a student attending the charter school. States that public charter schools may be formed to provide quality educational options for students and describes prospective student population: (1) Students who were previously enrolled in a charter school; or (2) Students who are assigned to, or were previously enrolled in a school failing to make adequate yearly progress, as defined by the state's accountability system, giving priority to at-risk students; or (3) Students who, in the previous school year, failed to test proficient in the subjects of language arts/reading or mathematics in grades three through eight on the Tennessee comprehensive assessment program examinations; or (4) Students who, in the previous school year, failed to test proficient on the gateway examinations in language arts/reading or mathematics. Prior to 2008, at which time the general assembly is scheduled to evaluate the effectiveness of charter schools for the purpose of re-enactment or extension of the charter school statute, charter schools are limited to 50 in number (statewide), 20 of which are to be located within a home rule municipality of a county with a population greater than 897,400, and four of which shall be located within a county with a population greater than 897,400. States that an LEA's decision whether to convert an eligible public school may not be appealed to the state board of education. Requires the office of education accountability to review relevant state and national charter school research related to school and student achievement, with particular emphasis on curriculum design and teaching methods. Requires the office of education accountability in the office of the comptroller to conduct a comprehensive study of the charter schools across Tennessee. (Public Chapter 414) http://tennessee.gov/sos/acts/104/pub/pc0414.pdf Title: S.B. 2167 Source: http://tennessee.gov NV (S) APPROVED BY THE GOVERNOR. CHAPTER 490. 06/2005 P-12 Revises the provisions governing the review of applications to form charter schools submitted to the board of trustees of a school district and the State Board of Education. Requires the governing body of a charter school sponsored by the board of trustees of a larger school district to enroll pupils who reside in the district before enrolling pupils who reside outside the district. Revises the provisions governing the licensed personnel of a charter school, the provisions governing the use of certain accountability information and the provisions governing the reporting of accountability information for charter schools sponsored by the State Board of Education. This bill grants discretion to the State Board whether to approve or deny an application, similar to the discretion currently granted to the boards of trustees of school districts. This bill also amends existing law to provide that an application may be submitted directly to the State Board without first being denied by a school district, regardless of whether the proposed charter school is designed exclusively for the enrollment of special education pupils. This bill requires each member of the governing body of a charter school to submit an affidavit to the Department of Education indicating that he has read and understands the material concerning membership on the governing body, if such material is provided by the Department. This bill requires the governing body of a charter school sponsored by the board of trustees of a school district located in certain larger counties to enroll pupils who live in the district before enrolling pupils who live outside the district. This bill provides that a person who holds a valid license to teach with an administrative endorsement may be employed as an administrator at the charter school. This bill also reduces the period during which a licensed teacher who is on a leave of absence from a school district to work at a charter school may return to a guaranteed comparable teaching position. http://leg.state.nv.us/73rd/bills/AB/AB180_EN.pdf Title: H.B. 180 Source: StateNet NV Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 AN ACT relating to education; requiring the governing body of a charter school sponsored by the board of trustees of a school district to enroll pupils who reside in the district before enrolling pupils who reside outside the district; making various changes concerning the employment practices of charter schools; revising provisions governing an application to form a charter school and the revocation of the written charter of a charter school; revising the provisions governing apportionments from the State Distributive School Account to charter schools sponsored by the State Board of Education; revising the provisions governing programs of distance education; requiring a charter school to pay for an additional administration of achievement and proficiency examinations under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. This bill requires all unlicensed applicants for employment with a charter school to submit a set of fingerprints to the governing body of the charter school for submission to the FBI for a criminal history report. This bill also requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to review the criminal history report of an applicant for employment with a charter school if that applicant has been convicted of a felony or an offense involving moral turpitude. http://leg.state.nv.us/73rd/bills/SB/SB56_EN.pdf Title: S.B. 56 Source: StateNet NV Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Revises provisions governing the review of applications to form charter schools submitted for sponsorship by the State Board of Education and requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to submit a report to the Legislature concerning the applications to form charter schools that were submitted during the preceding biennium. http://leg.state.nv.us/73rd/bills/AB/AB168_EN.pdf Title: H.B. 168 Source: StateNet CO Vetoed 06/2005 P-12 Repeals and reenacts the corrective action provisions for underperforming public schools. Requires the state board to annually notify each district and the state charter school institute as to which, if any, of its schools received a "low" or "unsatisfactory" rating in the state accountability system. Requires the department to adopt a school performance review process for schools rated "unsatisfactory." Requires the school performance review process to include creation of one or more school support teams to review each school rated "unsatisfactory" and make recommendations for an improvement plan with corrective actions. Permits the department, provided funds are available, to provide reviews and training for school support teams for schools rated "low." Allows each district and the institute to establish its own school performance review process, subject to department approval and to request comprehensive training for school support teams thereby established, which training the department must provide. Requires the department to provide comprehensive training to school support teams that must ensure each team member has a thorough knowledge of the department's standards and indicators for continuous school improvement and understands how to apply the standards and indicators in evaluating a school's performance. Beginning with the academic performance ratings for the 2004-2005 school year, requires a school receiving an "unsatisfactory" rating to undergo a review by a school support team and for the team to develop recommendations for an improvement plan with corrective actions. Mandates that the school begin implementing the improvement plan by the fall semester of the academic year following that in which the school received notice of inadequate performance. Establishes circumstances under which a school with an "unsatisfactory" rating is subject to restructuring or may cease to be subject to the school improvement action cycle. Beginning with the academic performance ratings for the 2004-2005 school year, requires a district or the state charter school institute containing a school receiving a "low" rating that meets other additional criteria to review the school's operations and develop an improvement plan with corrective actions for the school. Mandates that the school begin implementing the improvement plan by the fall semester of the academic year following that in which the school received notice of inadequate performance. Establishes circumstances under which a school with a school improvement plan thus created may cease to be subject to the school improvement plan. Establishes procedures for a school support team to conduct a performance review of a school and requires the team to prepare a comprehensive performance review report for the school. Requires a school that has received a performance review report to develop an improvement plan with corrective actions based on the findings and recommendations in the report. Requires the improvement plan to identify one or more from a list of specified corrective actions. Requires a school support team member to provide an implementation review for a school that has implemented an improvement plan for one full school year, and to prepare an implementation review report. Specifies content of report. Requires a school subject to restructuring to alter its governance structure. Sets forth procedures and options for such. Allows a district or the state charter school institute to voluntarily restructure a public school at any point in the school improvement action cycle at least 60 days before the determination that a school is required to restructure. Such a restructuring plan is not subject to the aforementioned altered governance structure provisions. States that if the state board determines that the school's restructuring plan is a major restructuring of the school's governance, the school will cease to be subject to the school improvement action cycle until such time as the school may again be subject to the school improvement action cycle by receiving an "unsatisfactory" or qualified "low" rating. Sets forth procedures for a local board to convert a school subject to restructuring to a charter school. Specifies that low-performing alternative education campuses are subject to the improvement plan and corrective action subsequent to a performance review report in the same manner as regular public schools. Modifies closing the achievement gap program; deletes language that the program is to provide extensive assistance to an eligible school at risk of being converted into a charter school. Replaces with language that the program must provide extensive assistance to an eligible school at risk of governance restructuring as set forth in statute 22-7-909 (above). Creates new paragraph allowing a charter to be revoked subsequent if it is determined that a charter school failed to show adequate improvement in its overall academic performance rating and is therefore subject to governance restructuring. http://www.leg.state.co.us/Clics2005a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/7FFA7A4A0AF5D39087256F4E0000C637?Open&file=1216_enr.pdf Title: H.B. 1216 Source: www.leg.state.co.us TX Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Allows the governing body of an open-enrollment charter school that specializes in one or more performing arts to require an applicant to audition for admission to the school. http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/cgi-bin/tlo/textframe.cmd?LEG=79&SESS=R&CHAMBER=H&BILLTYPE=B&BILLSUFFIX=01111&VERSION=5&TYPE=B Title: H.B. 1111 Source: http://www.capitol.state.tx.us HI Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Clarifies definitions of "new century charter schools" and "public schools". Requires charter school plans to include a plan for identifying, recruiting, and retaining highly-qualified instructional faculty. Requires a charter school's governance structure to incorporate a conflict of interest policy and a plan for periodic board training. Requires a charter school's plans to include a financial plan based on the most recent fiscal year's per-pupil charter school allocation that demonstrates the ability to meet the financial obligations of one-time start-up costs and ongoing costs such as monthly payrolls, faculty recruitment, professional development, and facilities costs. Amends new century charter school review panel membership to decrease board of education members and add two new members. Allows board of education to deny charter to school recommended by panel and establishes requirements if the board does not approve the charter. Allows charter school employees full participation in the state systems for retirement, workers' compensation, unemployment insurance, temporary disability insurance, and health benefits. Requires the department to provide its position listings to the charter school administrative office and any interested local school board of any new century charter school, and to facilitate and encourage the movement of instructional personnel between the department and new century charter schools, including limiting probationary status to one year, within specified parameters. Allows the new century charter schools to propose to the board of education an alternative weighted student formula. Repeals existing language on evaluating charter schools. Enacts new language requiring the board to adopt guidelines for multi-year evaluations of charter schools that have been chartered for four or more years, or for special evaluations at any time. Provides parameters and procedures for the board to place a charter school on probation and revoke a charter. Expands definition of "organizational viability" for a charter school. Adds that if, at any time, the board of directors of the nonprofit organization governing a new century conversion charter school votes to discontinue its relationship with the charter school, the charter school may submit an application to the board to continue as a conversion school without the participation of the nonprofit organization. Creates the Task Force on Charter School Governance to identify and recommend to the legislature revisions to the existing charter school law and to help create an effective framework for overseeing and supporting new and existing charter schools. Sets forth the areas on which the task force must make recommendations and establishes membership. Requires the charter school administrative office to submit a report to the legislature on the task force's progress, findings, and recommendations no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the regular session of 2006. Ensures more equitable and stable funding for the basic operations of new century charter schools, including: (1) establishing and providing funding for a per pupil allocation funding mechanism; (2) requiring that funds be requested for fringe benefit costs and collective bargaining increases for charter school employee members of collective bargaining units; (3) allowing additional appropriations for workers' compensation benefits; and (4) providing charter schools with access to all federal education funds received by the state. Ensures charter schools' compliance with federal regulations under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. Clarifies administrative hearing procedures relating to the education of handicapped children. Appropriates funds for these various purposes. (CD1) http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessioncurrent/bills/sb1643_cd1_.htm Title: S.B. 1643 Source: www.capitol.hawaii.gov NV Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 AN ACT relating to education; revising provisions governing the operation of charter schools, the employees of charter schools and the enrollment of pupils in charter schools; providing for the issuance of a license to teach to certain persons with graduate degrees and work experience. http://leg.state.nv.us/73rd/bills/AB/AB162_EN.pdf Title: H.B. 162 Source: StateNet IN Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Requires the department of education to publish in its school performance reports, in addition to ISTEP scores, any nationally recognized comprehensive assessment program data submitted by a school corporation, including a charter school. Increases the review period for applications to become a charter school. Allows a charter school to provide online and computer instruction in the same manner as other public schools. Requires the department of education to obtain federal funding for charter schools. Indicates that a charter school may use a private auditor and prepare financial reports in addition to audits and financial reports required by the state board of accounts. Provides that the law governing grants to alternative school programs applies to charter schools. Allows the common school fund interest balance to be used for charter school facility financing. http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2005/SE/SE0598.1.html Title: S.B. 598 Source: http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills NV Temporary Rule Adoption 05/2005 P-12 Amends provisions regarding meetings of governing bodies of charter schools. NEVADA REG 3708 (SN) Title: NAC 386.345 Source: StateNet NV Temporary Rule Adoption 05/2005 P-12 Revises various provisions governing charter schools, including certain insurance information to be provided with applications to form charter schools, and apportionment of funding. NEVADA REG 3707 (SN) Title: NAC 386.140, .355 Source: StateNet IN Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 States that if the U.S. Department of Education approves a new competition for states to receive matching funds for charter school facilities, the department must pursue this federal funding. Appropriates $10 million from the state general fund to provide state matching funds for the federal funding beginning July 1, 2005, and ending June 30, 2007. http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2005/HE/HE1001.1.html Title: H.B. 1001 (Section 129) Source: www.in.gov AZ Vetoed 04/2005 P-12 Allows a public or private nonprofit university, a public or private nonprofit college or a community college to sponsor a charter school and approve a charter school application; includes these institutions in charter school financial provisions. Beginning July 1, 2005, prohibits a sponsor of a charter school, except for a school district, from owning, operating or administrating a charter school. Prohibits public institutions from including a count of charter students for state funding purposes. http://www.azleg.state.az.us/DocumentsForBill.asp?Bill_Number=1085 Title: S.B. 1085 Source: www.azleg.state.az.us AZ Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Bars the sponsoring entity of a charter school from charging the charter school any fees unless the sponsor has provided services to the charter school and the fees represent the full value of those services. On request, requires the value of the services provided by the sponsor to be demonstrated to the department of education. http://www.azleg.state.az.us/DocumentsForBill.asp?Bill_Number=2438 Title: H.B. 2438 Source: www.azleg.state.az.us MS Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Establishment and operation of charter schools; extend repealer on; establishes a commission to study and report on the feasibility of the charter school concept in the state. Title: H.B. 238 Source: StateNet AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Deletes definitions of "consolidated average daily membership," "consolidated national school lunch student total" and "national school lunch students" from consolidation/reorganization provisions. Deletes provision that no school facility in a school district included in the consolidation list required by § 6-13-1602 may be closed by the state board or a local school board until after completion of an assessment of public school facilities by the Joint Committee on Educational Facilities. Repeals section 6-13-1604 related to administrative consolidation assistance funds and 6-13-1605 on non-impact of reorganization on charter schools. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2005/public/sb1044.pdf Title: S.B. 1044 (sections 21-27) Source: www.arkleg.state.ar.us AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Ensures the preservation of historical artifacts of school districts subject to consolidation, deconsolidation or reclassification as a conversion charter. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2005/public/hb2732.pdf Title: H.B. 2732 Source: StateNet ID Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Amends and adds to existing law to revise the definition for public virtual school; revises limitations applicable to the creation of public charter schools; revises terminology; to provide that the board of directors of a public charter school shall be deemed public agents authorized by the Public Charter School Commission; provides for teachers; provides that the board of directors of a public charter school shall function independently of the Public Charter School Commission. http://www3.state.id.us/oasis/S1170.html#engr Title: S.B. 1170 Source: StateNet AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Authorizes charter schools to enter into public-private partnerships whereby the charter school enters into lease purchase agreements for school buildings built by the private entities with federal tax-exempt facilities bonds. Extends the charter school performance contract from three to five years. Requires hearings for charter modification or probation to be held at a state board meeting rather than at the charter school facility. Specifies that the state board shall not approve any charter school which hampers, delays or in any manner negatively affects the desegregation efforts of a school district or districts. Specifies that a public school petition for conversion charter status may include the following purposes: (A) Adopting research-based school or instructional designs, or both, that focus on improving student and school performance; (B) Addressing school improvement status resulting from sanctions listed in § 6-15-207(c)(8) and 6-15-429(a) and (b); or (C) Partnering with other districts or schools to address students' needs in a geographical location or multiple locations. Eliminates prior provision that state board give preference in approving an application for a charter school to be located in any public school district where the percentage of students not reading at grade level is above the average for the state. Replaces it with preference for approving an application for a charter school to be located in any public school district classified by the state board as in academic distress or classified by the department of education as showing the greatest need for school improvement under § 6-15-426. Increases from 12 to 24 the number of charters the state board may grant, and provides a schedule for phasing in such approvals for the 2005-06 through 2007-08 academic years. Eliminates cap of 3 charters to be granted in any single congressional district in the state. Adds that a charter applicant's school campus must be limited to a single open-enrollment charter school per charter. Recognizes the Knowledge Is Power Program (KIPP) Delta College Preparatory open-enrollment charter school as an effective method for meeting the statutory purpose and intent of the Arkansas Charter School Act, § 6-23-102; closing the achievement gap in public schools for economically disadvantaged, racial and ethnic subgroups, § 6-15-401 et seq. and § 6-15-1601 et seq.; and otherwise providing an alternative proven adequate and equitable education to Arkansas students. Authorizes any charter applicant that receives an approved open-enrollment charter under the 2005-2008 expansion to petition the state board for additional licenses to establish open-enrollment charter school in any congressional districts in Arkansas provided that the applicant meets the following conditions: (i) The approved open-enrollment charter petitioner is sponsored by and approved by the Knowledge Is Power Program; and (ii) The approved open-enrollment charter petitioner has not been subject to any disciplinary action by the State Board; has not been classified as in school improvement, academic or fiscal distress; and has not had its open-enrollment charter placed on probation, suspended or revoked; and (iii) The state board determines in writing by majority of a quorum of the board present that the open-enrollment charter petitioner has generally established certain educational program results and criteria. Bars a private or parochial elementary or secondary school from eligible for open-enrollment charter school status. Moves student enrollment deadline in a charter school from April 15 to July 1. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2005/public/sb1130.pdf Title: S.B. 1130 Source: www.arkleg.state.ar.us AZ Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Exempts volunteers and guest speakers engaged in instructional or supervisory work in a charter school from having a valid fingerprint clearance card provided they are accompanied in the classroom by a person with a valid fingerprint clearance card. http://www.azleg.state.az.us/DocumentsForBill.asp?Bill_Number=1059 Title: S.B. 1059 Source: www.azleg.state.az.us AZ Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Permits a school district to sell used equipment to a charter school before the school district attempts to sell or dispose of the equipment by other means. http://www.azleg.state.az.us/DocumentsForBill.asp?Bill_Number=1223 Title: S.B. 1223 Source: www.azleg.state.az.us NM Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Relates to Charter School Standards. http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/05%20Regular/bills/house/HB0510.html Title: H.B. 510 Source: StateNet ID Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Bars a public charter school from receiving an increase in support units that exceeds the support units it received in the prior year by more than 20. To begin operations, requires a newly-chartered public school to be authorized by no later than January 1 of the previous school year. http://www3.state.id.us/oasis/S1221.html Title: S.B. 1221 Source: www3.state.id.us NM Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Relates to program units for extracurricular activities for home school and charter school students. Title: S.B. 789 Source: StateNet AZ Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Allows charter schools to hire personnel who have not yet received a fingerprint clearance card provided the charter school has followed specified procedures. http://www.azleg.state.az.us/DocumentsForBill.asp?Bill_Number=2596 Title: H.B. 2596 Source: www.azleg.state.az.us ID Temporary Rule Adoption - Concurrently Proposed 04/2005 P-12 Rewrites rules governing charter schools. http://www2.state.id.us/adm/adminrules/rules/idapa08/0204.pdf Title: IDAPA 08.02.04 Source: StateNet ID Temporary Rule Adoption - Concurrently Proposed 04/2005 P-12 Clarifies 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://www2.state.id.us/adm/adminrules/rules/idapa08/0301.pdf Title: IDAPA 08.03.01 Source: StateNet AR Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Requires school district auditors to comply with the requirements and prohibitions of the federal Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2005/public/HB2700.pdf Title: H.B. 2700 Source: StateNet AZ Vetoed 03/2005 P-12 Increases charter school funding and makes changes in provisions for student counts for districts. http://www.azleg.state.az.us/DocumentsForBill.asp?Bill_Number=1405 Title: S.B. 1405 Source: www.azleg.state.az.us UT Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 This bill allows charter schools to annually report innovative practices (such as innovative teaching practices) to the Charter School Board. http://www.le.state.ut.us/~2005/bills/hbillenr/hb0206.pdf Title: H.B. 206 Source: http://www.le.state.ut.us UT Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 This bill: < removes the cap on the number of charter schools that the State Charter School Board may authorize; < removes a time limitation imposed on the State Charter School Board for approving or denying a charter school application; < prohibits charter schools from being denied due to certain impacts on public schools; < allows charter schools to give additional enrollment preferences; < modifies the content requirements for a charter school's charter; < allows a chartering entity to take certain actions if a charter school fails to remedy deficiencies within an established timeline, including: removing a school director or finance officer; removing governing board members; appointing an interim director or mentor to work with the charter school; or terminating the charter school; < provides for the appeal of a chartering entity's decision to terminate a charter school to the State Board of Education, and provides that the State Board of Education's action is final action subject to judicial review; < allows a private management company to operate a charter school, if the school is terminated during a school year; < provides that State Board of Education rules governing licensing of administrative and supervisory personnel do not apply to charter schools; and < makes technical amendments. http://www.le.state.ut.us/~2005/bills/sbillenr/sb0178.pdf Title: S.B. 178 Source: http://www.le.state.ut.us AR Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Expands upon the Arkansas Educational Financial Accounting and Reporting Act of 2004. Requires charter schools to follow the financial reporting procedures required of public school districts. Expands upon and clarifies initial and ongoing training requirements for district superintendents, educational service cooperative directors, open-enrollment charter school directors and district/open-enrollment charter school staff whose job responsibilities include preparing the budget or overall accounting responsibility. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2005/public/hb1568.pdf Title: H.B. 1568 Source: www.arkleg.state.ar.us UT Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 The governing body of a charter school or a district must ensure that, prior to the beginning of each school year, each of its employees signs a document acknowledging that the employee has received: (i) the disclosure required by law re: if the charter school or district participates in the Risk Management Fund; or (ii) written disclosure if the charter school or district does not participate in the Risk Management Fund; and (b) understands the legal liability protection provided to the employee and what is not covered, as explained in the disclosure. http://www.le.state.ut.us/~2005/bills/sbillenr/sb0058.pdf Title: S.B. 58 Source: http://www.le.state.ut.us UT Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Allows a charter school with more applicants than enrollment capacity to give enrollment preference based on a student's proximity to the school. http://www.le.state.ut.us/~2005/bills/hbillenr/hb0136.pdf Title: H.B. 136 Source: http://www.le.state.ut.us UT Signed into law 02/2005 P-12 Relates to minimum school program act amendments. This bill: < establishes a ceiling for the state contribution to the maintenance and operations portion of the Minimum School Program for fiscal year 2005-06 of $1,783,631,186; < establishes the value of the weighted pupil unit at $2,258; < appropriates $27,288,900 to the State Board of Education for fiscal year 2005-06 for school building aid programs for school districts; < directs the state superintendent to include certain expenditure data in an annual report to the governor and the Legislature; and < imposes a deadline for the authorization of a charter school in order to qualify for certain state funds. The superintendent's report must include (new requirements) a complete statement, by school district and charter school, of the amount of and percentage increase or decrease in expenditures from the previous year attributed to: (A) wage increases, with expenditure data for base salary adjustments identified separately from step and lane expenditures; (B) medical and dental premium cost adjustments; and (C) adjustments in the number of teachers and other staff. http://www.le.state.ut.us/~2005/bills/hbillenr/hb0003.pdf Title: H.B. 3 Source: http://www.le.state.ut.us UT Signed into law 02/2005 P-12 Exempts charter schools from certain municipal land use regulations; exempts charter schools from certain county land use regulations; allows the termination of the nonconforming status of charter school property when the property ceases to be used for charter school purposes; requires charter schools to provide local governments of intent to purchase a school site or construct a school building; makes technical corrections. http://www.le.state.ut.us/~2005/bills/hbillenr/hb0003.pdf Title: H.B. 36 Source: http://www.le.state.ut.us CO Rule Adoption 01/2005 P-12 Establishes rules regarding the State Charter School Institute. Includes procedures for acceptance of applications, evaluating and authorizing schools and overseeing procedures. http://www.cde.state.co.us/choice/download/CSIpermRulesFinal.pdf Title: 1 CCR 302-1 Source: http://www.cde.state.co.us DE Rule Adoption 01/2005 P-12 Amends regulation relating to professional employee work stoppage or strike by adding charter schools to the regulation. Title: 14 DAC 714 Source: StateNet MA Emergency Rule Adoption 12/2004 P-12 Establishes a new charter school formula. Implements the new provisions of state law so that the next quarterly tuition payments may be made on schedule. MASSACHUSETTS REG 8469 (SN) Title: 603 CMR 1.00 Source: StateNet CO Emergency Rule Adoption 12/2004 P-12 Establishes emergency rules regarding administration of the State Charter School Institute. Title: 1 CCR 302-1 Source: StateNet DE Rule Adoption 11/2004 P-12 Amends regulations relating to compensating of district personnel under specific project proposals by adding a reference to charter schools and changing the title to refer only to federal projects. Title: 14 DAC, 742 Source: StateNet CA Vetoed 09/2004 P-12 Prohibits a school district governing board from denying a charter school petition, unless it makes findings that the petition lacks a description of the procedures by which a pupil may be subject to discipline and the procedure employed by the school to safeguard the due process rights of pupils and unless it makes findings showing a lack of compliance with the Ralph M. Brown Act. Provides that charter schools are subject to the open meeting requirement of the Ralph M. Brown Act. Prohibits a charter school from expelling a pupil based solely on his or her academic performance. Requires a charter school to notify the governing board of the school district of residence and the county superintendent of schools within 14 days if a pupil is expelled and to notify the governing board of the school district of residence within 14 days of the last day the pupil attended school if a pupil leaves the charter school without graduating or completing the school year for any reason. Requires a charter school to provide the district of residence of a pupil who is expelled or leaves the charter school without graduating or completing the school year for any reason with a copy of the cumulative file of that pupil. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_1851-1900/ab_1860_bill_20040826_enrolled.html Veto message: http://www.governor.ca.gov/govsite/pdf/vetoes/AB_1860_veto.pdf Title: A.B. 1860 Source: California Legislative Web site CA Signed into law 09/2004 P-12 Provides that for pupils who reside in a basic aid school district and are attending a countywide charter school operating at multiple sites throughout the county, the sponsoring local educational agency is the pupil's school district of residence. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_2501-2550/ab_2525_bill_20040929_chaptered.pdf Title: A.B. 2525 (multiple provisions) Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov/ CA Vetoed 09/2004 P-12 Exempts a charter high school chartered by the Riverside Unified School District and operated in cooperation with the Riverside Community College District from certain requirements of existing law relating to teacher certification and student residency and age for enrollment. Provides that a pupil attending a charter high school that is chartered by the Riverside Unified School District generates average daily attendance for the charter school. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_1351-1400/sb_1386_bill_20040823_enrolled.html Veto message: http://www.governor.ca.gov/govsite/pdf/vetoes/SB_1423_veto.pdf Title: S.B. 1423 Source: California Legislative Web site NJ Signed into law 08/2004 P-12 Provides that charter school administrators and trustees are subject to provisions of School Ethics Act. Title: S.B. 337 Source: StateNet CA Signed into law 08/2004 P-12 Provides if a charter school chooses to participate in the Public Employees' Retirement System, its qualified classified employees shall be covered under the system in the same manner as the employees of the school district that granted the charter. Provides that disability retirement benefits under the system are applicable to a member who retires for nonindustrial disability. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_1601-1650/sb_1603_bill_20040816_chaptered.html Title: S.B. 1603 Source: California Legislative Web site ID Temporary Rule Adoption - Concurrently Proposed 08/2004 P-12 Repeals rules governing public charter schools. http://www2.state.id.us/adm/adminrules/rules/idapa08/0204.pdf Title: IDAPA 08.02.04 Source: StateNet ID Temporary Rule Adoption - Concurrently Proposed 08/2004 P-12 Proposes rules governing public charter schools. Establishes a consistent application and review process for the approval and maintenance of public charter schools. http://www2.state.id.us/adm/adminrules/rules/idapa08/0204.pdf Title: IDAPA 08.02.04 Source: StateNet ID Temporary Rule Adoption - Concurrently Proposed 08/2004 P-12 Proposes rules establishing Public Charter School Commission. Outlines the Commission definitions, proceedings, and board meetings. http://www2.state.id.us/adm/adminrules/rules/idapa08/0301.pdf Title: IDAPA 08.03.01 Source: StateNet IL Signed into law 08/2004 P-12 Amends the Charter Schools Law of the School Code. Allows the Chicago Board of Education to designate attendance boundaries for a specified amount of charter schools. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=093-0861 Title: H.B. 5562 Source: Illinois Legislative Web site NC Signed into law 08/2004 P-12 Authorizes existing charter schools to elect to participate in the Teachers' and State Employees' Retirement System and the North Carolina Teachers' and State Employees' Major Medical Plan. http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/html2003/bills/CurrentVersion/house/hbil1723.full.html Title: H.B. 1723 Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us MA Signed into law 07/2004 P-12 Postsec. Relates to the School Building Assistance Program; provides for grants, investments, trusts and bonds; creates the School Building Authority; provides for children with disabilities; prohibits racial desegregation; provides for public-private partnerships, charter schools, construction that will facilitate early education and care programs; financial incentives to cities that adopt zoning policies for increased affordable housing production; provides for hearings. Title: H.B. 4978 Source: StateNet CA Emergency Rule Adoption 07/2004 P-12 Amends regulations relating to the Charter School Facilities Program. Adopts new regulations that establish uniform terms and conditions that shall apply equally to all projects for funding. http://ccr.oal.ca.gov/cgi-bin/om_isapi.dll?clientID=106162&E22=Title%204&E23=10152&E24=&infobase=ccr&querytemplate=%261.%20Go%20to%20a%20Specific%20Section&record={EBE4}&softpage=Browse_Frame_Pg42 Title: Title 4 CCR 10152 - 10162, 10163 and 10164 Source: California State Web site HI Vetoed 07/2004 P-12 Requires accountings conducted by new century charter schools to be subject to audit and inspection by the charter school administrative office. Requires disclosure of certain financial records and policies and procedures. Requires compliance with health and safety requirements, county laws and requirements, and state and county land use laws. http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessioncurrent/bills/hb2911_cd1_.htm Title: H.B. 2911 Source: Hawaii Legislative Web site DE Signed into law 07/2004 P-12 Extends the initial term of a charter school to 4 school years; provides a uniform date upon which an approved charter expires; establishes a deadline for applications to renew a charter; extends to four years the initial charters of previously approved charter schools. http://www.legis.state.de.us/LIS/LIS142.NSF/vwLegislation/SB+330/$file/2381420186.doc/?openelement Title: S.B. 330 Source: Delaware Legislative Web site DE Signed into law 07/2004 P-12 Current law requires that the State Auditor perform two audits of each charter school's enrollment each spring. This legislation discontinues that wasteful practice and, instead, provides each school district with certificates from each charter school regarding student enrollment. The legislation also gives the Department of Education and local districts access to underlying documents maintained by each charter school. With this access to information, school districts will be aware of the number of students planning to attend a charter school early enough to permit appropriate planning. http://www.legis.state.de.us/LIS/LIS142.NSF/vwLegislation/SB+275/$file/2381420066.doc/?openelement Title: S.B. 275 Source: Delaware Legislative Web site LA Signed into law 07/2004 P-12 Provides for priority funding of type 2 charter schools which have been renewed for ten years. http://www.legis.state.la.us/leg_docs/04RS/CVT8/OUT/0000LVUP.PDF Title: S.B. 874 Source: StateNet FL Signed into law 06/2004 P-12 Relates to charter schools; revises qualifications for sponsoring charter school; revises requirements regarding which provisions of building code and fire safety code said school facilities must comply with; allows certain educational impact fees to be allocated to construction of said facilities; requires written agreement between party responsible for paying for impact fees and local zoning authority that levies fee. http://www.flsenate.gov/cgi-bin/view_page.pl?Tab=session&Submenu=1&FT=D&File=sb3000er.html&Directory=session/2004/Senate/bills/billtext/html/ Title: S.B. 3000 Source: Florida Legislative Web site FL Signed by Governor 06/2004 P-12 Relates to career, workforce and technical education; requires said education programs within the comprehensive high school program of study to be industry certified; provides academic requirements for students enrolled in said education programs; allows charter technical career center sponsors to submit full-time enrollment membership data as defined in the charter agreement; provides for career education certification on high school diploma; allows incentive funding to school districts for students receiving certifications; redesignates adult technical education programs as workforce education programs; provides certain responsibilities for district school boards and superintendents. http://www.flsenate.gov/cgi-bin/view_page.pl?Tab=session&Submenu=1&FT=D&File=hb0769er.html&Directory=session/2004/House/bills/billtext/html/ Title: H.B. 769 Source: Florida Legislative Web site HI Signed into law 06/2004 P-12 Allows the legislature to adjust the most recent consolidated annual financial report of the department of education and make additional appropriations for fringe or other employee benefits, and facility costs; requires the charter school administrative office to provide the initial 50% of a new century charter school's per pupil allocation no later than July 20 of each year, 40% no later than November 15 of each year, and provides the remaining 10% no later than January 1 of each year; appropriates funding. http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessioncurrent/bills/sb2425_cd1_.htm Title: S.B. 2425 Source: Hawaii Legislative Web site NH Signed into law 06/2004 P-12 Establishes a committee to study the issue of school choice in New Hampshire any issue relating to school choice which it deems relevant. Requires the committee to report its findings and recommendations by November 30, 2004. http://gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/2004/HB0727.html Title: H.B. 727 Source: gencourt.state.nh.us CO Signed by Governor 06/2004 P-12 Concerns charter schools and legislative intent to provide multiple avenues for obtaining charter school authorization, including the creation of state charter schools. Amends the charter school law to require charter school contracts to include goals, objectives and students performance standards for meeting state accreditation standards and goals and applicable federal standards and goals; measurable annual achievement goals based on state accreditation goals; a description of how the charter school will gather and use longitudinal assessment data to assess and improve student academic progress. Specifies how school districts may unilaterally impose conditions on charter schools or charter applicants. Requires the local board of education to annually report to the state department of education requested data to determine the effectiveness of charter schools. Prohibits the chartering authority from limiting the number of students a charter school may enroll except as negotiated between a charter school and the chartering authority based on specified criteria. A charter school's renewal application must include information on their students progress on Colorado student assessments. Charter schools should receive 100% of the district's per-pupil revenues except the district may retain the actual cost of central administrative costs for services in an amount of up to 5% of per-pupil revenues. Charter schools can appeal to the state board of education if the school believes the chartering district improperly withheld funds. Requires specified reports to the governor and the legislature. http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics2004a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/070DD2229CD69D4587256D78006373FB?Open&file=1141_enr.pdf Title: H.B. 1141 Source: Colorado Legislative Web site CO Signed into law 06/2004 P-12 Concerns the authorization of institute charter schools, particularly schools for at-risk students, by the state Charter School Institute; deems institute charter schools to be part of the free public schools in the state, thereby adjusts the funding for free lunches provided to the students within the school district; creates a graduated reimbursement to school districts, and allows a school district to retain exclusive authority to authorize charter schools within the school districts boundaries. Intent of the Legislature is for the Institute to model best practices in authorizing charter schools and to make these practices available to school districts. Includes establishment of accountability requirements for student performance and school improvement at institute charter schools. http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics2004a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/012657ADB873A05C87256DB0004CFCFF?Open&file=1362_enr.pdf Title: H.B. 1362 Source: Colorado Legislative web site CA Emergency Rule Adoption 06/2004 P-12 Establishes emergency rules concerning the Leroy F. Green School Facilities Act of 1998 - Charter School Program. Provides funding to qualifying entities for the purpose of establishing school facilities for charter school pupils. CALIFORNIA REG 15988 (SN) http://ccr.oal.ca.gov/cgi-bin/om_isapi.dll?clientID=85952&E22=title%202&E23=1859.2&E24=&infobase=ccr&querytemplate=%261.%20Go%20to%20a%20Specific%20Section&record={37B5}&softpage=Browse_Frame_Pg42 Title: Title 2 CCR 1859.2 - 1859.171 Source: StateNet CO Signed into law 05/2004 P-12 Concerns the financing of public schools; relates to calculations of pupil enrollment; relates to charter school contracts. http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics2004a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/28517E5E9054E56887256E0400738CE5?Open&file=1397_enr.pdf Title: H.B. 1397 Source: Colorado Legislative Web site OK Signed into law 05/2004 P-12 Authorizes the state department to allocate funds on a per-pupil basis for purposes of providing matching funds for the federal State Charter School Facilities Incentive Grants Program created by the No Child Left Behind Act. Changes the notice necessary to deny a charter school renewal from 60 days to 8 months. http://www2.lsb.state.ok.us/2003-04SB/sb713_enr.rtf Title: S.B. 713 Source: http://www2.lsb.state.ok.us MS Signed into law 05/2004 P-12 Deletes repealer on authorization of charter schools. http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2004/pdf/HB/0600-0699/HB0664SG.pdf Title: H.B. 664 Source: StateNet AZ Signed into law 05/2004 P-12 Amends the membership of the State Board for Charter Schools to include at least one resident of an Indian reservation, a charter school teacher, and an operator of a charter school. http://www.azleg.state.az.us/FormatDocument.asp?inDoc=/legtext/46leg/2r/laws/0257.htm. Title: H.B. 2580 Source: Arizona Legislative Web site TN Signed into law 05/2004 P-12 From the fiscal note: Requires charter schools to administer state value-added testing for their students. Current law, T.C.A. 49-13-111(a)(2), provides that a public charter school shall meet the same performance standards and requirements adopted by the state board for public schools. T.C.A. 49-13-122 provides that a public charter school agreement may be revoked or denied renewal by the final chartering authority if such chartering authority determines that the school failed to meet or make adequate yearly progress toward achievement of the state's accountability system. This bill requires charter schools to participate in the state assessment program. http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/bills/currentga/BILL/SB2416.pdf Title: S.B. 2416 Source: http://www.legislature.state.tn.us HI Signed into law 05/2004 P-12 Continues existing civil service rights, privileges, and benefits to applicable personnel in new century conversion charter schools. Requires employees hired subsequent to conversion to have civil service status. Authorizes employees of new century conversion charter schools to retain civil service status upon transfer to another civil service position. http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessioncurrent/bills/sb2424_cd1_.htm Title: S.B. 2424 Source: Hawaii Legislative Web site WI Vetoed 04/2004 P-12 From Legislative Reference Bureau analysis: Under current law, school boards may enter into contracts with individuals, groups, businesses, or governmental bodies to establish charter schools, which operate with fewer constraints than traditional public schools. Current law also permits the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, the University of Wisconsin–Parkside, the Milwaukee Area Technical College, and the city of Milwaukee to operate charter schools (independent charter schools) directly or to contract for the operation of charter schools. Only pupils who reside in the school district in which an independent charter school is located may attend the charter school. This bill allows any 4–year institution or 2–year college campus 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.http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2003/data/SB-253.pdf Title: S.B. 253 Source: http://www.legis.state.wi.us AZ Signed into law 04/2004 P-12 Allows the sponsor of a charter school to direct the Arizona Department of Education (ADE) to withhold a portion of state aid if the charter school is out of compliance with federal law, state law or with the charter; amends provisions regarding daily membership and daily enrollment for pupils for apportionment of funds; provides for students who attend both schools. http://www.azleg.state.az.us/FormatDocument.asp?inDoc=/legtext/46leg/2r/laws/0120.htm Title: H.B. 2255 Source: Arizona Legislative Web site KS Signed into law 04/2004 P-12 Changes from April 1 to April 15 the date by which the state board must notify local boards and charter school petitioners of the approval or disapproval of an application. http://www.kslegislature.org/bills/2004/2558.pdf Title: H.B. 2558 Source: StateNet VA Signed into law 04/2004 P-12 Requires charter school applications to disclose any ownership or financial interest in the public charter school, by the charter applicant and the governing body, administrators, and other personnel of the proposed public charter school, and requires that the successful applicant and the governing body, administrators, and other personnel of the public charter school have a continuing duty to disclose such interests during the term of any charter. The charter applicant must include in the proposed agreement the results of any Board of Education review of the public charter school application that may have been conducted. http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?041+ful+HB380ER Title: H.B. 380 Source: http://leg1.state.va.us AZ Signed into law 04/2004 P-12 Concerns school district and charter school procurement; concerns contracts for materials and services the governing board may authorize for purchase which do not comply with requirements of procurement rules adopted by the State Board of Education; specifies criteria; applies to General Services Administration contracts. http://www.azleg.state.az.us/FormatDocument.asp?inDoc=/legtext/46leg/2r/laws/0050.htm Title: H.B. 2105 Source: Arizona Legislative Web site ID Signed into law 04/2004 P-12 Amends existing law to require that employment of charter school teachers and administrators shall be on written contract in a form as approved by the State Superintendent of Public Instruction conditioned upon a valid certificate being held by such professional personnel at the time of entering upon the duties thereunder. http://www3.state.id.us/oasis/S1363.html#billtext Title: S.B. 1363 Source: Idaho Legislative Web site ID Signed into law 04/2004 P-12 Amends existing law relating to charter schools to authorize advance payment of a portion of estimated transportation costs. http://www3.state.id.us/oasis/S1347.html#billtext Title: S.B. 1347 Source: Idaho Legislative Web site ID Signed into law 04/2004 P-12 Amends existing law to require that each petition submitted to convert an existing school or to establish a new charter school shall contain a copy of the articles of incorporation and bylaws of the nonprofit corporation. http://www3.state.id.us/oasis/S1361.html#billtext Title: S.B. 1361 Source: Idaho Legislative Web site ID Signed into law 04/2004 P-12 Adds to and amends existing law relating to the public charter schools to provide transportation reimbursement for public virtual schools; clarifies computation of support units for charter schools formed by conversion of an existing traditional public school; provides funding for public virtual schools; provides proper terminology. http://www3.state.id.us/oasis/S1443.html#billtext Title: S.B. 1443 Source: Idaho Legislative Web site ID Signed into law 04/2004 P-12 Relates to public charter schools; revises limits on the number of public charter schools; governs methods of forming a public charter school; provides additional limitations on authorizing a charter; provides rules to be adopted by the State Board of Education; designates certain local educational agencies; clarifies liability for public charter schools; requires certain financial reporting; creates an independent public charter school commission. http://www3.state.id.us/oasis/S1444.html#engr Title: S.B. 1444 Source: Idaho Legislative Web site ID Signed into law 03/2004 P-12 Amends existing law to provide criteria governing the attendance area of a charter school. The attendance area of a charter school shall be composed of compact and contiguous area. For the purposes of this section, if services are available to students throughout the state, the state of Idaho is considered a compact and contiguous area. http://www3.state.id.us/oasis/S1346.html#engr Title: S.B. 1346 Source: Idaho Legislative web site UT Signed into law 03/2004 P-12 Modifies the State System of Public Education Code and the Utah State Retirement and Insurance Benefit Act to amend employee benefit provisions for charter schools; allows a charter school applying for sponsorship to make an election of nonparticipation in the state retirement systems for its employees at the time of the application as a charter school; allows a charter school discretion to select and offer employee benefit plans. Title: H.B. 108 Source: StateNet WA Signed into law 03/2004 P-12 Provides for the procedures, rules and responsibilities for the development of a charter school within the State. http://www.leg.wa.gov/pub/billinfo/2003-04/House/2275-2299/2295-s2_sl.pdf Title: H.B. 2295 Source: Washington Legislative Web site WI Vetoed 03/2004 P-12 Relates to eligibility to attend an independent charter school and payments made to independent charter schools. Title: A.B. 746 Source: StateNet UT Signed into law 03/2004 P-12 This bill creates the State Charter School Board consisting of seven members appointed by the governor; specifies the powers and duties of the State Charter School Board, including the power to: authorize and promote the establishment of charter schools, subject to approval of the state board; and • hold charter schools accountable for their performance; < provides for a staff director for the State Charter School Board appointed by the superintendent of public instruction, with the consent of the State Charter School Board; provides for the dissolution of charters with the state board and directs the State Charter School Board to grant charters to schools previously chartered by the state board; expands the purposes of charter schools; expands the provisions to be addressed in a school's charter; exempts charter schools from various state laws and rules of the state board; requires the State Charter School Board to study existing state law and administrative rules for the purpose of determining from which laws and rules charter schools should be exempt, and submit recommendations to the state board and the Education Interim Committee; and clarifies the duties of local school boards in authorizing charter schools. http://www.le.state.ut.us/~2004/bills/hbillenr/hb0152.pdf Title: H.B. 152 Source: http://www.le.state.ut.us UT Rule Adoption 03/2004 P-12 Provides Comprehensive Guidance funding for charter schools and adjusts the funding base slightly for all schools. UTAH REG 26850 (SN) Title: R244-462 Source: StateNet CA Rule Adoption 02/2004 P-12 Amends rule to provide that a pupil over the age of 19 years may generate attendance for apportionment purposes in a charter school only if the pupil was enrolled in public school in pursuit of a high school diploma or in keeping with an individualized education plan while 19 years of ages, is enrolled in a charter school without a break in public school enrollment since that time, and is not over the age of 22. http://ccr.oal.ca.gov/cgi-bin/om_isapi.dll?clientID=81458&E22=Title%205&E23=11960&E24=&infobase=ccr&querytemplate=%261.%20Go%20to%20a%20Specific%20Section&record={102D2}&softpage=Document42 Title: Title 5 CCR 11960 Source: California State Web site GA Adopted 02/2004 P-12 Submits rules regarding charter school planning grants, implementation grants and dissemination grants. http://rules.sos.state.ga.us/cgi-bin/page.cgi?g=GEORGIA_DEPARTMENT_OF_EDUCATION%2Findex.html&d=1 Title: GAC 160-1-4-.155, .255, .267 Source: Georgia State Web site AR Signed into law 12/2003 P-12 Provides for the State School for Mathematics, Sciences, and the Arts; provides the University of Arkansas may petition the State Board of Education for the school to receive charter school status. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2003s2/public/HB1038.pdf Title: H.B. 1038 Source: Arkansas Legislative Web site UT Rule Adoption 12/2003 P-12 Provides procedures and standards for eligible charter schools to apply for and receive loans to pay for the costs of constructing, renovating, and purchasing charter school facilities. UTAH REG 26654 (SN) Title: R277-487 Source: StateNet WI Vetoed 11/2003 P-12 Relates to charter schools located in a 1st class city school district. Title: A.B. 261 Source: StateNet UT Rule Adoption 11/2003 P-12 Amends rules to provide for timeline changes that allow more flexibility for charter school applicants, terminology changes, and changes to the source of funding language. UTAH REG 26602 (SN) Title: R277-470 Source: StateNet CA Signed into law 10/2003 P-12 Specifies oversight duties of a chartering authority with respect to a charter school under its authority. Repeals Instructional Time and Staff Development Program provisions as they apply to charter schools. Repeals provisions relating to charter school application for Instructional Materials Fund grants. Requires inclusion of charter school funding for programs in categorical block grants. Requires academic performance for charter renewal. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_1101-1150/ab_1137_bill_20031012_chaptered.html Title: A.B. 1137 Source: California Legislative Web site MI Became law without GOVERNOR'S signature. 10/2003 P-12 Postsec. Provides for revisions to charter school law with respect to oversight and regulations; provides for the creation of high school academies operated by nonprofit corporations under contract with a state institution of higher education. http://www.michiganlegislature.org/documents/2003-2004/billenrolled/senate/pdf/2003-SNB-0393.pdf Title: S.B. 393 Source: www.michiganlegislature.org CA Signed into law 09/2003 P-12 Sets forth the manner of funding charter school facilities under the Kindergarten-University Public Education Facilities Bond Act of 2004 by the State Allocation Board and the California School Finance Authority. Allows an additional apportionment to be made, for the purposes of the modernization of permanent school facilities every 25 years following the date of the previous apportionment and 20 years for portable classrooms with a joint-use partner. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0001-0050/sb_15_bill_20030929_chaptered.html Title: S.B. 15 Source: California Legislative Web site IA Adopted 09/2003 P-12 Adds a new chapter to implement Iowa Code Sec. 256F. Addresses review of two types of applications: planning and charter status. Requires that the department rank applications on a point system, with maximum points of 100. Specifies criteria for scoring. Assigns state board with reviewing recommendations of the Department and requires the state board to approve or deny applications within 60 calendar days of receipt and notify applicants within 14 days of a decision. Title: Iowa Admin. Code 281-68.1 (256F) Source: Iowa Department of Education MI Signed into law 08/2003 P-12 Sec. 8b. (1) The department shall assign a district code to each public school academy that is authorized under the revised school code and is eligible to receive funding under this act within 30 days after a contract is submitted to the department by the authorizing body of a public school academy. (2) If the department does not assign a district code to a public school academy within the 30-day period described in subsection (1), the district code the department shall use to make payments under this act to the newly authorized public school academy shall be a number that is equivalent to the sum of the last district code assigned to a public school academy located in the same county as the newly authorized public school academy plus 1. However, if there is not an existing public school academy located in the same county as the newly authorized public school academy, then the district code the department shall use to make payments under this act to the newly authorized public school academy shall be a 5-digit number that has the county code in which the public school academy is located as its first 2 digits, 9 as its third digit, 0 as its fourth digit, and 1 as its fifth digit. http:///documents/2003-2004/billenrolled/house/pdf/2003-HNB-4401.pdf Title: H.B. 4401 (multiple provisions) Source: www.michiganlegislature.org MI Signed into law 08/2003 P-12 Sec. 601. (1) From the amount appropriated in part 1 for education options, charters, and choice, there is allocated $350,000.00 and 3.5 FTE positions to operate a charter school office to administer charter school legislation and associated regulations, and to coordinate the activities of the department relating to charter schools. (2) It is the intent of the legislature to assess the number of FTEs allocated for the charter school office based on information provided by the department describing current staffing and the future staffing needed to sufficiently administer charter school legislation and associated regulations, coordinate the activities of the department relating to charter schools, and address the findings in the office of the auditor general audit report of June 2002. http://www.michiganlegislature.org/documents/2003-2004/publicact/pdf/2003-PA-0145.pdf Title: H.B. 4391 (multiple provisions) Source: www.michiganlegislature.org NC Signed into law 08/2003 P-12 Authorizes the state board of education to grant or renew certain charter schools; requires review of certain charter schools. Title: S.B. 35 Source: StateNet NH Signed into law 07/2003 P-12 Establishes a 10-year pilot program for the approval of up to 20 charter schools by the state Board of Education; provides that funding for charter schools shall be through reimbursement anticipation notes or cash tuition payments directly payable to the charter school; establishes a state matching grant program for charter schools; provides that a charter school shall be considered to be a public charter school. http://gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/2003/hb0135.html Title: H.B. 135 Source: http://gencourt.state.nh.us DE Signed into law 07/2003 P-12 Clarifies that teachers teaching full time at a charter school are eligible for the critical need scholarships; clarifies that the eligibility criteria for the scholarship is cumulative and that a teacher must hold a limited standard, temporary or emergency certificate in order to be eligible. http://www.legis.state.de.us/Legislature.nsf/fsLIS?openframeset&Frame=Main&Src=/LIS/LIS142.NSF/Home!Openform Title: S.B. 92 Source: Delaware Legislative Web site DE Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Relates to the Christa McAuliffe Scholarship Program for loan forgiveness to encourage academically talented residents to pursue teaching careers in a Delaware public school; expands eligibility to teachers in charter schools and teachers who provide contract services in public schools, including early intervention with developmentally delayed children under the age of 3. http://www.legis.state.de.us/LIS/LIS142.NSF/c6fe685e20e98b2b882569a60053971e/a96fcbce78adb9cc85256cfa0058dd73?OpenDocument&Highlight=0,68 Title: S.B. 68 Source: Delaware Legislative Web site OH Rule Adoption 06/2003 P-12 Establishes rules relating to community schools. Provides for approval of sponsors, sponsorship agreement, reporting requirements for all sponsors, payments, adjustments and deductions for community schools, and revocation of sponsorship authority. OHIO REG 10596 (SN) Title: OAC 3301-102-01 thru -07 Source: StateNet OH Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Funding Formula: Eliminates the requirement that the General Assembly recalculate the base funding amount every six years. Eliminates school districts ability to calculate their student enrollment on a three year rolling basis. Requires the Department to develop a new method for determining school district attendance rates. Decreases the annual inflation factor in the funding formula from 2.8% to 2.2%. Vouchers: Increases the amount of the Pilot Scholarship Program (Cleveland Vouchers) from $2,500 to $3,000. Allows for 9th and 10th graders to qualify for the Cleveland Vouchers and increases the amount of private tuition that parents can be required to pay in addition to the funds provided by the voucher. Charters: Requires the state to pay charter schools, instead of school districts, for each enrolled student. In addition states are to subtract funding for each student who leaves a district school to attend a charter school. Title: H.B. 95 Source: Digest of Enactments 2003 HI Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Establishes the charter school education agency to be administratively attached to the Board of Education; provides for an executive director and staff for the office; requires BOE to submit a budget that provides equal per pupil funding as that of Department of Education schools; requires moneys for charter schools. http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/site1/docs/getstatus.asp?qu=SB1700&showstatus=on&showtext=on&press1=docs Title: S.B. 1700 Source: Hawaii Legislative Web site TX to governor 06/2003 P-12 Provides alternate certification procedures for a charter school; provides for parental choice; provides for charter school teacher participation in the Teacher Retirement System; provides for teacher training consistent with the No Child Left Behind Act; provide for teacher training of students with limited English proficiency; provides for personal graduation plans for students not able to pass assessments; provides for online classes. Title: S.B. 1108 Source: StateNet LA Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Prohibits a charter school from employing any member of the governing or management board of such school. Prohibits more than 20% of the members of a charter school's governing or management board from being members of the same immediate family. Requires charter schools to be fully compliant with this provision by January 1, 2004. Deletes language requiring charter schools to be in full compliance with the laws in effect when the charter was entered into. Replaces with requirement that all charter schools be in compliance with all applicable laws in effect on August 15, 2003 and with all amendments to such provisions within 90 days of their effective date. http://www.legis.state.la.us/leg_docs/03RS/CVT10/OUT/0000KQKT.PDF Title: H.B. 1309 Source: www.legis.state.la.us AZ Line item vetoed 06/2003 P-12 Postsec. Community College Creates budget reconciliation for education and includes the following provisions: Prohibits the State Board of Education from sponsoring additional charter schools in FY 2003-04, and requires the State Board for Charter Schools to provide oversight for existing state board of education-sponsored charter schools during FY 2003-04;Repeals a FY 2002-03 transfer of monies to the Parental Choice for Reading Success Program and deposits the monies in the General Fund; Allows school districts and charter schools to complete the minimum number of instructional hours in less than 180 days; Repeals the State Board of Directors for Community Colleges (SBDCC), transfers any remaining SBDCC funds to the General Fund, applies this change retroactively to July 1, 2003, and requires the Legislative Council to prepare proposed legislation conforming the repeal of the SBDCC throughout statute.  Title: H.B. 2534 Source: Arizona Legislation Web site AK Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Repeals the Charter School Grant Program; takes effect only if the state has received federal funding for charter school start-up costs that equals or exceeds the funding provided by the state for charter school start-up costs in fiscal year 2003. http://www.legis.state.ak.us/basis/get_bill_text.asp?hsid=HB0171B&session=23 Title: H.B. 171 Source: Alaska Legislative Web site OR Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Exempts public charter schools that are operated by school district from requirement that public charter school must be established as nonprofit organization. Declares emergency, effective on passage. Title: H.B. 3557 Source: StateNet FL Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Community College Postsec. Requires emphasis on reading; requires certain accountability measures; eliminates the limitations on the number of charter schools per school district; authorizes community colleges to operate charter schools that provide students with the option of receiving an associates degree upon high school graduation and develop administrative fees charged by sponsor for provision of services; provides report to Governor; revises eligibility criteria for charter school capital outlay funding; provides allocation criteria for future said outlay appropriations. http://www.leg.state.fl.us/house/Session/index.cfm?Mode=Bills&BI_Mode=ViewBillInfo&BillNum=0055&Year=2003A&Chamber=House#BillText Title: H.B. 55-A Source: Florida State Web site TX To governor 06/2003 P-12 Allows school boards or the governing body of a home-rule school district to grant a charter for: (1) a new district campus; or (2) a program that is operated: (A) by an entity that has entered into a contract with the district under Section 11.157 to provide educational services to the district through the campus or program; and (B) at a facility located in the boundaries of the district. A charter holder of an open-enrollment charter school must consider including in the school's charter a requirement that the school develop and administer personal graduation plans. http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlo/78R/billtext/SB01108F.HTM Title: S.B. 1108 (Section 12.0521) Source: http://www.capitol.state.tx.us TX Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Adds provision that unless the commissioner has specific cause to conduct an additional audit, the commissioner may not conduct more than one on-site audit under Section 12.1163 during any fiscal year, including any financial and administrative records. For purposes of this subsection, an audit of a charter holder or management company associated with an open-enrollment charter school is not considered an audit of the school. http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/cgi-bin/tlo/textframe.cmd?LEG=78&SESS=R&CHAMBER=H&BILLTYPE=B&BILLSUFFIX=01146&VERSION=5&TYPE=B Title: H.B. 1146 Source: http://www.capitol.state.tx.us TX Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Currently, charter school contracts stipulate the maximum allowable enrollment of a particular charter school. In compliance with this contract, the Texas Education Agency (TEA) is authorized to recover excess funds when a charter school exceeds the contract enrollment number. However, charter schools receive state funds based on the average daily attendance (ADA) of students. Because average daily attendance is rarely 100 percent, charter schools often enroll enough students to meet a 100 percent ADA based on the contract enrollment number. This increase in ADA corresponds to a charter school enrolling more students than the limit established under the charter contract. H.B. 1202 prohibits the commissioner from garnishing or otherwise recovering funds paid to an open-enrollment charter school for students enrolled in excess of the number authorized by the charter contract. (Bill Analysis, Senate Research Center) http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/cgi-bin/tlo/textframe.cmd?LEG=78&SESS=R&CHAMBER=H&BILLTYPE=B&BILLSUFFIX=01202&VERSION=5&TYPE=B Title: H.B. 1202 Source: http://www.capitol.state.tx.us TX Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Under current law, if a disciplinary action is being taken against a student who is transferring from a charter school to a public school, the charter school is not required to send a copy of the student's order of disciplinary action to the public school. As a result, a public school's administration is unaware of the student transferee's disciplinary problems. However, a copy of the order of disciplinary action is required when a student is transferring between two public schools. H.B. 2061 requires a charter school to send a transferring student's order of disciplinary action to the enrolling school, just as public schools are required to do. (Bill Analysis, Senate Research Center) http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/cgi-bin/tlo/textframe.cmd?LEG=78&SESS=R&CHAMBER=H&BILLTYPE=B&BILLSUFFIX=02061&VERSION=5&TYPE=B Title: H.B. 2061 Source: http://www.capitol.state.tx.us MN Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Effective 2003-04 school year and thereafter, requires recitation of the pledge of allegiance in all public schools, including charter schools, at least once a week. Allows a local board or charter school board of directors to waive this requirement by annual majority vote, and allows board waiving requirement to adopt district or school policy on recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance. Allows any student or teacher to opt out. Effective 2004-05 school year and thereafter, requires district or charter school that has a student handbook or school policy guide to include a statement that anyone wishing to opt out of recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance for any personal reasons may do so, and that students must respect another person's right to make that choice. Effective 2003-04 school year and thereafter, unless local board waives requirement of weekly recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance, requires districts to provide instruction in the proper etiquette, display, and respect of the United States flag, and in patriotic exercises. http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/cgi-bin/getbill.pl?session=ls83&version=latest&session_number=0&session_year=2003&number=sf287 Title: S.F. 287 Source: www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us MD Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Establishes the Maryland Public Charter School Program. Defines public charter school. Designates local board of education as the primary public chartering authority for granting a charter. Designates as the secondary public chartering authority the state board acting in its appeal review capacity or as the public chartering authority for a restructured school. Establishes who may submit an application to the local board to establish a charter school. Prohibits a public chartering authority from granting a charter to certain schools. Requires that except for a restructured school, a county board must review an application to establish a charter school and render a decision within 120 days of receipt of the application. In the case of a restructured school, requires county board to review an application and render a decision within 30 days of receipt of the application. Requires state board to render an appeal decision within 120 days of the filing of an appeal. Requires professional staff at charter schools to have the appropriate Maryland certification. Requires charter schools to comply with the laws governing other public schools unless waiver is received from the state board. Forbids the state board from granting a waiver from laws regarding audit requirements, measurement of student academic achievement, including all assessments required for other public schools and other assessments mutually agreed upon by the public chartering authority and the school, or the student or employee health, safety or civil rights. Provides for bargaining rights for certain employees. Requires a county board to disburse to a charter school an amount of local, state and federal money equal to the amount given to other public schools in the district, and that the state board or county board may give surplus materials or other equipment to a charter school. Requires every county board to develop a public charter school policy and submit it to the state board by November 1, 2003, which policy must establish guidelines and procedures regarding specified areas. Requires the department to create and provide every local board with model charter school policy language for possible adoption. Requires the state board to submit, based on information from every local board and the public, a report by October 1, 2006 to the general assembly evaluating the public charter school program. The report must address the advisability of continuing, modifying, expanding or terminating the program. http://mlis.state.md.us/2003rs/bills/sb/sb0075e.rtf Title: S.B. 75 Source: mlis.state.md.us CO Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Concerns the financing of capital construction for qualified charter schools that have bonds issued on their behalf by the Colorado Educational and Cultural Facilities Authority. http://www.leg.state.co.us/2003a/inetcbill.nsf/fsbillcont/6218A4F4A2D0D87687256C5A00676D8B?Open&file=1021_enr.pdf Title: H.B. 1021 Source: Colorado Legislative Web site TN Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Requires public charter schools to enter into agreements with the commissioner of social security to ensure that the benefits of the federal old-age and survivors' insurance system are extended to eligible employees of the charter school. http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/bills/currentga/Summary.asp?BillNumber=SB0116 Title: S.B. 116 Source: http://www.legislature.state.tn.us TX Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Relates to the use of municipal funds for the acquisition of land or acquisition, construction, expansion, or renovation of facilities for an open- enrollment charter school. Title: H.B. 1564 Source: StateNet NC Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Authorizes certain charter schools to elect to participate in the teachers' and State employees' retirement system and the North Carolina teachers' and State employees' comprehensive major medical plan; assesses interest on premium payments not remitted by charter school employing units in a timely manner. Title: S.B. 39 Source: StateNet TX Rule Adoption 05/2003 P-12 Amends rules concerning general provisions for charter schools. Defines the role of shared services cooperative as it relates to charter school board and officer training. Includes details relating to contractual agreements. TEXAS REG 85430 (SN) Title: 19 TAC 100.1011 Source: StateNet LA Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Specifies that any elementary or secondary school found academically unacceptable under the state school accountability system must be designated a "failed school." If the local board 1) does not present the state board with a plan to reconstitute the failed school, or 2) presents an unacceptable reconstitution plan, or 3) fails at any time to adhere to the reconstitution plan approved by the state board, or if the school is identified as academically unacceptable for four consecutive years, jurisdiction over the school is to be transfered from the district to that of the Recovery School District, subject to state board approval. Requires a failed school to be reorganized and operated by the Recovery School District in the manner most likely to raise school performance to an acceptable level as determined by the accountability plan. Requires the Recovery School District to maintain jurisdiction over any school transferred to it until the state board, upon recommendation by the district's adminstering agency, establishes an agreement with the local board to return the school to the local board's jurisdiction. State board must require the RSD's administering agency to seek return of the school to the local district when the school is no longer academically unacceptable. Details components that such agreement must include. Specifies that when a school transferred to the Recovery School District has been operated by RSD for four years and is still academically unacceptable, state board must 1) Revoke all school approval; 2) Require the Recovery School District to end the operational agreement and offer an alternate operational agreement; or 3) Return the school to the jurisdiction of the local board. Specifies that state board in this case must not take action if the school's performance score in the state accountability system has risen by at least 20 points during the four-year period of Recovery School District oversight. School board may also not take action in any subsequent four-year period in which a school continues to be academically unacceptable if the school's performance score has risen at least 20 additional points. Allows parent or guardian of student assigned to school transferred to Recovery School District to exercise option made available by local board to attend another school in the district. Requires state board, represented by the superintendent of the Recovery School District, to annually submit a report to the House and Senate education committees that must include specified components. Establishes Recovery School District, which is to be administered by the state department of education. Gives RSD powers of system school was formerly under the jurisdiction of, but forbids RSD from contracting with any for-profit private provider for either operation or providing instructional services in any school under its authority. Allows RSD to require any local board to provide school or student support services such as transportation, food service or assessment for special education eligibility to students in school transferred from its jurisdiction. Also grants the RSD rights to use buildings and property otherwise part of the school prior to school transfer to RSD. RSD not required to provide extensive building repair that would be considered capital expense, but must provide routine repair and maintenance. Establishes funding mechanism for Recovery School District and schools under its jurisdiction. Creates "Type 5" classification for charter schools that are transferred to the Recovery School District. Specifies that only students who would have been eligible to enroll in the school prior to its transfer to the Recovery School District may attend, including any student participating in a school choice program, subject to capacity. Requires all proposals for a Type 5 charter school to be made to the state board. Requires consideration of such proposals to be only upon recommendation of the administering agency of the Recovery School District. Specifies that certain provisions of state law regarding charters do not apply to Type 5 charter schools. http://www.legis.state.la.us/leg_docs/03RS/CVT3/OUT/0000KFH9.PDF Title: S.B. 710 Source: www.legis.state.la.us AZ Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Requires the State Board of Education (SBE) to adopt rules for the procurement of goods and information services by school districts and charter schools using electronic online bidding. http://www.azleg.state.az.us/DocumentsForBill.asp?Bill_Number=HB2376 Title: H.B. 2376 Source: Arizona Legislative Web site IN Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Requires the department of education to distribute tuition support and other state funding to a charter school at the same time and in the same manner as it distributes funding to school corporations; provides that the governing body of a school corporation shall distribute to a charter school a proportionate share of local support upon receipt by the school corporation of the semi-annual distributions of property tax revenue. http://www.in.gov/serv/lsa_billinfo?year=2003&request=getBill&docno=501 Title: S.B. 501 Source: Indiana Legislative Web site AZ Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Relates to charter school finance; clarifies enrollment status of student enrolled in a charter school and a non-charter public school, provides for sponsorship of a charter school by a school district. http://www.azleg.state.az.us/DocumentsForBill.asp?Bill_Number=HB2098 Title: H.B. 2098 Source: Arizona Legislative Web site IA Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 Requires the state board to apply for a federal grant under the No Child Left Behind Act to provide financial assistance in planning, designing and implementing the pilot charter school program in the state. Changes charter school pilot program repealer from 2010 to 2011. http://www.legis.state.ia.us/GA/80GA/Legislation/SF/00100/SF00172/Current.html Title: S.F. 172 Source: www.legis.state.ia.us ID Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 Amends existing law to provide that property used primarily for charter school purposes is exempt from property taxation; and to provide for the assessment of property used for charter school purposes and business purposes. http://www3.state.id.us/oasis/H0255.html Title: H.B. 255 Source: State legislative web site OH Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 Removes the prohibition on establishing a conversion community school as an Internet-or computer-based community school; permits school districts and nonpublic schools to count any hours or partial hours after March 1, 2003, that schools are in session beyond the number of hours required by minimum standards,in order to make up "calamity days" missed due to hazardous weather conditions in excess of the sum of the number of days permitted. Title: S.B. 12 Source: StateNet UT Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 This act modifies the State System of Public Education Code by providing funding for the Minimum School Program and school building aid programs. This act establishes a ceiling for the state contribution to the Minimum School Program for fiscal year 2003-04 of $1,611,343,274, which includes a one-time appropriation of $5,000,000 for classroom supplies. This act establishes the value of the weighted pupil unit at $2,150. This act appropriates $27,288,900 for school building aid programs. This act establishes the maximum funding level for the School LAND Trust Program. This act dedicates a portion of the interest and dividends received from the investment of monies in the Permanent State School Fund for teachers' classroom supplies. Addresses the funding for charter schools. http://www.le.state.ut.us/~2003/bills/hbillenr/hb0003.pdf Title: H.B. 3 Source: http://www.le.state.ut.us CO Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 Concerns modifications for notifying schools districts of unsatisfactory schools. Concerns deadlines for charter school proposals. http://www.leg.state.co.us/2003a/pubhome.nsf Title: S.B. 137 Source: State legislative web site IL Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 Provides that amendatory Act may be referred to as the Chicago Education Reform Act of 2003. Amends requirements for Chicago area charter schools. Amends the School Code and the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act. Requires the Chicago Board of Education and the chief executive officer to enter into a partnership agreement with the Chicago Teachers Union with regard to advancing student achievement. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=&SessionId=3&GA=93&DocTypeId=SB&DocNum=19 Title: S.B. 19 Source: State legislative web site UT Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 Expands the number of charter schools that the Board of Education may sponsor; removes enrollment limitations on charter schools sponsored by local school boards; specifies requirements for charter schools; expands a school building loan program to include charter school buildings; imposes a requirement to conduct criminal background checks on charter school employees and certain volunteers. Title: S.B. 57 Source: StateNet WY Rule Adoption 03/2003 P-12 Pertains to charter schools, and applicable federal rules on federal allocated grants pass-through to charter schools. Clarifies appeals, waivers and annual reporting requirements. WYOMING REG 4324 (SN) Title: (uncodified) Source: StateNet WY Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 Part of this Act amends 21-3-303. Charter school applications must include a financial feasibility statement of charter school viability following the first three (3) years of charter school operation. Also amends finance provisions. http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2003/enroll/hb0078.pdf Title: H.B. 78 Source: http://legisweb.state.wy.us NV Adopted 02/2003 P-12 Establishes temporary rules revising various provisions concerning charter schools. Specifies the following: application to form charter school, required forms, dates for submission, restrictions, inclusion of information regarding educational program, inclusion of certain miscellaneous information, issuance of written charter to applicant not prepared to commence operation on date of issuance, exploration, effect and contents of charter, supplemental application, and annual report of compliance. NEVADA REG 3106 (SN) Title: NAC 386.130, Source: StateNet CA Emergency Rule Adoption 02/2003 P-12 Establishes emergency rules concerning requirements for financing charter school construction projects, pursuant to Charter School Facilities Program. CALIFORNIA REG 15069 (SN) Title: Title 4 CCR 10151 thru 10162 Source: StateNet OH Signed into law 01/2003 P-12 Provides procedures for the expansion of sponsorship of community schools to certain school districts; creates a Community School Revolving Loan Fund and Community School Security Fund; requires a study of E-schools; related to Disadvantaged Pupil Impact Aid payments. Title: H.B. 364 Source: StateNet NY Vetoed 12/2002 P-12 Requires that public hearings be held to solicit comments from the community concerning the issuance or renewal of a charter; changes such meetings from being permissive to mandatory. Title: S.B. 5616 Source: StateNet UT Adopted 12/2002 P-12 Amends rules to provide for a timeline for charter schools to apply for sponsorship to local boards and the state board, to provide a formula for funding charter schools as required by law. http://www.rules.utah.gov/publicat/code/r277/r277-470.htm UTAH REG 25726 (SN) Title: R277-470 Source: StateNet NJ Signed into law 12/2002 P-12 Requires state commissioner, upon application for a charter school, to notify the members of the legislature, school superintendents, mayors and governing bodies of all legislative districts, school districts or municipalities in which there are students who will be eligible for enrollment in the charter schools. http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2002/Bills/AL02/123_.PDF Title: A.B. 2698 Source: http://www.njleg.state.nj.us NJ Adopted 10/2002 P-12 Establishes rules pertaining to charter schools. Provides definition of terms. Specifies: application and approval, reporting, renewal, probation and revocation, appeal and amendment process, School Ethics Act, certification requirements for staff and streamline tenure. NEW JERSEY REG 15252 (SN) Title: NJAC 6A:11, 6A:11-1.1 thru 6A:11-7.1 (non seq) Source: StateNet CA Vetoed 09/2002 P-12 Requires a local educational agency that sponsors a charter school annually to transfer to each of its charter schools a prescribed amount of funding in lieu of funding available through property taxes. Exempts from this requirement funding for pupils who reside in, and are otherwise eligible to attend a school in, a basic aid school district but who attend a charter school in a nonbasic school district. Revises the manner in which funds are determined. Title: A.B. 1100 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet CA Signed into law 09/2002 P-12 Requires the petition for the establishment of a charter school to describe how a charter school that will serve high school pupils will inform parents about the transferability and eligibility of courses to other public high schools and to meet college entrance requirements, the procedures to be used if the charter school closes and would prescribe related matters. Relates to the apportionment of funding to a school district with charter schools. Title: A.B. 1994 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet CA Signed into law 09/2002 P-12 Makes provisions relating to the calculation of average daily attendance inapplicable for purposes of determining the base revenue limit or block grant average daily attendance for charter school pupils who reside in a school district in which all schools have been converted to charter schools and that elect not to receive funding under specified provisions. Makes conforming changes in related provisions. Title: A.B. 2912 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet CA Signed into law 09/2002 P-12 Authorizes the revenue limit of an elementary school district to be determined using either the current or prior year second principal apportionment average daily attendance, whichever is greater, if all the schools in the district were converted to charter schools in the 2000-01 fiscal year and the district continued to be funded through the base revenue limit method. Title: S.B. 1397 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet UT Adopted 09/2002 P-12 Establishes procedures for annual accountability of all charter schools and for on-site reviews of charter schools. UTAH REG 25225 (SN) Title: R277-481 Source: StateNet NC Signed into law 08/2002 P-12 Permits local flexibility with regards to the hiring of teachers who leave public schools to teach in charter schools. Title: H.B. 190 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet GA Adopted 08/2002 P-12 Clarifies rules regarding charter schools. Specifies the following: definitions; role of the local board; role of the state board for locally approved charters; role of the state board for state chartered special schools; charter school petition requirements; allotment of funds; applicable laws; charter renewals; and Office of Charter School Compliance. Title: GAC 160-4-9-.04 Source: Westlaw CA Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter No. 08/2002 P-12 Requires a charter school to transmit a copy of its annual, independent, financial audit report for the preceding fiscal year to the Controller and the county superintendent of schools of the county in which the charter school is sited. Title: S.B. 1709 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet AZ Signed into law 08/2002 P-12 Requires that upon the conviction of a person of an offense in this title or of any felony, if the person is teaching in a charter school, a copy of the judgment and sentence, and of the opinion of the court or magistrate, if any opinion is filed, shall be sent by the clerk of the court, or by the magistrate, to the charter school. Requires anyone wishing to open a charter school and who will have direct contact with students to possess a valid Class 1 or Class 2 fingerprint clearance card. Requires all classroom teachers, supervisory teachers, speech therapists and principals in charter schools to have a valid Class 1 or Class 2 fingerprint clearance card issued by the state. Prohibits a charter school from employing a teacher whose certificate has been revoked for specified offenses or for any offense that placed a student in danger. Requires all other charter school staff to be fingerprint checked. Requires that before employment, the charter school must make a documented good faith effort to communicate with former employers of an individual to obtain information and recommendations relevant to an individual's suitability for employment. Requires the charter school to notify the Department of Public Safety if the charter school or sponsor obtains credible evidence that a person in possession of a valid Class 1 or Class 2 fingerprint clearance card is arrested for or charged with specified offenses. http://www.azleg.state.az.us/legtext/45leg/5s/bills/sb1008s.htm Title: S.B. 1008E Source: www.azleg.state.az.us ID Signed into law 07/2002 P-12 Provides that charter school boards of directors are subject to the open meeting law requirements. Amends existing law to clarify application of laws concerning contracts, public documents and other miscellaneous provisions to charter schools and the board of directors of a charter school. Title: S.B. 1383 Source: Idaho State Board of Education Web site TN Signed into law 07/2002 P-12 Enacts the Tennessee Charter Schools Act of 2001. http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/bills/currentga/Chapter/PC0850.pdf Title: H.B. 1131 Source: http://www.legislature.state.tn.us CA To governor 06/2002 P-12 Clarifies that a charter school is allowed to report average daily attendance to accommodate eligible pupils who require extended year services as part of an individualized education plan under the Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act. Title: S.B. 1708 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet DE Signed into law 06/2002 P-12 Reduces the leave of absence to one year for any teacher leaving a public school to teach at a charter school. http://www.legis.state.de.us/LIS/LIS141.NSF/vwLegislation/ Title: S.B. 298 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet DE Signed into law 06/2002 P-12 Improves coordination between local public districts and the entering charter school. It requires that: (1) a certificate of occupancy must be in place by July 1 prior to the opening of the school; (2) charter schools must keep their students for at least one school year unless otherwise mutually agreed upon; (3) no leave of absences will be granted by local school districts for teachers planning to teach in charter schools; (4) during the charter school application process, the Department of Education must communicate with the chief school officer of the local school district in which the charter school plans to locate; (5) if a charter school does not open as planned, the Department will be required to conduct a review of the management company and/or board, consider sanctions, and make a full report to the public as to the reasons the school did not open as planned; (6) when a school, public or charter, places a student in an alternative educational program, it is responsible for that cost; (7) the charter school application form contain an acknowledged statement that indicates that the parent clearly understands that his or her child must attend the charter school for at least one school year; (8) the Department conduct an audit to ensure compliance with minimum enrollment and application certification requirements; and (9) sets a firm deadline for application by charter agents at November 1. http://www.legis.state.de.us/LIS/LIS141.NSF/vwLegislation/ Title: S.B. 291 Source: www.legis.state.de.us KS Signed into law 06/2002 P-12 Defines "charter school;" establishes requirements of charter schools. Requires that charter schools be nonsectarian and established as means of providing new opportunities for attaining specified educational goals. Makes state board approval of charter application contingent upon determination whether charter school can reasonably be expected to accomplish the program goals established; allows state board to deny charter if program goals can be accomplished without the school's becoming a charter. Eliminates language establishing maximum of 30 charter school petitions to be approved. Makes charter renewal contingent upon demonstration to local and state board of progress towards achievement of program goals. http://www.kslegislature.org/bills/2002/402.pdf Title: S.B. 402 Source: www.kslegislature.org SC Signed into law 06/2002 P-12 Amends the charter school law. In either a new or converted charter school, a teacher teaching in the core academic areas of English/language arts, mathematics, science, or social studies must be certified in those areas or possess a baccalaureate or graduate degree in the subject he or she is hired to teach. Board of directors is elected annually. Charter must describe the targeted student population the charter school proposes to serve and provide assurance that the school does not conflict with any school district desegregation plan or order in effect. Establishes the Charter School Advisory Committee (to be established by the state board) to review charter school applications. Members are to be appointed by the state board unless otherwise indicated. Beginning with fiscal year 2003-2004 an amount equivalent to the base student cost times a 1.0 weighted pupil unit for each student enrolled in the charter school who was enrolled in another noncharter public school in the district on the one hundred thirty-fifth day of the previous school year must be provided to the district. Title: S.B. 12 Source: http://www.scstatehouse.net/prever/currsess/12_20020606.htm CO Signed into law 06/2002 P-12 Creates the "Charter School Facilities Financing Act" to increase charter school access to the school district capital funding and planning process. Requires each school district that is considering submitting a bond question at an upcoming election to invite each charter school it has chartered to participate in discussions regarding the possible submission of such a question at the earliest possible time. Encourages each school district to voluntarily include funding for the capital construction needs of charter schools in the district's bond questions. Authorizes a school district that has chartered one or more charter schools to seek voter approval for the imposition of a special mill levy of up to one mill for up to 10 years for the purpose of financing charter school capital construction. Creates a process that allows a charter school to submit a capital construction plan to its chartering district so that it can be included in a bond election or have the school district submit a special mill levy question on its behalf. Requires the contract entered into between the charter school and the district regarding the issuance of bond proceeds for the financing of charter school capital construction to specify that the ownership of any such capital construction shall revert automatically to the district if the charter school loses its charter, fails to pay for the capital construction, or becomes insolvent and that the charter school cannot further encumber any capital construction financed by bond revenues with any additional debt. Title: H.B. 1349 Source: http://www.state.co.us/gov_dir/stateleg.html CO Signed into law 06/2002 P-12 Defines "on-line pupil enrollment" as the number of pupils enrolled, on October 1 in a budget year, in an on-line program, minus any such pupils who were enrolled in any such on-line program for the 2001-02 school year. Modifies the definition of "pupil enrollment" to include a pupil who was enrolled during the 2001-02 school year in an on-line program and who is enrolled and participates in any such on-line program on October 1 within the applicable budget year or the school day nearest said date. Defines "district on-line funding" as the amount of minimum per pupil funding multiplied by a school district's on-line pupil enrollment. Excludes on-line pupils from the requirement that a school district set aside a specified amount per pupil for capital reserve and instructional supplies and materials. Requires school districts to report on-line pupil enrollment to the state board of education (state board). Allows charter schools to provide on-line programs. Provides funding for up to 135 students per year to enroll in on-line programs who were enrolled in a public school after October 1 of the preceding school year or who were enrolled in a private school or a home-school program in the preceding school year. States that the increase in the number of funded positions for on-line programs may be funded with moneys from the state education fund. Instructs the department to allocate the funded on-line program positions to applying school districts and charter schools, and establishes criteria for the allocation. Exempts on-line students from any limit on the number of students that may enroll in a charter school, and prohibits a school district from restricting the number of on-line students that may enroll in a charter school. Exempts on-line students from the determination of whether a majority of the charter school's students reside within the chartering school district or a contiguous school district. Requires a charter school to receive 100% of the district's per pupil on-line funding for on-line students enrolled in the charter school. Exempts charter schools from the requirement to set aside a per pupil amount for capital reserve with regard to on-line students and from paying the per pupil amount for special education services for such students. On-line education program study. Directs the department, in conjunction with an appointed study group, to study several issues concerning the design, implementation, and operation of full-time elementary and secondary on-line education programs. Specifies the membership of the study group. Directs the department to report the study findings, findings concerning a previous study of course-specific on-line education programs, and recommendations by December 31, 2002, to the state board and the education committees of the senate and the house of representatives. State Board of Education adopted a resolution on August 14, 2002, asking the legislature to revise this statute in 2003. http://www.cde.state.co.us/cdeboard/download/res_onlinelearning.pdf Title: H.B. 1349 Source: http://www.state.co.us/gov_dir/stateleg.html CO Signed into law 06/2002 P-12 Concerns the resolution of disputes between charter schools and chartering school districts and concerning governing policy provisions; requires parties to use any of specified forms of alternative dispute resolution (ADR), as long as any form chosen by the parties results in final written findings by a neutral third party within 120 days after receipt of such written notice. If parties find agreement through ADR an appeal to the state board is not required. Requires neutral third party to apportion costs reasonably related to the mutually agreed upon dispute resolution process. Modifies the process of appeals to the State Board of Education. http://www.leg.state.co.us/2002a/inetcbill.nsf/fsbillcont/A1F88ED4803D5EA987256B1F00519EFF?Open&file=124_enr.pdf Title: S.B. 124 Source: www.leg.state.co.us CO Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Requires state board to establish criteria and application process for a school to be designated an alternative education campus. Mandates that criteria and application process include specified components. Permits charter school meeting criteria to be designated an alternative education campus. Mandates that Colorado Student Assessment Program (CSAP) results for all part-time students at an alternative education campus be included in the school's academic performance and academic improvement ratings. However, any school designated an alternative education campus is exempt from receiving an academic performance or improvement rating unless the state board approves receipt of such ratings. http://www.leg.state.co.us/2002a/inetcbill.nsf/fsbillcont/631277866E3CECB087256B0300718AF9?Open&file=094_enr.pdf Title: S.B. 94 Source: www.leg.state.co.us SC Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Provides that the Department of Education must keep a record of the trustees who successfully complete an orientation program within 1 year of taking office; makes provisions regarding charter schools. Provides that a trustee or county board member who fails to successfully complete the orientation is subject to suspension from office. Title: H.B. 4419 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet NH Vetoed 05/2002 P-12 Establishes a 10-year pilot program for the approval of up to 2 charter schools per year by the state board of education and creates certain exemptions from existing law relative to the approval process, while subjecting charter schools approved by the state board of education to the same oversight and reporting requirements found in the existing charter school laws. The bill provides that funding for charter schools shall be through reimbursement anticipation notes or cash tuition payments directly payable to the charter school. Title: H.B. 298 Source: http://www.state.nh.us/gencourt/gencourt.htm CA Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Specifies that until July 1, 2004, a charter school shall be treated as a school district for purposes of the State School Fund. http://info.sen.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0151-0200/ab_168_bill_20020510_chaptered.html Title: A.B. 168 Source: info.sen.ca.gov FL Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Creates new section on charter school capital outlay. According to legislative summary, bill "requires the full-credit for teaching service to apply to experience in charter schools, either in-state or out-of-state" and revises charter school purposes "to include both mandatory and permissive objectives." Gives charter schools exemption from fees for building permits and impact and service availability fees. Gives state commissioner authority to identify in writing a dedicated funding source for charter school capital outlay. States that charter schools are not exempt from law mandating provision of services to limited-English proficient students; removes Commissioner's waiver provisions; demands that nonrenewed charter schools be held in trust, pending appeal. Establishes a Charter School Appeal Commission composed of 1/2 representatives of school district and 1/2 representatives of charter operators to review and make recommendations to the state board regarding charter school appeals. Designates state board decision in charter school appeals as binding. Also section on charter technical career centers that deletes commissioner's waiver provisions. See bill section 98, page 207, line 28 ff and bill section 99, page 245, line 1: http://www.leg.state.fl.us/data/session/2002E/Senate/bills/billtext/pdf/s0020Eer.pdf Title: S.B. 20E Source: www.leg.state.fl.us HI Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 States that teachers at charter schools are to receive probationary and tenure status and seniority provided that they fill the requirements for regular school teachers.; changes per-pupil funding allocation for charter schools. http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessioncurrent/bills/sb2512_.htm Title: S.B. 2512 Source: www.capitol.hawaii.gov IA Signed into law 04/2002 P-12 Establishes pilot charter school program in Iowa; establishes procedures for approval/denial of charter school applications; establishes requirements of charter schools; establishes conditions and procedures for nonrenewal or revocation of contract; and charter school reporting requirements. http://www.legis.state.ia.us/GA/79GA/Legislation/SF/00300/SF00348/Current.html Title: S.B. 348 Source: www.legis.state.ia.us GA Signed into law 04/2002 P-12 Amend Article 31 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, the "Charter Schools Act of 1998," so as to revise extensively and comprehensively; to delete the legislative intent; to change and add definitions; to clarify differences between local charter schools and state chartered special schools and between conversion charter schools and start-up charter schools. http://www.legis.state.ga.us/Legis/2001_02/versions/hb1200_HB_1200_AP_11.htm Title: H.B. 1200 Source: www.legis.state.ga.us VA Signed into law 04/2002 P-12 Clarifies that institutions of higher education may submit applications to form charter schools, requires all school boards to accept and review public charter school applications, to report the acceptance or denial of applications to the state board, and requires the inclusion of charter school students in the fall membership for purposes of calculating the state and local shares for the Standards of Quality. (The following link is to the version prior to governor's changes.) http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?021+ful+SB625ER+pdf Title: S.B. 625 Source: http://leg1.state.va.us HI Signed into law 04/2002 P-12 Allows a nonprofit organization to manage and operate a new century conversion charter school as a division of the nonprofit organization, in which the charter school's local school board would consist of the board of directors of the nonprofit organization. http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessioncurrent/bills/sb2662_.htm Title: S.B. 2662 Source: www.capitol.hawaii.gov CO Signed into law 04/2002 P-12 Allows local boards to determine deadlines for submission of charter school application; deadline must fall between August 15 and October 1. Requires local board, prior to any change in the application deadline, to send a certified letter to each charter school applicant in the district, informing them of the proposed change. http://www.leg.state.co.us/www.leg.state.co.us/2002a/inetcbill.nsf/fsbillcont/FB72377B3313AB3887256B17004EC7AC?Open&file=051_enr.pdf Title: S.B. 51 Source: www.leg.state.co.us UT Signed into law 03/2002 P-12 Modifies provisions related to the State System of Public Education; increases the number of charter schools that may be sponsored by the State Board of Education; modifies requirements pertaining to the enrollment of students in charter schools; requires the State Board of Education through the superintendent of public instruction to provide technical support to charter schools and persons seeking to establish charter schools. Title: S.B. 138 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet ID Signed into law 03/2002 P-12 Relates to dually enrolled students to clarify what constitutes demonstration of academic proficiency to establish eligibility for a non-public school student or public charter school student to participate in public school non-academic activities. Title: H.B. 535 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet ID Signed into law 03/2002 P-12 Clarifies that charter schools are required to comply with the general education laws of the state unless specifically directed otherwise in public charter school law. Title: H.B. 546 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet IN Signed into law 03/2002 P-12 Makes specifications as regards charter school finance and required minimum contents of charter school proposals. Requires charter school sponsor to notify charter school organizer of acceptance or rejection of school proposal within 60 days of organizer's submission of proposal. Clarifies that after calendar year 2001, maximum number of charter schools established by the mayor of Indianapolis may increase by five over maximum number for the previous year (in 2001, mayor was permitted to establish maximum of five charter schools.) Specifies that district services provided to a charter school, including transportation, may be provided at not more than 103% of actual cost of services. Clarifies that postsecondary institution sponsoring charter school may receive from charter school organizer an administrative fee of maximum of 3% of total amount that governing body distributes in specified sections of code. Title: S.B. 216 Source: www.state.in.us/legislative VA Signed into law 03/2002 P-12 Modifies the charter schools statutes by requiring the Board of Education to add the number of charters denied to its annual report to the Governor and the General Assembly and by clarifying that institutions of higher education may submit charter applications, and that the charter school and its governing body are entitled to immunity "to the same extent as a public school and its school board" and its employees and volunteers to such immunity "to the same extent as the employees and volunteers in a public school." http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?021+ful+HB734H2 Title: H.B. 734 Source: http://leg1.state.va.us NJ Signed into law 03/2002 P-12 Permits charter schools to construct facilities with federal funds. Title: A.B. 1691 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet NC Signed into law 11/2001 P-12 Permits local flexibility with regards to the hiring of teachers who leave public schools to teach in charter schools; authorizes certain charter schools to elect to participate in the Teachers' and State Employees' Retirement Systems. Session Law 462. Title: S.B. 139 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet CA Chaptered by Secretary of State 09/2001 P-12 Chapter No.344, Requires a charter school to transmit a copy of its annual, independent, financial audit report for the preceding fiscal year to its chartering entity and the State Department of Education by December 15 of each year. Provides that the charter school does not need to transmit the audit report if the school is encompassed in the audit of its chartering entity. Title: S.B. 675 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet CA Signed into law 09/2001 P-12 Authorizes a charter school that has an approved charter to receive funding for nonclassroom-based instruction only if a determination for funding is made by the Board of Education. Establishes the Charter School Facility Grant Program for the purpose of providing assistance with facilities rent and lease costs for pupils in charter schools. Requires that eligible schools receive a certain amount based on average daily attendance to reimburse up to 75% of facility costs. Title: S.B. 740 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet OR Signed into law 07/2001 P-12 Prohibits charter school employees from serving on districts school board; directs the State Board of Education to grant waiver of public charter school laws upon joint application of school and district school board; prohibits public charter school employees for allowing infliction of corporal punishment; provides for addition of poverty weighting factor for purposes of public charter school funding; prohibits such schools from limiting admissions based on race or religion. Title: H.B. 3395 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet LA Signed into law 07/2001 P-12 Requires charter schools that fail to open or that close for any reason to refund all cash on hand to the state or local school district. Title: H.B. 1247 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet LA Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 , Relates to the chartering process for charter schools, procedures for application and budget submission to the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, funding adjustments and allocations, litigation costs, pupil counts, and exemptions; provides that if litigation becomes necessary to recover public funds from a charter school, the school is responsible for all court costs and expenses; provides for the formation of nonprofit corporations to propose charter schools. Title: H.B. 1282 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet LA Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Relates to requirements for enrolling at-risk pupils in certain charter schools in certain parishes. For Type 2, Type 3, and Type 4 charter schools in any parish having a population of between 20,000 and 521,000 according to the most recent census, the percentage of the total number of pupils enrolled in the charter school based on the October 1st pupil membership who are at risk shall be, as near as practicable, not more than the percentage of the total number of pupils enrolled in the public elementary and secondary schools and in the state-approved nonpublic elementary and secondary schools located in the local public school district in which the charter school is located who are eligible to participate in the federal free and reduced lunch program. However, in no case shall the final initial enrollment nor the cohort of students enrolled for each new school year have, as near as practicable, fewer than 50% of students who are at risk. Title: H.B. 794 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet DE Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 This Bill clarifies ambiguity in the original charter school legislation. It provides a more appropriate means by which charter approving authorities can manage the charter school programs and more clearly defines the roles and responsibilities of those parties involved, including disciplinary issues, the effect of expulsion and the role of the State Board in hearing disciplinary appeals. It also more clearly defines the criteria for charter approval. Title: S.B. 168 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet AK Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Increases the number of charter schools in the state from 30 to 60 and extends their contracts from 5 years to 10 years. Title: H.B. 101 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet NV Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Prohibits an existing public school or home school from converting to a charter school; prohibits charter schools from operating for profit; creates the fund for charter schools; provides for the sponsorship of charter schools by the state board of education; revises the collective bargaining provisions applicable to charter school employees who are on a leave of absence from a school district; revises provisions governing the formation, operation and personnel of charter schools; authorizes the boards of trustees of school districts and the governing bodies of charter schools to provide programs of distance education for certain pupils; requires the state board to adopt regulations prescribing the requirements of programs of distance education; revises provisions governing the apportionments of money from the state distributive school account to provide for the payment of money for pupils who are enrolled in programs of distance education; provides that certain property of charter schools and certain property leased or rented to charter schools is exempt from taxation; extends the prospective removal of the limit on the number of charter schools that may be formed. http://www.leg.state.nv.us/71st/bills/sb/sb399%5Fen.html Title: S.B. 399 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet OR Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Changes criteria that State Board of Education may use to reject public charter school proposal during review process. Title: S.B. 255 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet NV Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Revises provisions governing the reemployment of employees of a charter school by a school district; provides that a certain percentage of the apportionment from the state distributive school account must be set aside and paid to the school district that sponsors the charter school for certain administrative costs. Title: S.B. 243 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet TX Became law without governor's signature 05/2001 P-12 Authorizes establishment of open enrollment charter schools. Includes a provision that the state board may grant a charter on the application of a public senior college or university for an open-enrollment charter school to operate on the campus of the public senior college or university or in the same county in which the campus of the public senior college or university is located. Title: H.B. 6 Source: Texas Legislative Web Site LA Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Amends and reenacts R. S. 17:3997(A)(1), relative to charter school employees; to provide for the authority of a charter school to employ faculty and staff; to permit certain contracts between a nonprofit organization and a for-profit organization to manage a charter school; to provide for the delegation by a nonprofit organization of authority over employment decisions at the charter school; and to provide for related matters. Title: H.B. 1401 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet PA Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 A school district may designate any school of the district as an independent school operating under an agreement with the board that grants operational control to the governing body of the independent school. The composition of the governing body is established by the district board. The independent school governing body has the authority to decide all matters related to the operation of the school pursuant to the contract agreement between it and the district board. Title: H.B. 996 Source: Pennsylvania Legislative Web Site HI Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 This bill revises the state charter school law, including the establishment of New Century Charter Schools. This legislation can be found below. Title: H.B. 946 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet IN Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Creates new section establishing charter schools in the state. Permits mayor of Indianapolis to serve as a sponsor of a charter school within the city. However, before issuance of charter, mayor must receive Indianapolis City Council approval for establishment of said charter school. Specifies that "governing body" as used in education code applies to body administering charter school, "school employer" applies to governing body of charter school, "superintendent" applies to chief administrative officer of charter school, and "certificated employee" refers to person employed as a teacher at a charter school. Title: S.B. 165 Source: www.state.in.us/legislative AR Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 This legislation creates "Limited Charter Schools" in the state. The relevant legislation can be found at the bottom. Title: S.B. 478 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet MS Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Reenacts sections 37-28-1 through 37-28-21, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, which establishes the procedure for public schools to apply for and be granted charter school status by authorizing the State Board of Education to establish a pilot program of six local charter schools in the state; amends the repeal date on the charter school statutes from July 1, 2001, to July 1, 2004. Title: H.B. 545 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet ID Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Authorizes advance payment of a portion of a charter school's estimated annual apportionment under specified conditions. Title: H.B. 278 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet VA Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Relates to charter schools; clarifies that, prior to receiving applications for any public charter school, a local school board must provide public notice of its intent to accept or not to accept applications for public school charters and may, upon providing such notice, alter its decision to accept or not accept such applications; strikes the current and obsolete date for boards to indicate their intent to accept or reject charter school applications. Title: H.B. 2439 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet UT Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Removes the pilot program status of charter schools. Title: S.B. 169 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet NM Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 A charter school must negotiate with a local school district to provide transportation to students eligible for transportation under the provisions of the Public School Code. The local school district, in conjunction with the charter school, must establish a limit for student transportation to and from the charter school site not to exceed a ten-mile radius, provided that the limit shall not extend beyond the local school district boundary. Title: H.B. 753 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet ID Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Requires public charter schools to prepare and submit audit reports and to annually file financial and statistical reports with the State Department of Education according to the same accounting standards, categories and procedures used for other public schools. Title: S.B. 1060 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet ID Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Provides that a new or conversion charter school shall specify an attendance area for admission preference to students within that area. Title: H.B. 294 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet ID Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Provides for appeal to the State Board of Education of a decision not to approve the revision of a charter school's charter. Title: S.B. 1132 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet VA Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Eliminates the now outdated requirement that a local school board must provide public notice by December 31, 2000, of its intent to accept or not to accept applications for public charter schools. The bill provides the school boards must, prior to receiving applications for any public charter school, provide public notice of its intent to accept or not to accept applications for public charter schools and may, upon providing such public notice, alter its decision to accept or not to accept such applications. This measure is identical to HB 2439. Title: S.B. 1393, H.B. 2439 Source: http://senate.state.va.us WY Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Relates to charter schools; modifies provisions for establishment and operation of charter schools; specifies funding provisions; repeals existing charter school provisions. Title: S.B. 96 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet AR Signed into law 02/2001 P-12 Amends the selection process for admission to a Charter school in a school district under court ordered desegregation. Title: S.B. 322 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet NJ Signed into law 11/2000 P-12 Establishes required funding level for charter school students; revises procedure for evaluation of the charter school program. Title: A.B. 1344 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet WA Unofficially rejected by voters 11/2000 P-12 INITIATIVE 729 Authorizes school districts and public universities to sponsor charter public schools; states that the charter schools would be run by nonprofit corporations, accountable to their sponsors for financial and academic performance, but operated independently of school districts; states they would be open to all students and staffed by certificated teachers, who could choose to unionize. Title: V. 10 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet CA Signed into law 09/2000 P-12 Postsec. Community College Requires the State Board of Education to develop criteria for the review and approval of charter school petitions. Makes technical revisions relating to passage of local school bond measures. Prohibits issuance of the bonds unless the property tax rate levied to meet the requirements of indebtedness incurred by a school district or community college district at a single election doesn't exceed a certain amount. Title: A.B. 2659 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet CA Signed into law 09/2000 P-12 Chapter No.464, Authorizes the governing board of a charter school to request, and the State Board of Education to approve, a waiver of any otherwise applicable provisions of the Education Code until 07/01/05. Requires the charter school to submit its application for a waiver to its chartering authority. Provides that if the chartering authority is a school district or county office of education, it must forward certain documentation with the waiver request to the State Board of Education. Title: S.B. 1841 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet MA Signed into law 08/2000 P-12 Chapter No. 227 of 2000., Relates to charter schools; provides that the Board of Education shall make the final determination on granting charter school status and may condition charters on the applicant's taking certain actions or maintaining certain conditions; provides for transportation reimbursment to municipalities of students of charter schools. Title: S.B. 2027 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet CA Signed into law 07/2000 P-12 Authorizes a charter school, that was not granted a renewal by the chartering agency, to submit an application for renewal pursuant to the procedures pertaining to a denial of a petition for establishment of a charter school. Title: S.B. 326 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet CA Signed into law 07/2000 P-12 Chapter No. 88; Prohibits the denial of a petition for the establishment of a charter school based on the actual or potential costs of serving individuals with exceptional needs. Clarifies that this prohibition shall not be construed to prevent a school district from meeting its obligation to ensure that the proposed charter school will meet the needs of individuals with exceptional needs, nor shall it be construed to limit or alter the reasons for denying a petition, as specified. Title: S.B. 1914 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet NC Signed into law 06/2000 P-12 Session Law Number 72. Exempts from tax motor fuel sold to charter schools; defines charter school board as nonprofit corporation with charter to operate charter school. Title: H.B. 1302 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet NH Signed into law 06/2000 P-12 Establishes a committee to study application procedures relative to charter schools and the admission preferences used in charter schools and open enrollment school districts. Title: H.B. 690 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet DE Signed into law 06/2000 P-12 Allows the children of charter school employees who are permanent and work at least 30.00 hours per week during the school year to be given preference in admission to the charter school; gives charter schools the same opportunity as local school districts. Title: S.B. 301 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet FL Signed into law 06/2000 P-12 306., Provides an exemption from ad valorem taxes for facilities used to house charter schools; provides for the cancellation of certain taxes on real property acquired by a charter school governing board; prohibits reprisals against district school board employees as a result of involvement in an application to establish a charter school; requires a charter school to comply with certain cost accounting and reporting requirements. Title: H.B. 2087 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet WA Rejected by voters 06/2000 P-12 INITIATIVE 729; Authorizes school districts and public universities to sponsor charter public schools; states the charter schools would be run by nonprofit corporations, accountable to their sponsors for financial and academic performance, but operated independently of school districts; states they would be open to all students and staffed by certificated teachers, who could choose to unionize. Title: V. 24 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet DE Signed into law 06/2000 P-12 Allows a charter school to give preference to children of the founders of the charter school so long as they constitute no more than 5% of the school's total student population. Title: S.B. 308 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet FL Signed into law 06/2000 P-12 171., Implements the 2000-2001 Budget Act; allocates moneys provided for workforce development; provides for budget amendment when program is moved; relates to funding for exceptional student programs; provides for funding Medicaid disproportionate share for mental health hospitals; provides for managed care contract funding; creates foster care review panels; funds libraries and disaster shelters; provides for solid waste and recycling grants; relates to state employee prescription drug company. Title: H.B. 2147 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet HI Signed into law 06/2000 P-12 Provides legal protection for new century charter school boards; allows groups of teachers at a school to form a charter school; requires the auditor to consider the advice of the superintendent and local school boards in setting the allocation for new century charter schools; appropriates funds for the establishment of additional new century charter schools, including the hiring of additional school personnel. Title: S.B. 2218 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet CO Signed into law 05/2000 P-12 Concerns public schools; authorizes charter schools to impose fees for excess transportation costs and to engage in the building, planning and inspection process; authorizes public schools to use capital reserve fund expenditures for certain purposes. Title: H.B. 1124 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet PA Signed into law 05/2000 P-12 Postsec. Community College Act No. 16 of 2000., Amends the Public School Code. Provides funding for basic education, services to nonpublic schools, special education, professional development, school lunch and breakfast programs, higher education, full-time student community college reimbursement, higher education, vocational education and small district assistance. Provides for an official education assessment test. Identifies underperforming schools and permits charter and for-profit school and other improvements. Title: S.B. 652 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet CA Signed into law 05/2000 P-12 Chapter No. 19; Relates to existing law which provides that a charter school that serves at-risk pupils and operates under a charter approved before 06/01/97, in the county of Los Angeles may continue to operate until 06/30/99. Extends the date until 06/30/03. Deletes specified provisions and authorizes a charter school, as described, to be funded for not more than 2,000 units average daily attendance in any fiscal year, as if it were a community day school operated by the county. Title: A.B. 696 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet KS Signed into law 05/2000 P-12 Concerns charter schools; increases the number of such schools authorized to be operated in the state. Title: H.B. 2357 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet MN Signed by governor 05/2000 P-12 In lieu of a charter school's dissolution based on contract termination, the commissioner may approve the decision of a different eligible sponsor to authorize the school. Allows the commissioner, after providing reasonable notice, to terminate the existing relationship with the sponsor if the charter school has a history of financial mismanagement or repeated violations of law. Title: H.B. 3800 Source: MN Department of Children, Families and Learning MN Signed by governor 05/2000 P-12 Charter schools must give enrollment preference to residents of a town if the school is the only one located in the town serving a particular grade level. If a pupil lives within two miles of a charter school and the next closest public school is more than five miles away, the charter school must give that pupil preference for enrollment. Also, a charter school must give preference in enrollment to a sibling of an enrolled student and to a foster child of the pupil's parents. Title: H.B. 3800 Source: MN Department of Children, Families and Learning MN Signed by governor 05/2000 P-12 Expands the list of potential sponsors to include a charitable organization. Also clarifies that a charter school sponsor may be a Minnesota private college that grants two or four-year degrees and is registered with the Higher Education Services Office. Title: H.B. 3800 Source: MN Department of Children, Families and Learning AZ Signed into law 04/2000 P-12 Allows a sponsor of a charter school to request that the State Board of Education withhold state aid monies from a charter school if the charter school is not in compliance with state law or its charter; authorizes a charter school sponsor to request that the State Board of Education withhold up to 10% of the charter school's monthly state aid if the sponsor determines at a public meeting that the charter school is not in compliance with state law or their charter. Title: H.B. 2363 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet AZ Signed into law 04/2000 P-12 Relates to school district budgets; relates to charter school applications and requirements; specifies that the charter of a charter school is subject to the same electronic data submission requirements as a school district; defines the term submit electronically; requires that the budget format include an electronic format that shall be submitted for each proposed, adopted and revised budget; requires each governing board of a school district to publish an annual financial report. Title: H.B. 2218 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet ID Signed into law 04/2000 P-12 Clarifies that public charter schools operate independently from the existing school district structure and any local board of trustees and are responsible for their own operations; clarifies admission procedures with regard to over enrollment. Title: H.B. 726 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet ID Signed into law 04/2000 P-12 Authorizes the Board of Directors of a charter school to borrow money as a nonprofit corporation to finance the purchase of school building facilities and, subject to the terms of such a contractual agreement, the board may use the facility as collateral for the loan. Title: H.B. 677 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet LA Signed into law 04/2000 P-12 Makes several changes to the "Proprietary School Law" including the fact that it allows for proprietary certificates to be good for two years instead of one, and it provides for a punishment for schools that do not keep records of their students. Title: S.B. 72A Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet VA Signed into law 04/2000 P-12 Authorizes the creation of regional charter schools, operated by two or more school boards, which may be chartered directly by the participating school boards or by the Board of Education with the concurrence of the participating school boards; permits judicial review of a school board's denial of a charter application, revocation or denial of renewal of a charter; clarifies operation guidelines and requirements. Title: S.B. 411 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet AZ Signed into law 03/2000 P-12 Requires an applicant seeking to establish a charter school and an application for renewal of a charter to submit a detailed business plan; prevents school districts from sponsoring charter schools located outside the geographic boundaries of the school district. Title: S.B. 1302 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet VA Signed into law 03/2000 P-12 Authorizes the creation of regional charter schools, operated by 2 or more school boards, which may be chartered directly by the participating school boards or by the Board of Education with the concurrence of the participating school boards; allows the Board to establish procedures for receiving and reviewing applications, seeking public comment, and obtaining the concurrence of participating school boards for regional schools to be chartered by the Board. Title: H.B. 785 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet NM Signed into law 03/2000 P-12 Relates to charter school enrollment procedures. Title: S.B. 67 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet GA Signed into law 03/2000 P-12 Allows the State Board of Education to grant a charter school petition if the local board of education refuses. The State Board of Education can call for a local tax referendum to support the charter school. Charter schools shall be subject to all the provisions of chapter 14 of Title 20, the accountability system. Title: H.B. 1187 Source: Georgia Department of Education VA Signed into law 02/2000 P-12 Permits the creation of residential charter schools for at-risk students by a single school division or by two or more school divisions as a joint school; provides that applications for residential charter schools are to include a description of the residential program, facilities, and staffing, any parental education and after-care initiatives, and funding sources for the residential and other services provided. Title: H.B. 742 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet NM Died 02/2000 P-12 Provides for start-up charter schools to be funded according to current year membership. Title: S.B. 460 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet