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 | 21st Century Skills |
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| Accountability |
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| Accountability--Accreditation |
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| Accountability--Measures/Indicators |
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| Accountability--Reporting Results |
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| Accountability--Rewards |
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| Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions |
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| Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--Learnfare |
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| Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--No Pass No Drive |
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| Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--No Pass No Play |
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| Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--Takeovers |
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| Accountability--School Improvement |
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| Adult Basic Education |
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| Assessment |
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| Assessment--Accommodations |
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| Assessment--College Entrance Exams |
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| Assessment--Computer Based |
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| Assessment--End-of-Course |
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| Assessment--Formative/Interim |
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| Assessment--High Stakes/Competency |
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| Assessment--Legal Issues |
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| Assessment--NAEP (NAEP Results and NAEP Organization) |
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| Assessment--Performance Based/Portfolio |
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| Assessment--Value Added |
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| At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
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| At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Alternative Education |
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| At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Drugs/Alcohol |
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| Attendance |
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| Attendance--Compulsory |
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| Attendance--Statutory Ages (Upper and Lower) |
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| Attendance--Truancy |
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| Background Checks |
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| Bilingual/ESL |
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| Brain Research |
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| Business Involvement |
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| Career/Technical Education |
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| Career/Technical Education--Career Academies/Apprenticeship |
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| Cheating |
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| Choice of Schools |
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| Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
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| Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Charter Districts |
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| Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Closings |
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| Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Cyber Charters |
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 | Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Finance |
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2012 | P-12 | From bill summary: Specifies that a charter school is a local educational agency (LEA) for purposes of provisions regarding LEA repayment (1) of funds received on the basis of average daily attendance that did not comply with statutory or regulatory requirements that were conditions of apportionments, as determined by an audit or review (2) of a penalty arising from an audit exception. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/11-12/bill/asm/ab_2651-2700/ab_2662_bill_20120926_chaptered.pdf
Title: A.B. 2662 - Charter School Is LEA for Purposes of Repaying Certain Funds
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| CA | Signed into law 07/2012 | P-12 | From bill summary: Requires a charter school, if it applies for the federal qualified school construction bond volume cap, or any other federal bond borrowing authority, to notify, in writing and at least 30 days before submitting the application, the district superintendent of schools and the governing board of the school district in which the charter school is physically located of its intent to rehabilitate, encumber, or otherwise alter school district property. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/11-12/bill/asm/ab_1851-1900/ab_1859_bill_20120710_chaptered.pdf
Title: A.B. 1859
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| CA | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | From sections 1, 25.1, 25.3, 25.5, 25.7, 25.9, 33, 41, 42 of bill summary:
Until July 1, 2017, authorizes a county board of education, subject to the concurrence of the county superintendent of schools, to loan moneys from the proceeds of revenue anticipation notes to a charter school for which the county board or county superintendent has supervisory responsibility or, regardless of whether the charter school is within or outside of the county, with which a county board or county superintendent has a contractual relationship. Requires the county superintendent, before the county board makes the loan, to take specified actions regarding the advisability of the loan. Provides that any loan of moneys pursuant to these provisions does not constitute a debt or liability of the county superintendent, the county board, or the state. Prohibits a charter school from receiving more than one of these loans per fiscal year. Requires the county board, as a condition of making a loan to a charter school, to report to the department by September 15 of each year specified information on loans made to charter schools within the prior fiscal year, and requires the department to compile that information into a report to be annually submitted to the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the legislature, the department of finance, and the legislative analyst's office.
Requires the governing board of a district seeking to sell or lease real property designed to provide direct instruction or instructional support it deems to be surplus property to first provide a written offer for the sale or lease of the surplus property to any charter school that has submitted a written request to the district to be notified of surplus real property offered by the district for sale or lease. Requires any real property sold or leased to a charter school to be used exclusively to provide direct instruction or instructional support for no less than 5 years from the date the real property is available to the charter school pursuant to a sale, or, if the charter school leased the real property, until the real property is returned to the possession of the district. Authorizes a district governing board to (1) sell surplus property to any park district, city, or county in
which the school district is wholly or partially situated for specified uses, (2) sell or lease surplus real property to a contracting agency, or (3) only sell or lease any schoolsite containing specified land to certain public agencies in accordance with particular priorities, only if a charter school has not accepted an offer to purchase or lease the property. Requires the sale or lease with an option to purchase of district real property to first be offered for sale or lease to any interested charter school for purposes of providing direct instruction or instructional support.
Requires the price at which the real property is sold to a charter school to not exceed the district's cost of acquisition, adjusted as specified. Requires the annual rate of real property leased to a charter school not to exceed 5% of the maximum sale price. Requires the school district advisory committee to hold hearings to receive community input before selling or leasing real property to a charter school. Requires these provisions to only apply to real property identified by a district as surplus property after July 1, 2012. (Makes this provision inoperative on June 30, 2013, and repeals it as of January 1, 2014.)
Requires the department of education to monitor the adequacy of the amount of funds in the Charter School Revolving Loan Fund and report annually to the department of finance and the controller on the need, if any, to transfer funds from the Charter School Security Fund to the Charter School Revolving Loan Fund to replace funds lost due to loan defaults. Provides for such a transfer to be made.
Until July 1, 2017, authorizes a charter school to contract with a county superintendent or county board to borrow moneys to establish or operate a charter school. Requires the borrowed moneys to be expended solely for purposes of meeting the charter school's cash management needs due to the deferral of apportionment payments and not for purposes of making capital acquisitions. Existing law requires the state superintendent to annually compute a general-purpose entitlement, funded from a combination of state aid and local funds, for each charter school. New provisions require the computation of the general-purpose entitlement to be reduced by any amount derived from a proposed constitutional provision relating to education funding.
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/11-12/bill/sen/sb_1001-1050/sb_1016_bill_20120627_chaptered.pdf
Title: S.B. 1016 - Charter School Finance and Facilities
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| CA | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | From section 54 of bill summary: Permits a charter school to borrow and expend borrowed funds, and be subject to certain indebtedness provisions, in the same manner as a school district or county board of education. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/11-12/bill/sen/sb_1001-1050/sb_1016_bill_20120627_chaptered.pdf
Title: S.B. 1016 - Charter School Borrowing
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| 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
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| NH | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | Authorizes chartered public schools to incur long-term debt for the purpose of purchasing buildings or land or for new construction or renovations.
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/2012/HB1225.html
Title: H.B. 1225
Source: http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/
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| CO | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | The bill extends the time for the notice from 3 to 4 months for a charter school to give notice of intent to apply for financial assistance through the building excellent schools today (BEST) program. The bill changes the factors that apply to charter school applicants. The amount of match moneys calculated for charter schools must be comparable to the amounts calculated for school districts in the same year. The bill creates the charter school matching moneys loan program to assist charter schools in obtaining up to 50% of the matching moneys required for financial assistance through the BEST program. To be eligible to participate, a charter school must qualify for payments from the state charter school debt reserve fund. An eligible charter school that participates in the loan program must comply with several requirements, including authorizing the state treasurer to withhold the amount of the loan payments from moneys otherwise payable to the charter school and putting 6 months of loan payments into escrow for the benefit of the state. The loans are funded through the lease-purchase agreements the state treasurer enters into for the charter schools' construction projects.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2012a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/8586A7A758D6112A87257981007F3E3A?Open&file=121_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 121
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us
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| 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
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| 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
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| FL | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | From bill analysis: Reduces the 5% charter school administrative fee charged by school districts for schools that have an exceptional student enrollment that is 75% or greater of the total school enrollment. Bases the fee for affected schools on unweighted FTE rather than weighted FTE.
Bill text (page 10 of 41): http://myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Documents/loaddoc.aspx?FileName=_h5101er.docx&DocumentType=Bill&BillNumber=5101&Session=2012
Final bill analysis (pages 3-5 of 13): http://myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Documents/loaddoc.aspx?FileName=h5101z.PKAS.DOCX&DocumentType=Analysis&BillNumber=5101&Session=2012
Title: H.B. 5101 - Charter School Administrative Fee
Source: myfloridahouse.gov
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| MN | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Provides that the resident district of a a shared time pupil taking classes in a charter school must grant the charter school permission to claim the pupil for state aid purposes.Requires state aid be paid to the charter school, and if the resident district agrees, the charter may bill the resident district for unreimbursed education costs. Provides that an agreement between the resident district and charter may be created to have the resident district pay particular transportation costs. [Article 1, Sec. 26, Subd. 2]
Provides that the provision which requires charter schools not be used as a method for providing education or generating revenue for home-schooled students not apply to shared time aid. [Article 1, Sec. 20, Subd. 8] https://www.revisor.mn.gov/data/revisor/law/2012/0/2012-239.pdf
Title: H.F. 2949
Source: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/
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| IN | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | Permits two or more school corporations to publish notices, hold public hearings, and take final action for the adoption of property tax levies, property tax rates, and a budget for the reorganized school corporation after the voters approve a plan of reorganization in a general election. Provides that a conversion charter school must publish its estimated annual budget for the ensuing year. http://www.in.gov/apps/lsa/session/billwatch/billinfo?year=2012&session=1&request=getBill&doctype=HB&docno=1058
Title: H.B. 1058
Source: www.in.gov
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| IN | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | Requires an accredited nonpublic school to provide sufficient verbal information to permit a requesting school to which a child transfers to make an appropriate placement decision when the parent of the child is in breach of a contract that conditions release of student records on the payment of outstanding tuition and other fees.
Requires the state board of education to conduct a second count of students enrolled in school corporations and charter schools in February of each school year, with the first count being in September. Expires the school funding formula on July 1, 2013.
Transfers the appropriation and funding for charter school start-up grants to the appropriation for state tuition support. Increases the amount of the charter school start-up grant for charter schools that begin operation in calendar year 2012 and provides that the grant is to be paid in six installments with one installment in each of the last six months of calendar year 2012.
Specifies that the amount distributed as special grants to school corporations to reflect the savings resulting from the education of students under a choice scholarship rather than in a school corporation are limited only by the state fiscal year appropriation and not the calendar year cap that limits the amount of state tuition support payable in a calendar year. http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2012/HE/HE1189.1.html
Title: H.B. 1189
Source: www.in.gov
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| CA | Signed into law 10/2011 | P-12 | From bill summary: Existing law sets the minimum schoolday in a high school, except certain schools, including a regional occupational center, and except for pupils enrolled in a work experience education program, at 240 minutes.
Existing law, until July 1, 2012, requires the superintendent of public instruction to compute an amount of funding for each pupil concurrently enrolled in regular secondary school classes and classes operating pursuant to a joint powers agreement that became effective prior to January 1, 2008, for the period of time the pupil attends classes pursuant to the joint powers agreement, by performing specified calculations. Existing law requires, for these pupils, that a 180-minute schoolday be computed and reported as attendance for 3.4 of the full 240-minute schoolday for purposes of those calculations. Existing law requires that the number of hours of instruction at regional occupational centers or programs that are claimed for funding pursuant to these provisions be used, in addition to specified hourly rates, in the computation of the average daily attendance of the regional occupational center or program. Existing law, until July 1, 2012, makes the Center for Advanced Research and Technology, operating pursuant to a joint powers agreement between the Clovis Unified School District and the Fresno Unified School District, ineligible to receive charter school funding.
This bill would extend to July 1, 2017, the provisions regarding the ineligibility of the Center for Advanced Research and Technology for charter school funding and the computation of attendance for pupils concurrently enrolled in regular secondary school classes and classes operating pursuant to a joint powers agreement that became effective prior to January 1, 2008. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/11-12/bill/sen/sb_0351-0400/sb_361_bill_20111008_chaptered.pdf
Title: S.B. 361
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| DE | Signed into law 08/2011 | P-12 | Requires criminal background and child abuse registry checks for charter school board members; prohibits individuals who have felony convictions or convictions for a crime against a child from serving on a charter board. Requires charter school board members to disclose any financial interest they may have in the charter school.
Requires funding for new charter schools to be distributed throughout the year, contingent upon a review by the Department of Education to ensure that the finances of the school are sound. Requires an annual external audit of charter schools and adds charter schools to the Finance Recovery Team portion of the Delaware Code, authorizing the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to appoint a team to assess the financial status of a charter school that is on formal review, to provide information to parents and teachers regarding status, and to make certain decisions regarding payments by the charter school.
Moves up the deadline by which charter renewal decisions must be made so that, if a charter is not going to be renewed, that decision is made prior to the school choice deadline. Creates a mechanism for permitting a high performing charter operator to open a school that would serve students at a charter school that is slated for closure.
http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis146.nsf/vwLegislation/HB+205?Opendocument
Title: H.B. 205
Source: http://legis.delaware.gov/
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| MN | Signed into law 07/2011 | P-12 | Establishes that a charter school in its first year of operation in fiscal year 2012 is not eligible for charter school start-up aid.(Article 2, Sec 44)
http://wdoc.house.leg.state.mn.us/leg/LS87/1/HF0026.0.pdf
Title: H.F. 26
Source: http://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/
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| NH | Signed into law 07/2011 | P-12 | 1. Repeals the calculation and distribution of fiscal capacity disparity aid; 2. Sets the amount of differentiated aid at $1,725 for each pupil eligible for the free or reduced-price meal program; 3. Provides a grant in the amount of $2,000 for chartered public school pupils; 4. Provides $675 for each third grade pupil who has not tested at the proficient level or above in the reading component of the state assessment and who is not eligible to receive special education, English as a second language, or free or reduced-price meal program funds; 5. Beginning July 1, 2013, provides that a municipality's total education grant shall not exceed 105.5 percent of the total education grant received in the previous fiscal year; 6. Provides a stabilization grant to certain municipalities in fiscal year 2012 equal to the decrease from the municipality's fiscal year 2011 total education grant, and provides that a municipality shall continue to receive this stabilization grant in fiscal year 2013 and each fiscal year thereafter.
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/2011/HB0337.html
Title: H.B. 337
Source: http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/
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| OR | Signed into law 07/2011 | P-12 | Amended ORS 338.095 to specify requirements of financial management system for public charter school. Requires district extended weighted average daily membership (ADMw) to be calculated separately for students in public charter school and for students in nonchartered public schools.Removes requirement that school districts transfer a portion of ADMw to school districts of students who are not residents.
http://www.leg.state.or.us/11reg/measpdf/hb3400.dir/hb3417.en.pdf
Title: H.B. 3417
Source: http://www.leg.state.or.us
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| TX | Signed into law 07/2011 | P-12 | Amends methods of determining funding levels for an open-enrollment charter school.
Pages 138-139 of 263: http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlodocs/821/billtext/pdf/SB00001F.pdf#navpanes=0
Title: S.B. 1 - Charter School Finance
Source: www.capitol.state.tx.us
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| CA | Signed into law 06/2011 | P-12 | From bill summary: Provides that, to the extent funds are provided, for the 2010–11 to the 2014–15 fiscal years, a supplemental categorical block grant is allocated to charter schools commencing operations during or after the 2008–09 fiscal year. Provides that a locally or direct funded charter school, not just a locally funded charter school, that converted from a preexisting school between the 2008–09 and 2014–15 fiscal years would be prohibited from receiving these funds. Provides that for the 2010–11 to the 2014–15 fiscal years, the supplemental categorical block grant received by eligible charter schools equals $127 per unit of charter school average daily attendance for charter schools commencing operations during or after the 2008–09 fiscal year. Pages 41-42: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/11-12/bill/asm/ab_0101-0150/ab_114_bill_20110630_chaptered.pdf
Title: A.B. 114 - Charter School Finance
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| HI | Signed into law 06/2011 | P-12 | Requires charter school budget requests for needs-based facilities funding to include a detailed explanation as to the formula used and the funding request breakdown by school. Allows charter schools to appeal denied reauthorizations to the board of education. Requires charter schools and their local school boards to develop internal policies and procedures consistent with ethical standards of conduct. Requires the charter school review panel to conduct a multi-year evaluation of each charter school every six years, instead of every five. Establishes a task force to address issues on charter school governance, accountability, and authority to provide clarity to the relationships, responsibilities, and lines of accountability and authority among stakeholders of the charter school system. http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2011/Bills/SB1174_CD1_.HTM
Title: S.B. 1174
Source: www.capitol.hawaii.gov
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| LA | Signed into law 06/2011 | P-12 | Addresses corporate donations to charter schools. Discusses enrollment preferences and membership on the governing or management board of a charter school for certain major corporate donors and enrollment of their children in the schools. Addresses facility and land use related to these charters.
http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=758764
Title: H.B. 421
Source: http://www.legis.state.la.us
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| NH | Signed into law 06/2011 | P-12 | Authorizes chartered public schools to receive school building aid grants for leased space.
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/2011/HB0505.html
Title: H.B. 505
Source: http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us
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| NH | Became law without governor's signature 06/2011 | P-12 | Permits the state board of education to grant charter status to all applicants that meet the requirements (removing quota of 20 schools during charter pilot begun in 2003). Requires that the state pay tuition for each pupil attending a chartered public school located in state but outside of the pupil's resident school district directly to the chartered public school.
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/2011/SB0082.html
Title: S.B. 82
Source: www.gencourt.state.nh.us
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| OH | Signed into law 06/2011 | P-12 | Directs the department to develop standards for determining, from existing data, the amount of annual operating expenditures for classroom instructional purposes and for nonclassroom purposes for each school district, each community school that is not an internet- or computer-based community school, each Internet- or computer-based community school, and each STEM school. Directs the department to present these standards to the state board for consideration no later than January 1, 2012. Requires the state board to consider the proposed standards and adopt a final set of standards by July 1, 2012. Directs the department to categorize all districts, joint vocational school districts, and community schools that are not computer- or Internet-based, into 3-5 categories (3-5 categories for each type of school), based on average daily student enrollment (joint vocational school districts = average daily membership), and to categorize all internet- or computer-based community schools into a single category, and to categorize all STEM schools into a single category. Using the aforementioned standards, directs the department to compute for fiscal years 2008-2012, and annually for each fiscal year thereafter:
(1) The percentage of each district's, community school's, or STEM school's total operating budget spent for classroom instructional purposes
(2) The statewide average percentage for all districts, community schools, and STEM schools combined spent for classroom instructional purposes
(3) The average percentage for each of the aforementioned categories of districts and schools spent for classroom instructional purposes
(4) The ranking of each district, community school, or STEM school within its respective category according to:
(a) From highest to lowest percentage spent for classroom instructional purposes
(b) From lowest to highest percentage spent for noninstructional purposes.
Requires the department to note within each category of district, joint vocational school district, the districts/joint vocational school districts, and among non-internet or community based community schools, internet- and computer based community schools and STEM schools, schools that are among the 20% for lowest operating expenditures or among the 20% for highest performance index scores (for joint vocational school districts, among the 20% with the highest performance measures required for career-technical education under 20 U.S.C. 2323). Requires specified operating information to be reported on the department Web site and on each district's, community school's and STEM school's report card.
Requires the department, in accordance with the board standards for categorization of school district expenditures as described above, to annually determine each fiscal year for each district: (1) The ratio of the district's operating expenditures for instructional purposes compared to its operating expenditures for administrative purposes; (2) The per-pupil amount of the district's expenditures for instructional purposes; (3) The per pupil amount of the district's operating expenditures for administrative purposes (4) The percentage of the district's operating expenditures attributable to school district funds; and to determine the statewide average among all school districts for each of the items (1) through (4) above. Directs the department to annually report to each district the district's information for (1) through (4) and the statewide averages in (5). Requires each district, upon receipt of the report, to publish the information on its Web site and publish the report in another way so that it is available to all parents of students enrolled in the district and to taxpayers of the district. Pages 51-54 and 55-56 of 1000 (some provisions of pages 54-55 in separate record): http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/BillText129/129_HB_153_EN_part2.pdf
Title: H.B. 153 - Highly Efficient and Highly Effective Schools
Source: www.legislature.state.oh.us
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| OH | Signed into law 06/2011 | P-12 | Repeals certain language related to unused school property. Adds new language requiring districts to offer unused school facilities (that have not been used for two years) for lease or sale to the governing authorities of community schools located in the school district. Establishes procedures for the purchase of such property. Provides that if no community school governing authority accepts the offer to lease or buy the property within 60 days after the offer is made, the district board may offer the property to any other entity.
Pages 117 and 119-120 of 1000: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/BillText129/129_HB_153_EN_part2.pdf
Title: H.B. 153 - Lease or Sale of Unused School Facilities
Source: www.legislature.state.oh.us
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| OH | Signed into law 06/2011 | P-12 | Provides that except as otherwise specified, beginning in the 2011-2012 school year, any student who completed the prior school year in an Internet- or computer-based community school must be considered to be enrolled in the same school in the subsequent school year until the student's enrollment has ceased as specified in statute. Directs the department to continue subtracting and paying amounts for the student
without interruption at the start of the subsequent school year. Specifies that if the student without a legitimate excuse fails to participate in the first 105 consecutive hours of learning opportunities offered the student in that subsequent school year, the student must be considered not to have re-enrolled for that school year and the department must recalculate the payments to the school for that school year to account for the fact that the student is not enrolled. Page 216 of 1000: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/BillText129/129_HB_153_EN_part2.pdf
Title: H.B. 153 - Enrollment in, State Payments for Student in Cyber Charter
Source: www.legislature.state.oh.us
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| CO | Signed into law 05/2011 | P-12 | Concerns increasing the state's oversight of the program that allows the financing of capital construction for charter schools. Addresses other aspects of charter funding, including debt reserve. Creates new requirements for revoking or not renewing a charter for a charter school. School boards or institute boards must notify state of intent to revoke or not renew a charter, but the decision will be placed on hold temporarily to determine of alternative exists.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2011a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/1B5BD07EC238CCBC8725783E006F8C42?Open&file=188_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 188
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us
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| FL | Signed into law 05/2011 | P-12
Postsec. | Requires charter schools and charter technical career centers to post their financial information on the Transparency Florida website. Requires the Auditor General to annually submit to the Legislature a list of any school districts, charter schools, charter technical career centers, colleges, state universities, and water management districts that have failed to comply with the transparency requirements. Requires the Chief Financial Officer to make a state contract management system publically available that includes information and documentation relating to contracts procured by state governmental entities. http://laws.flrules.org/files/Ch_2011-049.pdf
Title: S.B. 2096
Source: http://laws.flrules.org
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| GA | Signed into law 05/2011 | P-12 | Establishes the State Education Finance Study Commission to evaluate the Quality Basic Education (QBE) Formula and education funding for public schools in Georgia. Provides for composition, compensation, duties and powers, and support staff of the commission. Directs the commission to review specified issues related to the QBE formula, state and local funding partnership, equalization, student transportation, state schools funding, capital outlay. Encourages the commission to study and evaluate issues related to charter schools; Career, Technical, and Agriculture Education, dual enrollment, virtual schools; teacher pay; non-QBE grants, and other changes to the education code. Provides a timeline for the commission's work, including that the proposed legislation for final recommendations be completed by end of 2012. Abolishes commission and supporting statutory language on March 31, 2013. http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20112012/116810.pdf
Title: H.B. 192 - State Education Finance Study Commission
Source: www.legis.ga.gov
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| IN | Signed into law 05/2011 | P-12 | Allows charter schools to opt in to the state health insurance plans. Establishes the charter school board as a statewide sponsor of charter schools. Provides that the department of education shall provide staff to the charter school board until the board begins receiving administrative fees from schools chartered by the board. Adds certain nonprofit private colleges and universities as eligible charter school sponsors. Establishes certain accountability criteria for charter school sponsors, and places charter schools under accountability standards for public schools. Adds: (1) student academic growth; (2) financial performance and stability; and (3) board performance and stewardship; to the list of items to be included in a charter school's charter. Requires uniform and consistent transfer of credits for students who transfer from a charter school to another public school. Stipulates that a teacher in a conversion charter school may be an employee of the charter school or the school corporation as determined in a charter school's charter. Provides that at least 90% of the full time teachers in a charter school must be licensed or in the process of obtaining a license. Ends the virtual charter school pilot program, and allows existing virtual charter schools to seek sponsors. Provides that a virtual charter school's funding is equal to the sum of: (1) the virtual charter school's ADM multiplied by 85% of the school's foundation amount (rather than 80% of the statewide average basic tuition support, under current law); plus (2) the total of any special education grants to which the virtual charter school is entitled. Provides that each school year, at least 60% of the students who are enrolled in virtual charter schools for the first time must have been included in the state's ADM count for the previous school year. Sets out the conditions, accounting process, and reporting procedures for a charter school sponsor concerning the collection of fees from its sponsored charter schools. Requires the department of education to establish a charter school page on the department's Internet web site. Establishes the charter school facilities assistance program and fund. Specifies the purposes for which grants and loans of money in the fund may be used. Provides that money in the fund may be used to match federal grants from the United States Department of Education for charter school facilities, and deletes current law that allows common school fund interest to provide these state matching funds. Changes the procedure for converting a public school into a charter school. Establishes a "trigger" for conversion of a school to a charter school with both parents and the school board signing off on the conversion. Establishes a process by which charter schools may lease or purchase unused, closed, or unoccupied school buildings that are maintained by school corporations and are not being used for classroom instruction. Permits the state board of education to close a charter school, transfer sponsorship of a charter school, or reduce the administrative fees collected by the sponsor of the charter.
http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2011/HE/HE1002.1.html
Title: H.B. 1002
Source: http://www.in.gov
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| AZ | Signed into law 04/2011 | P-12 | Updates the definition of charter school to clarify a public university, a community college with an enrollment of 15,000 full-time equivalent students (FTSE), or a group of community colleges with a combined enrollment of 15,000 FTSE may serve as authorizer of a charter school.
Permits the State Board for Charter Schools (SBCS) to accept gifts or grants of monies or real or personal property if the purpose of the gift is approved by SBCS and within the scope of SBCS's powers and duties. Mandates the use of a different auditor at least once every six years to conduct annual audits required for charter schools. Chapter 344
http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/50leg/1r/bills/sb1263h.pdf
Title: S.B. 1263--Charter Schools
Source: http://www.azleg.gov
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| NM | Signed into law 03/2011 | P-12 | Requires charter schools that expect a distribution of property taxes pursuant to the Public School Buildings Act to submit a report to the department and its chartering
authority showing the purposes for which the expected distribution will be expended.
http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/11%20Regular/final/HB0113.pdf
Title: H.B. 113
Source: http://www.nmlegis.gov/
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| NY | Signed into law 03/2011 | P-12 | For the 2010-11 through 2012-13 school years, holds the amount paid to districts for charter school enrollment at the 2010-11 school year level. Chapter 58 http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=S02808&Summary=Y&Memo=Y&Text=Y
Title: S.B. 2808 - Part A, Sec. 21 and 22
Source: assembly.state.ny.us
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2011 | P-12 | Provides that, for purposes of a property tax exemption for property of school districts under statute, a charter school is considered to be a school district. Provides that this bill has retrospective operation for a taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2008. http://le.utah.gov/~2011/bills/sbillenr/sb0278.pdf
Title: S.B. 278
Source: le.utah.gov
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2011 | P-12 | Provides that a chartering entity may use certain data to measure the performance of a charter school. Prohibits a chartering entity from imposing performance standards, except as permitted by statute, that would limit a charter school from accomplishing the purposes of charter schools. Requires a charter to include an acknowledgment that neither the chartering entity nor the state is liable for the debts or financial obligations of the charter school. Also requires a charter to include fiscal procedures that are consistent with generally accepted financial management standards. http://le.utah.gov/~2011/bills/hbillenr/hb0388.pdf
Title: H.B. 388
Source: le.utah.gov
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| DE | Signed into law 02/2011 | P-12 | Allows services for children with disabilities to be funded based on identified individual needs rather than on their classification or placement. The "needs-based" funding system provides more flexibility to districts and charter schools in the provision of special education services and is intended to be more equitable in ensuring that resources are distributed based on the specific needs of students receiving special education services.
http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis146.nsf/vwLegislation/HB+1/$file/legis.html?open
Title: H.B. 1
Source: http://legis.delaware.gov/
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| TX | Adopted 01/2011 | P-12 | From the January 28, 2011 Texas Register: The sections establish provisions that detail the ratings, types of ratings, criteria, reporting and sanctions for the financial accountability rating system. Amendments update the School Financial Integrity Rating System of Texas (School FIRST) by specifying new provisions for implementation beginning with fiscal year 2010-11, including the deletion of one non-critical school district indicator and the addition of 18 open-enrollment charter school indicators, along with new rating worksheets and calculations that reflect these changes. The amendments to the rating system better align School FIRST for the two types of entities and clarify certain aspects of the School FIRST calculations. Additionally, the adopted amendments establish a process for lowering a financial accountability rating after initial assignment if determined necessary by the commissioner.
109.1002: Financial Accountability Ratings. Adopted as published on pp 12-13 of the January 28, 2011 Texas Register: http://www.sos.state.tx.us/texreg/pdf/backview/0128/0128adop.pdf
109.1003: Types of Financial Accountability Ratings. Adopted as published on pp. 18-19 of the October 22, 2010 Texas Register: http://www.sos.state.tx.us/texreg/pdf/backview/1022/1022prop.pdf
109.1004: Criteria for Financial Accountability Ratings. Adopted as published on p. 19 of the October 22, 2010 Texas Register: http://www.sos.state.tx.us/texreg/pdf/backview/1022/1022prop.pdf
109.1005: Reporting. Adopted as published on pp 13-14 of the January 28, 2011 Texas Register: http://www.sos.state.tx.us/texreg/pdf/backview/0128/0128adop.pdf
Title: 19 TAC 109.1002, 1003, 1004, 1005
Source: www.sos.state.tx.us
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| CA | Signed into law 10/2010 | P-12 | From bill summary: Existing law authorizes a local educational agency, including a direct-funded charter school, to apply for any state categorical program funding included in the annual budget act on behalf of a school that begins operation in the 2008–09 to the 2012–13 fiscal years.
New legislation requires the superintendent of public instruction to allocate a supplemental categorical block grant for the 2010–11 fiscal year to a charter school that begins operation in the 2008–09, 2009–10, or 2010–11 fiscal year, and authorizes the charter school to use the block grant funds to be used for any educational purpose.
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/09-10/bill/asm/ab_1601-1650/ab_1610_bill_20101019_chaptered.pdf
Title: A.B. 1610 - Charter School Facility Grant Program
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2010 | P-12 | Authorizes the California Department of Education (CDE) and the California School Financing Authority (CSFA) to assign and distribute the state's 2010 federal tax credit bond volume cap for qualified school construction bonds (QSCB). Authorizes charter schools to participate, and sets eligibility criteria and requirements for charter schools. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/09-10/bill/asm/ab_2551-2600/ab_2560_bill_20100924_chaptered.pdf
Title: A.B. 2560
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| CA | Vetoed 09/2010 | P-12 | From bill analysis: Requires the state board of education to include school districts, county offices of education, charter schools and other agencies deemed eligible pursuant to state and federal law, in any application for federal aid to education, in any allocation of federal funds made pursuant to law, and in any rules and regulations adopted governing the allocation of those funds.
Bil text: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/09-10/bill/asm/ab_1651-1700/ab_1683_bill_20100830_enrolled.pdf
Governor's veto message: http://dl5.activatedirect.com/fs/distribution:letterFile/yvcee9xanplikz_files/z64toun9texiy7?&_c=d|yvcee9xanplikz|z651jtjl0g7yaz&_ce=1286209518.ef82a5a73803871303f72f0746c9c7d3
Title: A.B. 1683
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| LA | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-12 | Provides the use of certain local revenues for computing and allocating the per pupil amount provided to all charter schools. Removes provisions requiring certain minimum per pupil funding amounts pursuant to the most recent legislatively approved minimum foundation program formula.
http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=721744
Title: H.B. 420
Source: http://www.legis.state.la.us/
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| 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
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| AZ | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | Provides admission of residents of other school districts; relates to tuition and nonresidents of the state; provides that a school district or a charter school shall not include pupils who are not residents of this state in the district's or charter school's student count and shall not obtain state funding for those pupils; provides exceptions. Chapter 331
http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/49leg/2r/bills/hb2722h.pdf
Title: H.B. 2722
Source: http://www.azleg.gov
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| 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
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| TX | Adopted 05/2010 | P-12 | Updates the financial accountability rating system by specifying new provisions that will be implemented beginning with ratings based on data from fiscal year 2008-09, including a new worksheet and calculations. Also incorporates open-enrollment charter schools into the School FIRST system. Adopted as proposed in the March 26, 2010 Register (pages 93-97 of 151): http://www.sos.state.tx.us/texreg/pdf/backview/0326/0326prop.pdf
Title: 19 TAC 109.1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005
Source: www.sos.state.tx.us
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| CA | Adopted 04/2010 | P-12 | Relates to the State Charter School Facilities Incentive Grants Program. Adds definitions of "Academic Performance Index Growth" and "Adequate Yearly Progress". Adds language in 10177, "Eligible Applicant" allowing a charter school to appeal any response by the chartering authority's staff directly to the chartering authority's governing board, and clarifying that it is the charter school's responsibility, and not the authority's, to ensure that the good standing and compliance response letter is received by the stated deadline. Clarifies in 10178 that grant funds may not be used toward the same debt or project (purchase/construction/renovation) related to a project designated in a prior grant award. Adds language in 10181 that each application for grant funds must include (1) a description of how an award of grant funds for facilities will be used and (2) verification the charter school is in good standing with its chartering authority and in compliance with the terms of its charter at the time of application submission and without interruption throughout the term of the grant. Requires that this be provided directly from the chartering authority on a form provided by the Authority. Permits charter schools to appeal any response by the chartering authority's staff directly to the chartering authority governing board.
10182: Amends evaluation criteria to allow a charter school grant application to receive additional points if the applicant charter school is within 3 miles of any traditional public school (serving the same grade levels as the applicant charter school) that (1) did not meet all AYP criteria for the most recent year, and the applicant charter school did meet all AYP criteria for the most recent year and/or (2) did not meet its API Growth Target for Both Schoolwide and Subgroups for the most recent year, and the applicant charter school did meet its API Growth Target for Both Schoolwide and Subgroups for the most recent year. Also awards additional preference points to an applicant charter school that did not receive an award under the 2004 State Charter School Facilities Incentive Grants Program (Rounds 1-5).
10188: Adds provision that documentation of continued eligibility requires verification the subgrantee charter school is continuously in good standing with its chartering authority and continuously in compliance with the terms of its charter without interruption throughout the term of the grant. Requires that the Authority rely on information from the chartering authority regarding the school's good standing and compliance with the terms of its charter. Permits charter schools to appeal any response by the chartering authority's staff directly to the chartering authority's governing board, and makes it the charter school's responsibility, and not the Authority's, to ensure that the good standing and compliance response letter is received by the stated deadline.
10190: The Authority reserves the right to conduct site visits to any charter school facility or project receiving a grant pursuant to these provisions.
Title: Title 4 CCR Sec(s) 10175, 10176, 10177, 10178, 10179, 10180, 10181,10182, 10185, 10187, 10188, 10190
Source: www.lexis.com
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| 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
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| CO | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-12 | Enacts the Public School Financial Transparency Act, which requires school districts, district charter schools, boards of cooperative education, the state charter school institute, and institute charter schools to post financial information on-line, in a downloadable format, for free public access.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2010a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/F10BD6CCC8325304872576A80026B22A?open&file=1036_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1036
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us/
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| NM | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-12 | Requires local school boards and governing authorities of charter schools to establish finance subcommittees and audit committees. The finance subcommittee shall: (1) make recommendations to the local school board in the following areas: (a) financial planning, including reviews of the school district's revenue and expenditure projections; (b) review of financial statements and periodic monitoring of revenues and expenses; (c) annual budget preparation and oversight; and (d) procurement; and (2) serve as an external monitoring committee on budget and other financial matters.
http://nmlegis.gov/Sessions/10%20Regular/final/HB0227.pdf
Title: H.B. 227
Source: http://nmlegis.gov/
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-12 | Modifies the state superintendent's annual report of the public school system by: (1) requiring reporting of data on average class sizes calculated in accordance with state board of education rule; (2) modifying the reporting of pupil-teacher ratios and (3) deleting the reporting of pupil-adult ratios. Rewrites statutory language on method for calculating school and district pupil-teacher ratios in the state superintendent's annual report. Requires data on pupil-teacher ratios to additionally be reported by district, and by state-level aggregate for charter schools and public schools. Requires the section of the state superintendent's annual report dealing with pupil-teacher ratios to indicate the Web site where pupil-teacher ratios for each school in the state may be accessed. Requires data on charter school funding, including state allocations and local expenditures, to be included in the state superintendent's annual report.
Specifies how average class size at the elementary and secondary school levels must be reported. Requires that special education classes and online classes be excluded when determining average class sizes at the elementary and secondary school levels. http://le.utah.gov/~2010/bills/sbillenr/sb0056.pdf
Title: S.B. 56
Source: le.utah.gov
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| 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
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| 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
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| OR | Temporary Rule Adoption 12/2009 | P-12 | Requires public charter schools to have a sound financial management system. Provides the minimum requirements for this system.
http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/rules/1209_Bulletin/1209_ch581_bulletin.html
Title: OAR 581-020-0301, -0333, -0335, -0359, -0380
Source: http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us
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| CA | Adopted 11/2009 | P-12 | Amends rules concerning the Leroy F. Greene School Facilities Act of 1998 as it relates to the Charter and Critically Overcrowded School (COS) Facilities programs. Prevents preliminary apportionments from expiring, thereby preserving the ability for school districts and charter schools to convert to final apportionments in the future.
Title: Title 2 CCR Sec(s) 1859.2, 1859.121, 1859.148.2, 1859.164.2,1859.166.2, 1859.197
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| CA | Signed into law 10/2009 | P-12 | Provides that modified funding calculations do not apply to charter schools that convert to charter schools on or after a specified date. Provides for such charter schools to receive general-purpose funding. Declares that these provisions do not preclude a charter school or unified school district from agreeing to an alternative funding formula. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/09-10/bill/sen/sb_0151-0200/sb_191_bill_20091011_chaptered.pdf
Title: S.B. 191
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| CA | Signed into law 10/2009 | P-12 | Repeals provision that provides that charter schools are eligible for a transportation allowance to cover the costs of purchasing or renting vehicles, contracting and paying for the transportation of pupils to and from school by a common carrier or a municipally owned transit system, or contracting with and paying responsible private parties for the transportation. Page 4 of 32: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/09-10/bill/sen/sb_0501-0550/sb_509_bill_20091011_chaptered.pdf
Title: S.B. 509 - Charter School Transportation
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| CA | Signed into law 07/2009 | P-12 | From legislative analysis:
Existing law establishes the Charter School Facility Grant Program to provide assistance with facilities rent and lease costs for pupils in charter schools by reimbursing charter schools for those expenses. This bill, commencing with the 2009–10 fiscal year, would instead require the Superintendent of Public Instruction to annually allocate the facilities grants to eligible charter schools no later than October 1 of each fiscal year but would require that funding appropriated for this program in the 2009–10 fiscal year be used first to reimburse eligible charter schools for rent or lease
costs for the 2008–09 fiscal year.
Existing law requires the categorical block grant for charter schools for the 2007–08 school year to be $500 per unit of charter school average daily attendance, as determined at the 2nd principal apportionment for the 2007–08 fiscal year, to be adjusted for cost of living each fiscal year thereafter, and to be supplemented, as specified, for economic impact aid-eligible pupils. Existing law states the intent of the legislature to fully fund the categorical block grant for charter schools and sets forth a mechanism to appropriate additional funding if needed for unanticipated increases in average daily attendance and counts of economic impact aid-eligible pupils.
This bill would strictly limit funding deficiencies to unanticipated increases in average daily attendance and counts of economic impact aid-eligible pupils and would prohibit additional funding from being provided
to restore certain reductions made to categorical programs pursuant the annual Budget Act.
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/09-10/bill/asm/ab_0001-0050/abx4_2_bill_20090728_chaptered.pdf
Title: A.B. 2 - Sections 22-24
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| IL | Signed into law 07/2009 | P-12 | Requires school construction projects supported by grants from the Capital Development Board to receive silver certification from the United States Green
Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Green Building Rating System. Creates new section authorizing the state board to make grants to districts for school energy efficiency projects. Requires districts to provide local matching funds. Requires 20% of grant funds to be awarded to projects in Chicago.
Creates new section authorizing the Capital Development Board to make grants to districts and not-for-profit entities for early childhood construction projects. Requires a district or eligible entity to provide local matching funds. Directs the Capital Development Board, in consultation with the state board of education, to establish standards for the determination of priority needs concerning early childhood projects based on projects located in communities in the state with the greatest underserved population of young children. Requires 20% of grant funds to be awarded to projects in Chicago.
Creates new section authorizing the Capital Development Board to make grants to charter schools for construction projects. Requires eligible charter school construction projects to receive silver certification from the United States Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Green Building
Rating System.
Pages 40-45 of 263: http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/HB/PDF/09600HB2424lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 2424 - Article 30, Section 30-20
Source: www.ilga.gov
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| 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
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| OH | Signed into law 07/2009 | P-12 | Provides that for purposes of calculating full-time equivalency for reimbursement, the department must waive the number of hours or days of learning opportunities not offered to a student because the community school was closed due to disease epidemic, hazardous weather conditions, inoperability of school buses or other equipment necessary to the school's operation, damage to a school building, or other temporary circumstances due to utility failure rendering the school building unfit for school use, so long as the school was actually open for instruction with students in attendance during that school year for
not less than the minimum number of hours required by statute. Directs the department to treat the school as if it were open for instruction with students in attendance during the hours or days waived.
Pages 1237-1251 of 3120: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/BillText128/128_HB_1_EN_N.pdf
Title: H.B. 1 - Section 3314.08
Source: www.legislature.state.oh.us
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| OH | Signed into law 07/2009 | P-12
Postsec. | Partially from the DOE summary of H.B. 1: Adjusts payments to community schools and STEM schools as well as other payments/transfers:
--Sets the formula amount for community schools and STEM schools at $5,718 in FY 2010 and $5,703 in FY 2011, except for computing deductions and payments for special education and vocational education.
--For special education and vocational education, specifies that deductions and payments be computed by multiplying the respective fiscal year 2009 weight times $5,732.
--Sets the formula amount at $5,732 for both fiscal years for open enrollment and postsecondary enrollment options (dual enrollment) students.
--Authorizes the state superintendent and the chancellor of the board of regents jointly to adopt rules allowing school districts, community schools, STEM schools, and nonpublic schools to enter into alternative funding agreements to use an alternate funding formula to calculate or alternate method to transmit payments to colleges and universities for high school students taking college courses through postsecondary enrollment options (PSEO), including Seniors to Sophomores.
--Amends Section 3365.04, 3365.041, 3365.07, 3365.08 and 3365.10 to allow for alternate funding agreements to cover the costs of participation in PSEO programs.
Pages 1252-1253, 1503-1510 of 3120: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/BillText128/128_HB_1_EN_N.pdf
DOE summary of H.B. 1: http://www.ode.state.oh.us/GD/DocumentManagement/DocumentDownload.aspx?DocumentID=71635
Title: H.B. 1 - Section 3314.088, 3365.04, 3365.041, 3365.07, 3365.08, 3365.10 and 3365.12
Source: www.ode.state.oh.us
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| OH | Signed into law 07/2009 | P-12 | From DOE summary of H.B. 1: Adds computers and software to the instructional items for which Internet or computer-based-community schools (e-schools) may use the per pupil amount of state funds calculated for base classroom teachers. (Current law allows those funds to be used only for teachers, curriculum, academic materials other than computers, and other instructional purposes designated by the state superintendent.)
Pages 1251 of 3120: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/BillText128/128_HB_1_EN_N.pdf
DOE summary of H.B. 1: http://www.ode.state.oh.us/GD/DocumentManagement/DocumentDownload.aspx?DocumentID=71635
Title: H.B. 1 - Section 3314.085
Source: www.ode.state.oh.us
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| OH | Signed into law 07/2009 | P-12 | Provides that if the Auditor of State or a public accountant declares a community school (charter school) to be unauditable, the Auditor of State must provide written notification of that declaration to the school, the school's sponsor, and the department of education, and to post notice of such on the Auditor of State's Web site. Bars a sponsor of a community school identified as unauditable from entering into contracts with any additional community schools until the Auditor of State or a public accountant completes a financial audit of the school. Requires the sponsor of a school deemed unauditable, within 45 days of receipt of such notice, to provide a written response to the Auditor of State including (1) an overview of the process the sponsor will use to review and understand the circumstances that led to the school's becoming unauditable, (2) a plan for providing the Auditor of State with the documentation necessary to complete an audit of the community school and for ensuring that all financial documents are available in the future, and (3) the actions the sponsor will take to ensure the aforementioned plan is implemented.
Provides that if a community school fails to make reasonable efforts and continuing progress to bring its accounts, records, files or reports into auditable condition within 90 days of being declared unauditable, the Auditor of State, in addition to requesting legal action, must notify the department of the school's failure, upon which the department must immediately cease all payments to the school. Directs the department to release all funds withheld from the school upon subsequent notification from the Auditor of State that the Auditor of State or a public accountant was able to complete a financial audit of the community school. Pages 2842-2843 of 3120: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/BillText128/128_HB_1_EN_N.pdf
Title: H.B. 1 - Section 265.80.20
Source: www.legislature.state.oh.us
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| 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
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| FL | Signed into law 06/2009 | P-12 | Relates to charter schools; provides for a charter technical career center financial recovery plan; provides that charter schools are eligible for federal stimulus moneys and grants; requires full disclosure of the employment of relatives by charter schools; provides for the development of a charter model application form and evaluation instrument for charter schools and charter career centers; details grounds for termination or nonrenewal of a charter.
http://www.flsenate.gov/cgi-bin/view_page.pl?Tab=session&Submenu=1&FT=D&File=sb0278er.html&Directory=session/2009/Senate/bills/billtext/html/
Title: S.B. 278
Source: http://www.flsenate.gov
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| 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
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| 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
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2009 | P-12 | Specifies that, among other sections repealed, Sections 30A.153, "Allocation of Funds for Students Enrolled in School Districts and Open-Enrollment Charter Schools" and 30A.154, "Funding for Accelerated Students" are repealed. (Accelerated students are those taking more than a normal course load.) Page 105 of 108: http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/81R/billtext/pdf/HB03646F.pdf
Title: H.B. 3646 - Section 105
Source: www.legis.state.tx.us
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| WI | Signed into law 06/2009 | P-12 | Adjusts method of determining funding for charter schools, effective with the 2011-12 school year.
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
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| AK | Signed into law 05/2009 | P-12 | Relates to charter and alternative school funding. Provides for student rates. Chapter 9
http://www.legis.state.ak.us
Title: S.B. 57
Source: http://www.legis.state.ak.us
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| CA | Adopted 04/2009 | P-12 | Amends several sections within Title 4 to clarify that charter schools can only receive a State Charter School Facilities Incentive Grant if they've never received one before. In addition to the ongoing calculation for overcrowded school districts, allows the designation of overcrowded preference points based on the greater calculation for either overcrowded school districts or the newly defined "overcrowded school site" which establishes that a charter school may receive 10 preference
points for being within 3 miles of an overcrowded school site when applying for the State Charter School Facilities Incentive Grant. Pages 7-10 of 55: http://www.oal.ca.gov/pdfs/notice/51z-2008.pdf
Title: Title 4 CCR Sections 10175, 10176, 10177, 10182, 10185, 10187, 10188, 10189, 10190
Source: www.lexis.com
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2009 | P-12 | Enacts a definition of "educational facility" in Utah municipal code. Enacts a definition of "charter school" in Impact Fees Act of Title 11 of Utah Code, Cities, Counties, and Local Taxing Units. Establishes new requirements for impact fees collected on or after May 12, 2009. Requires each local political subdivision and private entity, before imposing impact fees, to prepare a capital facilities plan to determine the public facilities required to serve development resulting from new development activity. Adds that the written analysis for each local political subdivision and private entity intending to impose an impact fee must (1) identify the anticipated impact on or consumption of any existing capacity of a public facility by the anticipated development activity (2) identify the anticipated impact on system improvements required by the anticipated development activity to maintain the established level of service for each public facility and (3) estimate the proportionate share of the costs for existing capacity that will be recouped.
Revises the specified costs and factors that a local political subdivision or private entity, in analyzing whether the proportionate share of the costs of public facilities are reasonably related to the new development activity, must evaluate. Requires impact fee enactments to include a provision authorizing the local political subdivision or private entity, as the case may be, to adjust the standard impact fee at the time the fee is charged to respond to a request for a prompt and individualized impact fee review for the development activity of the state or a school district or charter school.
Authorizes a local political subdivision or private entity to include a provision in an impact fee enactment that provides an impact fee exemption for development activity attributable to the state, a school district or charter school. Adds that an impact fee enactment that provides an impact fee exemption for development activity attributable to a school district or charter school must allow either a school district or a charter school to qualify for the exemption on the same basis.
Provides that an impact fee may not be imposed on a school district or charter school for a park, recreation facility, open space or trail. Provides an impact fee may not be imposed on construction of a school, whether by a school district or a charter school, if (1) the school is intended to replace another school, whether on the same or a different parcel; (2) the new school creates no greater demand or need for public facilities than the school being replaced; and (3) the new school and the school being replaced are both within the boundary of the local political subdivision or he jurisdiction of the private entity. Provides an impact fee may be imposed on a school district or charter school if specified circumstances apply.
Requires a local political subdivision or private entity to participate in mediation if requested by a school district or charter school. http://le.utah.gov/~2009/bills/hbillenr/hb0259.pdf
Title: H.B. 259
Source: le.utah.gov
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| 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
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| 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/
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| GA | Signed into law 05/2008 | P-12 | Establishes the Charter School Capital Finance Act. Directs the state board of education to establish a grant program for qualified charter school contributions, i.e., funds donated by a taxpayer to a qualified charter school organization (501(c)3) for the purchase of real property and for capital outlay for a charter school. Provides that the grant program must provide $1 in matching funds up to a maximum amount for a single charter school project for each dollar donated to a qualified charter school organization for such project.
Directs the state board to adopt policies, guidelines,and standards regarding the construction of charter schools built in part with contributions made to qualified charter school organizations. Requires these policies, guidelines and standards, to the extent possible, to be consistent with state board provisions governing construction of other schools. Directs the state board to submit an annual report to the governor forecasting the amount of requests for matching funds made through these provisions.
http://www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/2007_08/pdf/hb831.pdf
Title: H.B. 831
Source: www.legis.state.ga.us
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| GA | Signed into law 05/2008 | P-12 | Relates to the sales tax for educational purposes to authorize local charter schools and state chartered special schools as capital outlay projects for purposes of such tax. http://www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/2007_08/pdf/hb1065.pdf
Title: H.B. 1065
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| 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
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| ID | Signed into law 03/2008 | P-12 | Amends existing law to provide for the transfer or conveyance of any real or personal property owned by the school district to any public charter school.
Chapter 191
http://www3.idaho.gov/oasis/S1405.html
Title: S.B. 1405
Source: http://www3.idaho.gov
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| ID | Signed into law 03/2008 | P-12 | Amends existing law to revise the grounds when written notice is required of defect from an authorized chartering entity to the public charter school; clarifies the conditions under which a charter school is to be issued a notice of defect based on fiscal management. Chapter 251
Title: H.B. 397
Source: http://www.legislature.idaho.gov/
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| 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/
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2008 | P-12 | Encourages charter schools to identify and use cost-effective methods of performing administrative functions, including contracting for administrative services with the State Charter School Board as provided in Section 53A-1a-501.6.
Page 22 of 43: http://le.utah.gov/~2008/bills/sbillenr/sb0002.pdf
Title: S.B. 2 - Section 14
Source: le.utah.gov
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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/
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| 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
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| 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/
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2007 | P-12 | Creates the State Charter School Financing Authority; defines the authority's powers and duties, including the power to issue obligations
under the Utah Industrial Facilities and Development Act; provides that obligations issued by the authority do not constitute a debt, moral
obligation, or liability of the state or any political subdivision of the state. http://le.utah.gov/~2007/bills/hbillamd/hb0318.htm
Title: H.B. 318
Source: http://www.le.state.ut.us/
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| VA | Signed into law 03/2007 | P-12 | Establishes the Public Charter School Fund for the purposes of establishing or supporting public charter schools in Virginia that stimulate the development of alternative public education programs. http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?071+ful+HB2311ER
Title: H.B. 2311
Source: http://legis.state.va.us/
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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/
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2002 | P-12 | Requires, to be eligible for funding under the Charter School Facility Grant Program, a charter schoolsite physically located in the attendance area of a public elementary school in which 70% or more of pupil enrollment is eligible for free or reduced price meals give a preference in admissions to pupils currently enrolled in that public elementary school and to pupils who reside in the elementary school attendance area where the charter school is located.
Title: S.B. 2039
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| 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
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| ID | Signed into law 07/2002 | P-12 | Amends Idaho Code § 33-5208 to allow charter schools to waive the requirement that they use all administrative staff allowance to hire administrators.
Title: H.B. 543
Source: Idaho State Board of Education Web site
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2001 | P-12 | Makes instructional minute requirements in charter schools a condition of apportionment of State funds. Relates to computation of categorical block grants for charter schools. Prescribes funding transfers of school aid from basic aid districts to nonbasic aid districts. Exempts from the requirement that local educational agencies provide charter schools with a prescribed amount of funding, funding for pupils who reside in or otherwise eligible to attend a school in the basic school district.
Title: S.B. 955
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| 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
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| CO | Signed into law 05/2001 | P-12 | Concerns the capital construction needs of charter schools; provides that a portion of the proceeds from approved school district bond measures on or after a certain shall go to charter schools in amount determined by a proportioned ratio of the charter school's pupil enrollment in the grades that are served by one or more primarily situated noncharter public schools that will be constructed or maintained by the bond proceeds.
Title: S.B. 237
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2000 | P-12 | Requires moneys in the Charter School Revolving Loan Fund to be loaned at the interest rate earned by the money in the Pooled Money Investment Account as of the date of disbursement of the funds to the charter school, and would require interest payments to be paid into the Charter School Security Fund
Title: S.B. 1759
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| CA | To governor 08/2000 | P-12 | Removes the restriction of existing law requiring a charter school to use loan from the Charter School Revolving Loan fund during certain time periods. Provides that the loan to a chartering authority for a charter school, or to a charter school, may not exceed a specified amount over the lifetime of the charter school. Authorizes the Superintendent of Public Instruction to consider certain criteria when considering approval of a loan application. Makes other provisions.
Title: S.B. 1728
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| CA | Signed into law 06/2000 | P-12
Postsec. | Establishes the Education Technology Grant Program to provide one time grants to school districts and charter schools to acquire or lease computers for instructional purposes. Requires the Office of the Secretary for Education to administer the application process for the award of grants.
Title: A.B. 2882
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| 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
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| 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
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| MO | Signed by governor 07/1999 | P-12 | Per-pupil amount paid to a school district to a charter school shall be reduced by the amount per pupil determined by the state board of education to be needed by the district in the current year for repayment of leasehold revenue bonds obligated pursuant to a federal court desegregation action.
Title: H.B. 889
Source:
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| CO | Vetoed 06/1997 | P-12 | Increases minimum funding for a charter school to 95% of the school district's per pupil revenue.
Title: H.B. 1210 Charter School Finance
Source: Colorado Legislative Council Staff
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| CO | Died 04/1997 | P-12 | This bill would establish a grant program to assist school districts with the funding of charter schools. School districts would be eligible to seek a grant if the district negotiated in good faith with a charter school with regard to funding, and the negotiation resulted in a contract for funding that exceeded 80 percent of the school district per pupil operating revenues (PPOR) multiplied by the number of pupils enrolled in the charter school. Current law requires that funding for charter schools be at least 80 percent of the district's PPOR multiplied by the number of pupils enrolled in the charter school.
Title: H.B. 1030 Grant program to help school districts fund Charter Schools
Source: Colorado Legislative Council Staff
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