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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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| 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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| LA | Adopted 06/2012 | P-12 | Makes changes to various provisions related to charter schools. New rules define "management organization," and require a charter application to describe any proposed corporate partnerships. Requires the state superintendent's recommendation to the state board on a Type 5 charter school's application to be based on a recommendation by the Office of Parental Options and the recovery school district. Establishes issues that must be addressed in any contracts entered into between a charter operator and a management organization. Prohibits a charter school other than a Type 5 from beginning operation sooner than 8 months after approval of the charter school has been granted, unless the chartering authority agrees to a lesser time period. Amends provisions regarding state board evaluation of a charter school's performance, to require that Type 5 charter schools be subject to oversight of statutory, regulatory, and contractual obligations and all reporting requirements by the department and the recovery school district, which must regularly report findings to the Office of Parental Options. Amends provisions related to third-year review (which, if successful, allows for a two-year extension of a charter). Amends charter renewal process and timeline, revocation proceedings, and material amendments for BESE-authorized charter schools. Provides a student application period may not be less than 1 month or more than 3 months. Amends provisions regarding enrollment of students, lottery, and waitlist. Incorporates 2011 legislative changes regarding corporate partnerships. Pages 52-56 of 133: http://www.doa.louisiana.gov/osr/reg/1206/1206.pdf
Title: LAC 28:CXXXIX.Chapters 1, 5-19, 27, and 39
Source: www.doa.louisiana.gov
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| OH | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | Permits the department's office of Ohio school sponsorship to assume sponsorship of a community school whose sponsorship has been revoked by the department. Permits the office to extend the term of a contract for a school whose sponsorship it has assumed. Provides that certain limits on directly authorized community schools do not apply to community schools sponsored by the office of Ohio school sponsorship. Provides that nothing precludes a community school whose sponsorship has been assumed by the office of Ohio school sponsorship from applying for sponsorship under the Ohio school sponsorship program established under section 3314.029 (http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/3314.029). Requires all community schools sponsored by the office of Ohio school sponsorship to be ranked together for purposes of the department's composite performance index score for academic performance of community schools sponsored by the same entity. Directs the department to exclude from the calculation of an entity's composite performance index score all community schools that have been in operation for less than 2 full school years. Provides certain community schools will cease to be excluded from the index if those schools become subject to closure. Requires the sponsoring entities' annual rankings from highest to lowest to be published between October 1-15. Amends definition of "sponsor" in provisions relating to certain community schools, to include a district board of education or the governing board of an educational service center that agrees to the conversion of all or part of a school or building. Increases from 2 to 5 the number of governing authorities of start-up community schools on which an individual may serve at a time.
Authorizes the department to deny an application submitted by the governing authority of an existing community school, if a previous sponsor of that school did not renew its contract with the school. Requires the department to make available a copy of every approved, executed community school contract filed with the state superintendent. Requires community schools to comply with public school promotion/retention policies, and provision that requires a parent enrolling his/her child to be provided upon enrollment with a copy of the school's most recent accountability report card. Permits children under the age of 5 to be admitted to a community school in the same manner as early enrollees in traditional public schools, and requires a local board and a community school governing authority to include such early enrollee figures in their respective community school enrollment reports. Permits the governing authority of a community school to either (1) establish a single-gender school for either sex, or (2) establish single-gender schools for each sex under the same contract, provided facilities for boys and girls are substantially equal. Establishes procedures by which districts must monthly review enrollment of students in community schools who are entitled to attend school in the district, to verify the community school in which the student is enrolled, and that the student is entitled to enroll in school in the district.
Provides that if, by March 31, 2013, the general assembly does not enact for certain community schools performance standards, a report card rating system, and criteria for closure, those schools are required to permanently close upon meeting certain criteria; provides exceptions.
Pages 117-170 of 592: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/BillText129/129_SB_316_EN_Y.pdf
Title: S.B. 316 - Community Schools
Source: www.legislature.state.oh.us
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| CO | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Revises information to be included in charter school application; makes requirements more specific and focused on performance, finances and governance. Revises responsibility of school districts with respect to charter school application, evaluation, renewal and revocation. Addresses requirements and procedures if charter school must implement a turnaround plan. Provisions also apply to institute charter schools.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2012a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/7658F626024B85A387257981007E053D?Open&file=061_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 61
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us
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| LA | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Amends the application process for charter schools and provides for a new type of chartering authority, known as local charger authorizers. Requires the state board to approve a common charter school application for use by all chartering authorities. Requires the board to recruit chartering groups the offer programs that address regional workforce needs, such programs may include technical education and industry-based certifications. Addresses the evaluation of and procedures related to charter applications. Addresses timelines for school boards o respond to charter applications. Requires the state board create a process for authorizing multiple charter schools for chartering groups that have demonstrated a record of success. Removes the existing requirements for charter school staff and requires that all instructional staff have at least a baccalaureate degree. Addresses charter school renewal, extension periods and performance.
Requires the state board to establish procedures for certifying other entities, other than the board itself and local school boards, as local charter authorizers. State agencies and nonprofit
corporations with an educational mission may be certified as local charter authorizers. An entity which has been certified by the board as a local charter authorizer may accept, evaluate, and approve applications for charter schools from chartering groups. Describes the state board's responsibilities related to monitoring and setting standards for local charter authorizers and the schools they charter.
http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=793655
Title: H.B. 976
Source: http://www.legis.state.la.us
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| IL | Signed into law 07/2011 | P-12 | Creates the State Charter School Commission, and makes it responsible for authorizing charter schools statewide. Establishes membership of the commission and terms of office. Creates the State Charter School Commission Fund as a special fund in the state treasury, with monies to be used by the commission for the commission's operational and administrative costs. Replaces "state board" with "commission" in various provisions relating to charter school oversight. In instances where the commission reverses a local board's denial of a charter on appeal and the commission thus becomes the chartering entity, requires the state board to determine whether the charter proposal approved by the commission is consistent with statutory provisions. Every two years, directs the commission to provide to the state board and local school boards a report on best practices in charter school authorizing, including evaluating applications, oversight of charters, and renewal of charter schools. Permits the commission to charge a fee to a charter school it authorizes, with the fee to be deposited in the State Charter School Commission Fund. Requires any charter school authorized by the state board to have its authorization transferred to the commission upon a vote of the state board; provides, however, that no such transfer may take place before July 2012. Provides for transfer of authorization of charter schools approved by local boards to the state charter school commission. Clarifies rulemaking authority and applicability of rules for commission and state board. Defines "authorizer". Establishes powers and duties of charter school authorizers. Provides immunity from civil and criminal liability for authorizers. Requires the commission and all local school boards that have a charter school operating to develop and maintain chartering policies and practices consistent with recognized principles and standards for quality charter authorizing in all specified major areas of authorizing responsibility. Permits a local board to develop its own process for receiving charter school proposals. Provides that if 45 days pass without the local school board holding a public meeting for consideration of a charter school proposal, or if the local board has not voted on the proposal within 30 days of the public meeting, the applicant may submit the proposal to the commission. Permits a charter school applicant whose proposal has been denied by a local board to appeal the proposal to the commission. Clarifies proceedings of appeals as commission initially takes on oversight role. Permits the commission to reverse a local board's decision to deny a charter school proposal if the commission finds the proposal is in compliance with statute and is in the best interests of the students the charter school is designed to serve. Provides that final decisions of the commission are subject to judicial review under the Administrative Review Law. Provides that in the case of a charter school proposed to be jointly authorized by 2 or more school districts, the local school boards may unanimously deny the charter school proposal with a statement that the boards are not opposed to the charter school, but that they yield to the commission in light of the complexities of joint administration. For charter schools authorized by the commission, requires the commission to quarterly certify to the state board the student enrollment for each of its charter schools. For any charter school authorized by the commission, requires the state board to pay directly to a charter school any federal or state aid attributable to a student with a disability attending the school.
Repeals language directing the state board to compile annual evaluations of charter schools received from local boards, prepare an annual report on charter schools and issue a report every other year to the governor and legislature with its findings for the previous two years. Replaces with language requiring the state board to issue a report to the general assembly and governor every other year on each authorizer's strategic vision, charter schools' academic and financial performance, the status of each authorizer's charter school portfolio (i.e., charter operating, revoked, etc.), and the authorizing functions provided by the authorizer to the charter schools under its purview, including the authorizer's operating costs and expenses detailed in annual audited financial statements, which must conform with generally accepted accounting principles. Provides that the state board has the power to remove authorizing power from any authorizer if the authorizer does not demonstrate a commitment to high-quality authorization practices, and revoke the chronically low-performing charters authorized by the authorizer at the time of the removal. Provides that if a charter school is approved by the commission, the commission charter school is its own local education agency (LEA). http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/97/PDF/097-0152.pdf
Title: S.B. 79
Source: www.ilga.gov
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| FL | Signed into law 06/2011 | P-12 | Establishes criteria for high-performing charter schools (virtual or cyber charters are not eligible) and high-performing charter school systems. Authorizes a high-performing charter school to increase enrollment, expand grade levels served, submit a quarterly financial statement, consolidate the charters of certain charter schools, and receive certain modification or renewal of its charter. Provides that student capacity of a high-performing charter school be determined annually by the governing board. Encourages systems to work with disadvantaged students by authorizing certain charter schools more time to turn around a low-performing school. Abolishes the Charter School Review Panel. Requires the state Department of Education to study various issues, including finance, relating to charter schools. authorizes a charter school's governing board to request a hearing regarding charter nonrenewal or termination, including
immediate termination; authorizes the sponsor to choose to provide a direct hearing or a hearing before an administrative law judge; authorizes the award of costs and attorney's fees to a charter school if certain criteria are met; authorizes quarterly financial reporting for certain charter schools; establishes additional student enrollment preferences; prohibits a sponsor from limiting or requiring waiver of certain high-performing charter school benefits as a condition of charter approval or renewal;provides that student capacity of a high-performing charter school shall be determined annually by the governing board.Adds tto the list of eligible students to include: Students who are the children of an employee of the business partner of a charter school-in-theworkplace or a resident of the municipality in which such charter school is located; a resident of a municipality that operates a charter school-in-amunicipality; students who have successfully completed a voluntary prekindergarten education program provided by the charter school or the charter school's governing board during the previous year; students who are the children of an active-duty member of any branch of the United States Armed Forces.
Ch. 2011-232 LAWS OF FLORIDA Ch. 2011-232
13http://laws.flrules.org/files/Ch_2011-232.pdf
Title: S.B. 1546
Source: http://laws.flrules.org
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| HI | Signed into law 06/2011 | P-12 | Requires charter school budget requests for needs-based facilities funding to include a detailed explanation as to the formula used and the funding request breakdown by school. Allows charter schools to appeal denied reauthorizations to the board of education. Requires charter schools and their local school boards to develop internal policies and procedures consistent with ethical standards of conduct. Requires the charter school review panel to conduct a multi-year evaluation of each charter school every six years, instead of every five. Establishes a task force to address issues on charter school governance, accountability, and authority to provide clarity to the relationships, responsibilities, and lines of accountability and authority among stakeholders of the charter school system. http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2011/Bills/SB1174_CD1_.HTM
Title: S.B. 1174
Source: www.capitol.hawaii.gov
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| OH | Signed into law 06/2011 | P-12 | Repeals existing language regarding charter caps for charter operators that were operating fewer than 50, 50-75 and more than 75 schools as of May 1, 2005. New provision states that subject to section 3314.016, an entity that sponsors community schools may enter into preliminary agreements and sponsor up to 100 schools. Creates new 3314.016, which applies to any entity that sponsors a community school. Directs the department of education to develop a composite performance index score that measures the academic performance of students enrolled in community schools sponsored by the same entity; provides exceptions. Provides that such schools are not excluded beginning January 1, 2013 if the general assembly does not by that date enact separate performance standards for community schools operating dropout prevention and recovery programs, and community schools serving students with disabilities. Directs the department to annually rank all entities that sponsor community schools according to the entities' composite performance index scores.
Specifies that an entity sponsoring a community school may enter into contracts to sponsor additional community schools only if (1) the entity is in compliance with all legislative provisions requiring sponsors of community schools to report data or information to the department of education, and (2) the entity is not ranked in the lowest 20% of community school sponsors. Provides a contract is void if the governing authority of a community school enters into a contract with a sponsor prior to the date on which the sponsor is prohibited from sponsoring additional schools and the school has not opened for operation as of that date.
184-187 of 1000: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/BillText129/129_HB_153_EN_part2.pdf
Title: H.B. 153 - Charter Caps, Charter Performance Index
Source: www.legislature.state.oh.us
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| NM | Signed into law 03/2011 | P-12 | Addresses contracts between charter schools chartering authorities; creates an annual evaluation process for charter schools; includes other charter policies, requirements and procedures.
http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/11%20Regular/final/SB0446.pdf
Title: S.B. 446
Source: http://www.nmlegis.gov/
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| 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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| OH | Signed into law 12/2009 | P-12 | Amends accountability provisions applicable to charter schools. When determining whether a community school meets triggers for certain accountability sanctions, bars the state department of education from considering a community school's performance ratings during its first 2 years of operation. Directs the department to reevaluate each community school that the department directed to close at the conclusion of the 2009-10 school year to determine if the school still meets the criteria for such accountability sanctions when the performance ratings for the school's first 2 years of operation are not considered. Bars the department from requiring the school to close at the conclusion of that school year if the school no longer meets those criteria.
Pages 5-7 of 18: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/BillText128/128_HB_19_EN_N.pdf
Title: H.B. 19 - Community Schools
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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| UT | Adopted 11/2008 | P-12 | Specifies that the state charter school board must create an accountability review process that includes specified components. Directs district charter school authorizers to make charter school visits and submit written reports to charter schools after the visits. 2009 legislature did not reauthorize 277-470-12(B) and (C) re: parental involvement in charter schools: http://le.utah.gov/~2009/bills/hbillenr/hb0197.pdf
Title: R277-470
Source: www.lexis.com
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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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| 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 | Modifies provisions relating to charter schools. Modifies the appointment procedures for the staff director of the State Charter School Board. Modifies provisions relating to the purposes and status of charter schools. Requires the state board of education, in consultation with the State Charter School Board, to adopt rules related to charter school accountability.
http://le.utah.gov/~2008/bills/hbillenr/hb0160.pdf
Title: H.B. 160
Source: le.utah.gov
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2007 | P-12 | Amends the Charter Schools Act which authorizes a chartering agency to charge for up to 1% of a charter school's revenue for the actual costs of supervisorial oversight of the charter school. Requires the Research Bureau of the State Library to prepare and submit to the Legislature a report on the key elements and actual costs of charter school oversight. Requires the bureau to consult with an advisory panel to ensure technical accuracy. Chapter 650
http://info.sen.ca.gov/pub/07-08/bill/sen/sb_0501-0550/sb_537_bill_20071013_chaptered.pdf
Title: S.B. 537
Source: http://info.sen.ca.gov
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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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| 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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| OK | Adopted 05/2006 | P-12 | Allows charter schools to appeal Adequate Yearly Progress decisions on their behalf based on statistical or other substantial reasons.
Title: OAC 210:10-13-18
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| CO | Vetoed 06/2005 | P-12 | Repeals and reenacts the corrective action provisions for underperforming public schools. Requires the state board to annually notify each district and the state charter school institute as to which, if any, of its schools received a "low" or "unsatisfactory" rating in the state accountability system. Requires the department to adopt a school performance review process for schools rated "unsatisfactory." Requires the school performance review process to include creation of one or more school support teams to review each school rated "unsatisfactory" and make recommendations for an improvement plan with corrective actions. Permits the department, provided funds are available, to provide reviews and training for school support teams for schools rated "low." Allows each district and the institute to establish its own school performance review process, subject to department approval and to request comprehensive training for school support teams thereby established, which training the department must provide.
Requires the department to provide comprehensive training to school support teams that must ensure each team member has a thorough knowledge of the department's standards and indicators for continuous school improvement and understands how to apply the standards and indicators in evaluating a school's performance.
Beginning with the academic performance ratings for the 2004-2005 school year, requires a school receiving an "unsatisfactory" rating to undergo a review by a school support team and for the team to develop recommendations for an improvement plan with corrective actions. Mandates that the school begin implementing the improvement plan by the fall semester of the academic year following that in which the school received notice of inadequate performance. Establishes circumstances under which a school with an "unsatisfactory" rating is subject to restructuring or may cease to be subject to the school improvement action cycle.
Beginning with the academic performance ratings for the 2004-2005 school year, requires a district or the state charter school institute containing a school receiving a "low" rating that meets other additional criteria to review the school's operations and develop an improvement plan with corrective actions for the school. Mandates that the school begin implementing the improvement plan by the fall semester of the academic year following that in which the school received notice of inadequate performance. Establishes circumstances under which a school with a school improvement plan thus created may cease to be subject to the school improvement plan.
Establishes procedures for a school support team to conduct a performance review of a school and requires the team to prepare a comprehensive performance review report for the school. Requires a school that has received a performance review report to develop an improvement plan with corrective actions based on the findings and recommendations in the report. Requires the improvement plan to identify one or more from a list of specified corrective actions.
Requires a school support team member to provide an implementation review for a school that has implemented an improvement plan for one full school year, and to prepare an implementation review report. Specifies content of report.
Requires a school subject to restructuring to alter its governance structure. Sets forth procedures and options for such. Allows a district or the state charter school institute to voluntarily restructure a public school at any point in the school improvement action cycle at least 60 days before the determination that a school is required to restructure. Such a restructuring plan is not subject to the aforementioned altered governance structure provisions. States that if the state board determines that the school's restructuring plan is a major restructuring of the school's governance, the school will cease to be subject to the school improvement action cycle until such time as the school may again be subject to the school improvement action cycle by receiving an "unsatisfactory" or qualified "low" rating.
Sets forth procedures for a local board to convert a school subject to restructuring to a charter school.
Specifies that low-performing alternative education campuses are subject to the improvement plan and corrective action subsequent to a performance review report in the same manner as regular public schools.
Modifies closing the achievement gap program; deletes language that the program is to provide extensive assistance to an eligible school at risk of being converted into a charter school. Replaces with language that the program must provide extensive assistance to an eligible school at risk of governance restructuring as set forth in statute 22-7-909 (above).
Creates new paragraph allowing a charter to be revoked subsequent if it is determined that a charter school failed to show adequate improvement in its overall academic performance rating and is therefore subject to governance restructuring.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/Clics2005a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/7FFA7A4A0AF5D39087256F4E0000C637?Open&file=1216_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1216
Source: www.leg.state.co.us
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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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| 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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| 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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| AZ | Signed into law 04/2001 | P-12 | THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION SHALL WORK IN COOPERATION WITH THE ARIZONA K-12 CENTER AT NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY TO EVALUATE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ALL CHARACTER EDUCATION PROGRAMS FUNDED BY STATE AND FEDERAL RESOURCES.
Title: S.B. 1172
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| ID | Signed into law 03/2001 | P-12 | Amends existing law to provide that the State Board of Education may review the effectiveness of charter schools and report to the Legislature.
Title: S.B. 1038
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| Urban--Governance |
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| Whole-School Reform Models |
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| Whole Child |
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