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Relating to approval of a charter school application by the boards of directors of a school district
Topics:K–12 education
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 30, 2019
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 4, 2019
- Stopped: House committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
This bill eliminates a school district’s authority to deny an application to convert an existing school district attendance center to a charter school but requires instead that the school board review and submit to the state board of education an application that meets current Code requirements, and allows the applicant to appeal to the state board a school board’s failure to submit the application to the state board. The bill makes corresponding changes. Current Code provisions requiring that the application be submitted by the principal, teachers, or parents or guardians of students at an existing public school attendance center located within the school district; that the application demonstrate the support of at least 50 percent of the teachers and 50 percent of the parents or guardians voting whose children are enrolled at the school; and that authorize the state board of education to approve or deny such application, remain unchanged by the bill.
House subcommittee
Named February 4, 2019. Meeting: Tuesday, February 19 · 12:30 PM · House Lounge.
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