Charter schools, public; funding and service contracts. (HB1173)
Introduced By
Del. Scott Lingamfelter (R-Woodbridge) with support from 16 copatrons, whose average partisan position is:
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Description
Public charter schools; hearing; funding, and service contracts. Provides unsuccessful charter school applicants with an opportunity to testify before the Board of Education. The local school board must submit sufficient documentation as to the rationale for the denial or revocation of the charter school application and a detailed explanation demonstrating that the charter school is not in the public interest or for the welfare of the students eligible to attend the proposed charter school. The Board of Education continues to have no authority to grant or deny a public charter school application or to revoke or fail to renew a charter agreement.
The bill also provides that (i) a local school board shall no longer have the discretion to revoke a charter if it finds the school is no longer in the public interest or for the welfare of the students; (ii) local school boards may elect whether charter school personnel are employees of the charter school or of the local school board granting the charter; (iii) the amount of funds provided to the charter school by the local school board shall not be less than 90 percent of the school division's state and local share of the Standards of Quality per pupil funding; and (iv) the local school board shall allow a public charter school to lease or purchase vacant or unused properties or real estate owned by the school board. Amends § 22.1-212.10 (“Reconsideration and technical assistance; decision of local board final.”), § 22.1-212.12 (“Public charter school term; renewals and revocations.”), § 22.1-212.13 (“Employment of professional, licensed personnel.”), § 22.1-212.14 (“Funding of public charter schools; services provided.”), § 22.1-212.6 (“Establishment and operation of public charter schools; requirements.”), of the Code of Virginia. View Full Text »
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