Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to override the Governor's veto and pass a bill that authorizes the Charter Schools Review Board to propose, recommend, and approve rules and policies regarding all aspects of charter school operation.

Highlights:

• Repeals the State Board of Education’s authority to establish rules and policies for charter schools, and requires it to adopt all rules and policies that are approved by the Charter Schools Review Board (Sec. 1).

• Requires the State Board of Education to assign the Charter Schools Review Board to conduct hearings regarding reviews of financial assistance (Sec. 1).

• Amends the duties of the Charter Schools Review Board to include the proposal, recommendation, and approval of rules and policies regarding all aspects of charter school operation (Sec. 1).

• Authorizes the Charter Schools Review Board to contract and employ legal counsel for services without the need for permission or approval (Sec. 1).

• Amends the position of Executive Director of the Office of Charter Schools to report to the Charter Schools Review Board instead of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, and authorizes the Board to set the Executive Director’s salary (Sec. 1).

• Authorizes charter schools to relocate within a 10-mile radius of its originally approved location as long as the new location is within the same local school administrative unit (Sec. 2).

• Requires the written charter for a charter school to be approved by the Charter Schools Review Board (Sec. 3).

• Prohibits a charter school from being required to list class rank on a student’s official transcript or record (Sec. 4).

• Authorizes a charter school to develop and use any evaluation for teachers as long as it is similar to the standards used by the state or other local schools (Sec. 5).

• Requires the Charter Schools Review Board to prepare plans to improve the performance of charter schools that are identified as low-performing (Sec. 6).

• Repeals the Superintendent of Public Instruction’s authority to notify the Board of Education of a charter school’s failure to meet generally accepted standards of fiscal management (Sec. 7).

• Amends the protocol for charter school enrollment verification and the transferral of per-pupil local funds to charter schools by authorizing the Charter Schools Review Board, instead of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, to create standards for each (Sec. 7).

• Requires the Department of Public Instruction to provide a charter school access to financial data reporting platforms in its first year of operation at no cost (Sec. 8).

• Authorizes charter schools to request a separate charter through an expedited process from the Charter Schools Review Board for remote academies enrolling at least 250 students (Sec. 9).

• Specifies that charter schools which operate both in-person and remote academies must receive separate school performance grades for each academy (Sec. 10).

• Specifies that this Act takes effect upon passage and applies beginning with the 2025-2026 school year (Sec. 12).

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Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to override the Governor's veto and pass a bill that authorizes the Charter Schools Review Board to propose, recommend, and approve rules and policies regarding all aspects of charter school operation.

Highlights:

• Repeals the State Board of Education’s authority to establish rules and policies for charter schools, and requires it to adopt all rules and policies that are approved by the Charter Schools Review Board (Sec. 1).

• Requires the State Board of Education to assign the Charter Schools Review Board to conduct hearings regarding reviews of financial assistance (Sec. 1).

• Amends the duties of the Charter Schools Review Board to include the proposal, recommendation, and approval of rules and policies regarding all aspects of charter school operation (Sec. 1).

• Authorizes the Charter Schools Review Board to contract and employ legal counsel for services without the need for permission or approval (Sec. 1).

• Amends the position of Executive Director of the Office of Charter Schools to report to the Charter Schools Review Board instead of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, and authorizes the Board to set the Executive Director’s salary (Sec. 1).

• Authorizes charter schools to relocate within a 10-mile radius of its originally approved location as long as the new location is within the same local school administrative unit (Sec. 2).

• Requires the written charter for a charter school to be approved by the Charter Schools Review Board (Sec. 3).

• Prohibits a charter school from being required to list class rank on a student’s official transcript or record (Sec. 4).

• Authorizes a charter school to develop and use any evaluation for teachers as long as it is similar to the standards used by the state or other local schools (Sec. 5).

• Requires the Charter Schools Review Board to prepare plans to improve the performance of charter schools that are identified as low-performing (Sec. 6).

• Repeals the Superintendent of Public Instruction’s authority to notify the Board of Education of a charter school’s failure to meet generally accepted standards of fiscal management (Sec. 7).

• Amends the protocol for charter school enrollment verification and the transferral of per-pupil local funds to charter schools by authorizing the Charter Schools Review Board, instead of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, to create standards for each (Sec. 7).

• Requires the Department of Public Instruction to provide a charter school access to financial data reporting platforms in its first year of operation at no cost (Sec. 8).

• Authorizes charter schools to request a separate charter through an expedited process from the Charter Schools Review Board for remote academies enrolling at least 250 students (Sec. 9).

• Specifies that charter schools which operate both in-person and remote academies must receive separate school performance grades for each academy (Sec. 10).

• Specifies that this Act takes effect upon passage and applies beginning with the 2025-2026 school year (Sec. 12).

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Vetoed by Governor Josh Stein

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to override the Governor's veto and pass a bill that authorizes the Charter Schools Review Board to propose, recommend, and approve rules and policies regarding all aspects of charter school operation.

Highlights:

• Repeals the State Board of Education’s authority to establish rules and policies for charter schools, and requires it to adopt all rules and policies that are approved by the Charter Schools Review Board (Sec. 1).

• Requires the State Board of Education to assign the Charter Schools Review Board to conduct hearings regarding reviews of financial assistance (Sec. 1).

• Amends the duties of the Charter Schools Review Board to include the proposal, recommendation, and approval of rules and policies regarding all aspects of charter school operation (Sec. 1).

• Authorizes the Charter Schools Review Board to contract and employ legal counsel for services without the need for permission or approval (Sec. 1).

• Amends the position of Executive Director of the Office of Charter Schools to report to the Charter Schools Review Board instead of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, and authorizes the Board to set the Executive Director’s salary (Sec. 1).

• Authorizes charter schools to relocate within a 10-mile radius of its originally approved location as long as the new location is within the same local school administrative unit (Sec. 2).

• Requires the written charter for a charter school to be approved by the Charter Schools Review Board (Sec. 3).

• Prohibits a charter school from being required to list class rank on a student’s official transcript or record (Sec. 4).

• Authorizes a charter school to develop and use any evaluation for teachers as long as it is similar to the standards used by the state or other local schools (Sec. 5).

• Requires the Charter Schools Review Board to prepare plans to improve the performance of charter schools that are identified as low-performing (Sec. 6).

• Repeals the Superintendent of Public Instruction’s authority to notify the Board of Education of a charter school’s failure to meet generally accepted standards of fiscal management (Sec. 7).

• Amends the protocol for charter school enrollment verification and the transferral of per-pupil local funds to charter schools by authorizing the Charter Schools Review Board, instead of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, to create standards for each (Sec. 7).

• Requires the Department of Public Instruction to provide a charter school access to financial data reporting platforms in its first year of operation at no cost (Sec. 8).

• Authorizes charter schools to request a separate charter through an expedited process from the Charter Schools Review Board for remote academies enrolling at least 250 students (Sec. 9).

• Specifies that charter schools which operate both in-person and remote academies must receive separate school performance grades for each academy (Sec. 10).

• Specifies that this Act takes effect upon passage and applies beginning with the 2025-2026 school year (Sec. 12).

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to override the Governor's veto and pass a bill that authorizes the Charter Schools Review Board to propose, recommend, and approve rules and policies regarding all aspects of charter school operation.

Highlights:

• Repeals the State Board of Education’s authority to establish rules and policies for charter schools, and requires it to adopt all rules and policies that are approved by the Charter Schools Review Board (Sec. 1).

• Requires the State Board of Education to assign the Charter Schools Review Board to conduct hearings regarding reviews of financial assistance (Sec. 1).

• Amends the duties of the Charter Schools Review Board to include the proposal, recommendation, and approval of rules and policies regarding all aspects of charter school operation (Sec. 1).

• Authorizes the Charter Schools Review Board to contract and employ legal counsel for services without the need for permission or approval (Sec. 1).

• Amends the position of Executive Director of the Office of Charter Schools to report to the Charter Schools Review Board instead of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, and authorizes the Board to set the Executive Director’s salary (Sec. 1).

• Authorizes charter schools to relocate within a 10-mile radius of its originally approved location as long as the new location is within the same local school administrative unit (Sec. 2).

• Requires the written charter for a charter school to be approved by the Charter Schools Review Board (Sec. 3).

• Prohibits a charter school from being required to list class rank on a student’s official transcript or record (Sec. 4).

• Authorizes a charter school to develop and use any evaluation for teachers as long as it is similar to the standards used by the state or other local schools (Sec. 5).

• Requires the Charter Schools Review Board to prepare plans to improve the performance of charter schools that are identified as low-performing (Sec. 6).

• Repeals the Superintendent of Public Instruction’s authority to notify the Board of Education of a charter school’s failure to meet generally accepted standards of fiscal management (Sec. 7).

• Amends the protocol for charter school enrollment verification and the transferral of per-pupil local funds to charter schools by authorizing the Charter Schools Review Board, instead of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, to create standards for each (Sec. 7).

• Requires the Department of Public Instruction to provide a charter school access to financial data reporting platforms in its first year of operation at no cost (Sec. 8).

• Authorizes charter schools to request a separate charter through an expedited process from the Charter Schools Review Board for remote academies enrolling at least 250 students (Sec. 9).

• Specifies that charter schools which operate both in-person and remote academies must receive separate school performance grades for each academy (Sec. 10).

• Specifies that this Act takes effect upon passage and applies beginning with the 2025-2026 school year (Sec. 12).

Full Bill Text