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2001 SESSION
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 22.1-212.9 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 22.1-212.9. Review of public charter school applications.
A. Public charter school applications shall only be received and reviewed by a local school board or, in the case of a regional public charter school, by all of the participating school boards, after public notice, a public hearing, and adoption by the local school board or boards of a resolution stating the intent to receive applications for the establishment of such other public charter schools in the relevant school divisions. The public notice shall appear once a week for two successive weeks in a newspaper having a general circulation in the jurisdiction of the relevant school divisions. The second publication shall not be sooner than one calendar week after the first publication.
Each local school board that adopts a resolution announcing its intent to accept applications for public charter schools and publishes such notice of its intent shall establish procedures for receiving, reviewing, and ruling upon applications and shall make a copy of any such procedures available to all interested parties upon request. If any such board finds the public charter school application is incomplete, the board shall request the necessary information from the charter applicant.
B. To provide appropriate opportunity for input from parents, teachers, and other interested parties and to obtain information to assist local school boards in their decisions to grant a public charter school application, local school boards may establish a procedure for public notice, comment, or hearings on public charter school applications.
C. Each Prior to receiving applications for any public charter school, a local
school board shall provide public notice by December 31, 2000, of its intent to
accept or not to accept applications for public charter schools and may, upon
providing such public notice, alter its decision to accept or not to accept such
applications.