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1995 SESSION

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SJ 334 Study; charter schools.

Introduced by: Elliot S. Schewel | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY:

Study: charter schools. Establishes a joint subcommittee to study charter schools. The joint subcommittee is requested to examine the issues related to charter schools and provide a recommendation on the efficacy of such legislation after considering (i) the provisions of other states' laws; (ii) actual operations of charter schools in other states, including, but not limited to, the number of students in the average school, the educational purpose, concept, or curricula of the schools, the method for establishing academic standards, accountability, and any revocations and the reasons for such revocations, (iii) the focus of the organizing groups; (iv) constitutional issues in other states and the interaction of the Constitution of Virginia with the various components of the charter school concept; (v) funding issues related to the charter school concept; and (vi) the various components of charter school legislation, including, but not limited to, organizer eligibility, application process, charter eligibility, sponsoring and approval authority, governance, employment requirements, administrative responsibilities, limitations on the number of charters, contract terms and conditions, prescribed autonomy or waiver of legal requirements, curricula, student admissions, due process procedures for denials or revocations, accountability, and the Board of Education's role. Identical to HJR 551.


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