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1999 SESSION

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HB 1577 Charter schools.

Introduced by: John J. Davies III | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Charter schools. Modifies the statute which allows school boards to establish joint schools, with the consent of the Board of Education, to clarify that this authority includes the establishment of regional schools, including regional charter schools, i.e., joint ventures with two or more participating school boards. The school boards operating the regional charter school must determine the school division to which the regional school will be attributed for purposes of the restrictions on the number of charter schools. Present law authorizes the establishment of only two charter schools per school division prior to July 1, 2000, and requires that priority be given to charter school applications designed to increase the educational opportunities of at-risk students, and at least one-half of the charter schools per division be reserved for at-risk student programs.


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