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SB 2 (Facilities)• Facilities

– Purchase• Right of First Offer• The key is opportunity

– Rental Use• Fees are based on actual costs (cost recovery)• No charge if the facility was a conversion to a charter

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SB 2 (District Charters)• Commissioner may adopt rules• Requires Board Approval

– Must respond to petition by majority of parents/teachers from a campus

– May grant charter to their own campus• As long as the impact isn’t greater than 15% of

enrollment (some exceptions)• Lowest performing campus(es)• Performance Contact with Principal or CEO

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SB 2 (Approval)• Commissioner authority

– Approval• Review and Renewal• Representative from SBOE appointed by Chair is part of

process• SBOE consent (90 day rule; act only to disapprove)

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SB 2 (Approval)• Charter Cap

– Currently: 209No more than Effective Date

215 Aug 2014

225 Sept 2014

240 Sept 2015

255 Sept 2016

270 Sept 2017

285 Sept 2018

305 Sept 2019

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SB 2 (Approval)• High-Performing Entities

– Applies to out-of-state charter operators– Performance at the highest or next highest level

based on the accountability system– Initial approved charters are 5 year terms– Commissioner shall adopt rules

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SB 2 (Accountability)• Annual Performance Report

– As compared to other charters– As compared to matched traditional campuses

• Performance by charter approval– SBOE; Commissioner; School Districts

• Note: Must also include an analysis of whether the performance of matched traditional campuses would like improve if there were consolidation of the school districts within the county in which the campuses were located…. Applies only to a county that includes at least seven school districts at least 10 charter campuses

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SB 2 (Special Charters)• Schools primarily servicing students with

disabilities– No more than 5 charters may be approved– Schools at which at least 50% of the students are

eligible for services are not eligible– Subject to federal laws/guidelines– Commissioner and SBOE shall adopt rules

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SB 2 (Charter Applications)• Expand criteria to include

– Capacity to carry out the responsibilities– Likelihood of success

• Commissioner shall give priorities to applications that propose to be located in the attendance zone of a school district campus assigned an unacceptable performance rating for the two preceding school years

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SB 2 (Notice of Approval)• Specify academic, operational, and financial

performance expectations for evaluation• Standards for evaluation to determine renewal,

denial of renewal, expiration, revocation, or other interventions

• The Commissioner is to establish a performance framework for charters with an annual report

• The performance framework cannot be the basis for renewal or revocation of a charter

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SB 2 (Renewal; Denial; Expiration)

• Provides specificity around the process for renewal; denial of renewal and expiration of charters

• Includes performance rating considerations for 2009-2010; 2010-2011; 2012-2013

• Revocation of a charter may be based on unacceptable performance for three consecutive years