HB2012 S ED AM #1 2-23 as amended

Hager  7871

The Committee on Education moved to amend the bill on page three, section one, line forty-three, by striking out the word “Legislator” and inserting in lieu thereof the word “Legislative”;

On page five, section two, line forty-seven, by striking out the word “an” and inserting in lieu thereof the words “a public or private nonprofit or for-profit”;

On page ten, section five, line thirty-four, after the word “purposes” by striking out the period and inserting the words “except as needed under the provisions of the Public School Support Plan for funding purposes.”;

On page ten, section five, line thirty-nine, after the word “foundation” by inserting the word “allowance”;

On page thirteen, section six, lines fifty-six and fifty-seven by changing the colon to a period and striking out the proviso;

On page fifteen, section nine, line twenty-seven, by striking out the words “that set forth”;

On page sixteen, section nine, line fifty-seven by striking out the word “not”;

On page eighteen, section ten, line ten after the word “of” by inserting the words “the school year before”;

On page twenty, section ten, line sixty-eight, after the words “an authorizer” by inserting the words “revokes or”;

On page twenty, section ten, line sixty-nine, after the word “is” by inserting the words “revoked or”;

On page twenty, section ten, line seventy-six, after the word “threatened” by inserting a comma and the words “an administrator employed by or member of the governing board over the charter school is convicted of fraud or misappropriation of funds, there is a failure to meet generally accepted standards of financial management, there is a material breach of the charter contract, there is a substantial violation of any provision of law from which the public charter school is not exempted, or there are dire and chronic academic deficiencies”;

On page twenty-six, section fourteen, line four, by striking out the word “one” and inserting in lieu thereof the word “two”;

On page twenty-six, section fourteen, line six, by striking out “10” and inserting in lieu thereof the word “five”;

On page twenty-six, section fourteen, line seventeen after the words “Virtual public charter school” by inserting the word “funding”;

On page twenty-six, section fourteen, lines nineteen through twenty-two, by striking out all of subdivision (5) and inserting in lieu thereof a new subdivision (5) to read as follows:

(5)  When enrolling a student who may require special education services, the same obligations apply to a virtual public charter school as applies to all other public charter schools.  Enrollment shall not be denied or delayed on the basis of a disability and the charter school shall convene an Individualized Education Program (IEP) meeting after admission to ensure that the school develops an appropriate IEP in accordance with all of the requirements set forth in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).;

On page twenty-eight, section fourteen, line seventy-two, by striking out the word “the” and inserting in lieu thereof the word “this”;

And,

On pages thirty-one and thirty-two, section fifteen, lines sixty-six through seventy-four, by striking out all of subsection (k) and inserting in lieu thereof a new subsection (k), to read as follows:

(k) The Professional Charter School Board shall investigate official complaints submitted to it that allege serious impairments in the quality of education in a public charter school or virtual public charter school it has authorized pursuant to this article, or that allege such schools are in violation of the policies or laws applicable to them. The Professional Charter School Board also may at its own discretion conduct or cause to be conducted audits of the education and operation of public charter schools or virtual public charter schools it has authorized pursuant to this article that it determines necessary to achieve its mission of authorizing high-quality public charter schools. Upon a determination that serious impairments or violations exist, the Professional Charter School Board shall promptly notify in writing the public charter school governing board of the perceived serious impairments or violations and provide reasonable opportunity for the school to remedy the serious impairments or violations.  The Professional Charter School Board shall take corrective actions or exercise sanctions in response to apparent serious impairments or violations.  If warranted, the actions or sanctions may include requiring a charter school to develop and execute a corrective action plan within a specified time frame.

Adopted

Rejected