HB2012 HFA Ellington 2-15

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Delegate Ellington moves to amend HB2012 on page 4, Section 5G-2, following line 17, by striking paragraph (B) from the bill and inserting in lieu thereof a new paragraph (B) to read as follows:

(B) Two or more county school boards who must act together and function as a single authorizer in all respects under the law when the public charter school or application to form a public charter school includes a primary recruitment area that encompasses territory in the two or more counties over which the respective boards have jurisdiction: Provided, That if such two or more school boards functioning together as authorizer reject the application, then one or more of the individual county boards may approve the application, but in such instance the charter school site must be located in one of the counties where the application was approved.