Title VII, EDUCATION, HISTORY, AND CULTURE (Ch. 256 - 305B)

1. A student enrolled in a charter school who receives educational instruction and course content primarily over the internet may participate in any cocurricular or extracurricular activities offered to children in the student’s grade or group and sponsored by the district of res…

As used in this chapter , unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Attendance center” means a school building that contains classrooms used for instructional purposes for elementary, middle, or secondary school students. 2. “Charter school” means a school established in accorda…

The department shall monitor the effectiveness of charter schools and shall implement the applicable provisions of this chapter . 2021 Acts, ch 112, §3

1. A school board may create a founding group to apply to the state board for approval to establish and operate a charter school within and as a part of the school district by establishing a new attendance center, creating a new school within an existing attendance center, or by …

1. A founding group may apply to the state board for approval to establish and operate a charter school within the boundaries of the state that operates as a new attendance center independently from a public school district. The application shall demonstrate the founding group’s …

1. Within the later of thirty days following approval of a charter school application or upon the satisfaction of all reasonable conditions imposed on the applicant in the charter school approval, if any, an enforceable and renewable charter school contract shall be executed betw…

1. In order to fulfill the charter school’s public purpose, a charter school established under this chapter shall be organized as a nonprofit education organization and shall have all the powers necessary for carrying out the terms of the charter school contract including but not…

1. Each student enrolled in a charter school established under this chapter shall be counted, for state school foundation purposes, in the student’s district of residence pursuant to section 257.6, subsection 1 , paragraph “a” , subparagraph (9), including any applicable amounts …

1. The performance provisions within the charter school contract shall be based on a performance framework adopted by the state board that clearly sets forth the academic and operational performance indicators, measures, and metrics that will guide the evaluation of the charter s…