Authorization to establish; purposes

72-4207. Authorization to establish; purposes. The board of education of any school district may authorize the establishment of a nonsectarian charter school as a means of providing new opportunities for: (a) Improved pupil learning; (b) increased learning opportunities for pupils in special areas of emphasis in accord with themes established for charter schools; (c) creative and unconventional instructional techniques and structures; (d) new professional vistas for teachers who operate such schools or who choose to work in them; and (e) freedom from conventional program constraints and mandates. History: L. 1994, ch. 289, § 2; L. 2002, ch. 80, § 3; July 1. Source or Prior Law: 72-1904. Law Review and Bar Journal References: "Rewarding and Sanctioning School District Performance By Decreasing Or Increasing the Level of State Control," Denise Howard, 5 Kan. J.L. & Pub. Pol'y, No. 3, 187, 189, 195, 196, 198 (1996).