Title 20-A, Title 20-A

1. Eligible authorizers. The following groups may become authorizers of public charter schools: A. A local school board with regard to creating a public charter school within the boundaries of the school administrative unit governed by that local school board; [PL 2011, c. 414, §…

1. Issuance. To invite, solicit, encourage and guide the development of high-quality public charter school applications, an authorizer shall issue and broadly publicize requests for proposals. The content and dissemination of the requests for proposals must be consistent with the…

1. Application. An applicant for approval as a public charter school must submit an application as set out in this section. An applicant may submit an application only to an authorizer that has issued a request for proposals in accordance with section 2406. An applicant may submi…

1. Charter contracts. When an application is approved, a charter contract must be executed in accordance with this section. A. After approval of an application and no later than 60 days prior to the opening date of the public charter school, the authorizer and the governing board…

1. Performance framework. The performance provisions of a charter contract must be based on a performance framework developed by the authorizer that sets forth the academic and operational performance indicators that will guide the authorizer's evaluations of each public charter …

1. Data collection; monitoring. For each public charter school it oversees, the authorizer is responsible for collecting, analyzing and reporting all data from state assessments in accordance with the performance framework developed under section 2409, subsection 1. An authorizer…

1. Initial charter term. The term for an initial charter may not commence before July 1, 2012. An initial charter must be granted for a term of 5 operating years. The charter term commences on the public charter school's first day of operation. An approved public charter school m…

1. Legal status. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, to the extent that any provision of this chapter is inconsistent with any other state or local law, rule or regulation, the provisions of this chapter govern and are controlling. A. A public charter school is …

1. External audit. A public charter school shall adhere to generally accepted accounting principles and shall annually engage an external auditor to do an independent audit of the public charter school's finances. The public charter school shall submit the audit to its authorizer…

1. Enrollment count. Students enrolled in and attending public charter schools must be reported to the department, for attendance and funding purposes, as provided in department rules. 2. Revenue provisions. State and local operating funds follow each student to the public charte…

Beginning with fiscal year 2015-16, this section applies to public charter schools authorized by the commission. [PL 2015, c. 54, §5 (NEW).] 1. Pupil count. Students enrolled in and attending public charter schools must be reported to the department, for attendance and funding pu…

1. Facilities; property. A public charter school may acquire facilities and property in accordance with this subsection. A. A public charter school has a right of first refusal to purchase or lease at or below fair market value a closed noncharter public school facility or proper…

1. Transfer of credits. If a student who was previously enrolled in a public charter school enrolls in another noncharter public school in this State, the school to which the student transfers must accept credits earned by the student in courses or instructional programs at the p…