Title Minnesota Statutes, Minnesota Statutes

124E.06 FORMING A SCHOOL. § Subdivision 1.Individuals eligible to organize. (a) An authorizer, after receiving an application from a charter school developer, may charter either a licensed teacher under section 122A.18, subdivision 1, or a group of individuals that includes one o…

124E.07 BOARD OF DIRECTORS. § Subdivision 1.Initial board of directors. Before entering into a contract or other agreement for professional or other services, goods, or facilities, the operators authorized to organize and operate a school must establish a board of directors compo…

124E.08 CHARTER SCHOOL AND SCHOOL DISTRICT COLLABORATION. (a) A charter school board may voluntarily enter into a two-year, renewable collaboration agreement with a school district in which the charter school is geographically located to enhance the achievement of the students in…

124E.09 EXTENT OF SPECIFIC LEGAL AUTHORITY. (a) The board of directors of a charter school may sue and be sued. (b) The board may not levy taxes or issue bonds. (c) The commissioner, an authorizer, members of the board of an authorizer in their official capacity, and employees of…

124E.10 CHARTER CONTRACT. § Subdivision 1.Contents. (a) To authorize a charter school, the authorizer and the charter school board of directors must sign a written contract within 45 business days of the commissioner's approval of the authorizer's affidavit. The authorizer shall …

124E.11 ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS AND ENROLLMENT. (a) A charter school, including its preschool or prekindergarten program established under section 124E.06, subdivision 3, paragraph (b), may limit admission to: (1) pupils within an age group or grade level; (2) pupils who are eligi…

124E.12 EMPLOYMENT. § Subdivision 1.Teachers. A charter school, excluding its preschool or prekindergarten program established under section 124E.06, subdivision 3, must employ or contract with necessary teachers, as defined by section 122A.06, subdivision 2, or contract with a c…

124E.13 FACILITIES. § Subdivision 1.Leased space. A charter school may lease space from: an independent or special school board; other public organization; private, nonprofit, nonsectarian organization; private property owner; or a sectarian organization if the leased space is co…

124E.14 CONFLICTS OF INTEREST. (a) No member of the board of directors, employee, officer, or agent of a charter school shall participate in selecting, awarding, or administering a contract if a conflict of interest exists. A conflict exists when: (1) the board member, employee, …

124E.15 TRANSPORTATION. (a) A charter school must comply with all pupil transportation requirements in section 123B.88, subdivision 1. A charter school must not require parents to surrender their rights to pupil transportation under section 123B.88, subdivision 2. (b) A charter s…

124E.16 REPORTS. § Subdivision 1.Audit report. (a) A charter school is subject to the same financial audits, audit procedures, and audit requirements as a district, except as required under this subdivision. Audits must be conducted in compliance with generally accepted governmen…

124E.17 DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION. § Subdivision 1.Charter school information. (a) Charter schools must disseminate information about the school's offerings and enrollment procedures to families that reflect the diversity of Minnesota's population and targeted groups. Targeted…

124E.20 GENERAL EDUCATION REVENUE. § Subdivision 1.Revenue calculation. (a) General education revenue must be paid to a charter school as though it were a district. The general education revenue for each adjusted pupil unit is the state average general education revenue per pupil…

124E.21 SPECIAL EDUCATION AID. § Subdivision 1.Special education aid. (a) Except as provided in section 124E.23, special education aid, excluding cross subsidy reduction aid under section 125A.76, subdivision 2e, must be paid to a charter school according to section 125A.76, as t…

124E.22 BUILDING LEASE AID. (a) When a charter school finds it economically advantageous to rent or lease a building or land for any instructional purpose and it determines that the total operating capital revenue under section 126C.10, subdivision 13, is insufficient for this pu…

124E.23 TRANSPORTATION REVENUE. Transportation revenue must be paid to a charter school that provides transportation services according to section 124E.15, according to this section. Transportation aid shall equal transportation revenue. In addition to the revenue under section 1…

124E.24 OTHER AID, GRANTS, AND REVENUE. (a) A charter school is eligible to receive other aids, grants, and revenue according to chapters 120A to 129C, as though it were a district. (b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), a charter school may not receive aid, a grant, or revenue if a …

124E.25 PAYMENT OF AIDS TO CHARTER SCHOOLS. § Subdivision 1.Payments. Notwithstanding section 127A.45, subdivision 3, if the current year aid payment percentage under section 127A.45, subdivision 2, paragraph (d), is 90 or greater, aid payments for the current fiscal year to a ch…

124E.26 USE OF STATE MONEY. § Subdivision 1.Purchasing buildings. A charter school may not use state money to purchase land or buildings. The charter school may own land and buildings if obtained through nonstate sources. § Subd. 2.Procurement policy required. Prior to the expend…

124E.27 CMO AND EMO PUBLIC ACCOUNTING AND REPORTING. (a) A charter school that enters into a management agreement with a CMO or EMO must: (1) publish on the charter school website for at least 20 business days the proposed final agreement for public review and comment before the …