Renewal of charter

A. A charter for a charter school district may be renewed for successive periods of five years each. B. Before it submits an application for renewal to the department, the local school board shall hold a public hearing to adopt a resolution approving the application for renewal. C. A charter school district renewal application submitted to the department shall contain: (1) a report on the progress that the charter school district has made toward achieving the goals of its charter; (2) a petition in support of the charter school district renewing its charter school district status signed by not less than sixty-five percent of the employees in the charter school district; (3) a resolution by the local school board requesting renewal of the charter; and (4) any other information that the department deems appropriate. History: Laws 2005, ch. 292, § 6; 2015, ch. 58, § 12.