House Journal: Page 976: Tuesday, March 26, 2002
15 according to procedures established by rules of the
16 state board.
17 3. A school board shall receive and review all
18 applications for a charter school. Applications
19 received on or before October 1 of a calendar year
20 shall be considered for charter schools to be
21 established at the beginning of the school district's
22 next school year or at a time agreed to by the
23 applicant and the school board. However, a school
24 board may receive and consider applications after
25 October 1 at its discretion.
26 4. A school board shall by a majority vote approve
27 or deny an application no later than sixty calendar
28 days after the application is received. A school
29 board that denies an application for a conversion to a
30 charter school shall provide notice of denial to the
31 applicant in writing within thirty days after board
32 action. The notice shall specify the exact reasons
33 for denial and provide documentation supporting those
34 reasons.
35 5. An applicant may appeal school board denial of
36 the applicant's charter school application to the
37 state board in accordance with the procedures set
38 forth in chapter 290. The state board shall affirm,
39 modify, or reverse the school board's decision on the
40 basis of the information provided in the application
41 indicating the ability or willingness of the proposed
42 charter school to meet the requirements of section
43 256F.1, subsection 3, and section 256F.4.
44 6. Upon approval of an application for the
45 proposed establishment of a charter school, the school
46 board shall submit an application for approval to
47 establish the charter school to the state board in
48 accordance with section 256F.5. The state board shall
49 approve only those applications that meet the
50 requirements specified in section 256F.1, subsection
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1 3, and section 256F.4. The state board shall approve
2 not more than ten charter school applications. The
3 state board shall adopt rules in accordance with
4 chapter 17A for the implementation of this chapter.
5 7. If federal rules or regulations relating to the
6 distribution or utilization of federal funds allocated
7 to the department pursuant to this section are adopted
8 that are inconsistent with the provisions of this
9 chapter, the state board shall adopt rules to comply
10 with the requirements of the federal rules or
11 regulations.
12 Sec. 4. NEW SECTION. 256F.4 GENERAL OPERATING
13 REQUIREMENTS.
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