House Journal: Page 977: Tuesday, March 26, 2002
14 1. Within fifteen days after approval of a charter
15 school application submitted in accordance with
16 section 256F.3, subsection 2, a school board shall
17 report to the department the name of the charter
18 school applicant entry, the proposed charter school
19 location, and its projected enrollment. In order to
20 facilitate an accurate budget projection process, a
21 school board shall receive funds for students who are
22 not included in the third Friday in September
23 enrollment report due to approval of charter school
24 applications after the actual enrollment is
25 determined. The department of management shall adjust
26 the enrollment of the school district to reflect this
27 intent.
28 2. Although a charter school may elect to comply
29 with one or more provisions of statute or
30 administrative rule, a charter school is exempt from
31 all statutes and rules applicable to a school, a
32 school board, or a school district, except that the
33 charter school shall do all of the following:
34 a. Meet all applicable federal, state, and local
35 health and safety requirements and laws prohibiting
36 discrimination on the basis of race, creed, color,
37 sex, national origin, religion, ancestry, or
38 disability. A charter school shall be subject to any
39 court-ordered desegregation plan in effect for the
40 school district at the time the school's charter
41 application is approved.
42 b. Operate as a nonsectarian, nonreligious public
43 school.
44 c. Be free of tuition and application fees to Iowa
45 resident students between the ages of five and twenty-
46 one years.
47 d. Be subject to and comply with chapters 216 and
48 216A relating to civil and human rights.
49 e. Provide special education services in
50 accordance with chapter 256B.
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1 f. Be subject to the same financial audits, audit
2 procedures, and audit requirements as a school
3 district. The audit shall be consistent with the
4 requirements of sections 11.6, 11.14, 11.19, 256.9,
5 subsection 19, and section 279.29, except to the
6 extent deviations are necessary because of the program
7 at the school. The department, the auditor of state,
8 or the legislative fiscal bureau may conduct
9 financial, program, or compliance audits.
10 g. Be subject to and comply with chapter 284
11 relating to the student achievement and teacher
12 quality program. A charter school that complies with
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