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9 and notices required by section 282.18 shall be
10 processed and provided in a prompt manner. The
11 application and notice deadlines in section 282.18 do
12 not apply to a nonresident student application under
13 these circumstances.
14 Sec. 10. NEW SECTION. 256F.10 REPORTS.
15 1. A charter school shall report at least annually
16 to the school board, advisory council, and the state
17 board the information required by the school board,
18 advisory council, or the state board. The reports are
19 public records subject to chapter 22.
20 2. Not later than December 1, 2003, and annually
21 thereafter, the state board shall submit a
22 comprehensive report, with findings and
23 recommendations, to the senate and house standing
24 committees on education. The report shall evaluate
25 the state's charter school programs generally,
26 including but not limited to, an evaluation of whether
27 the pilot programs are fulfilling the purposes set
28 forth in section 256F.4, subsection 2. The report
29 also shall contain, for each charter school, a copy of
30 the charter school's mission statement, attendance
31 statistics and dropout rate, aggregate assessment test
32 scores, projections of financial stability, the number
33 and qualifications of teachers and administrators, and
34 number of and comments on supervisory visits by the
35 department of education.
36 Sec. 11. NEW SECTION. 256F.11 FUTURE REPEAL.
37 This chapter is repealed effective July 1, 2010.
38 Sec. 12. Section 257.31, subsection 5, paragraph
39 d, is amended to read as follows:
40 d. The closing of a nonpublic school, wholly or in
41 part, or the opening or closing of a pilot charter
42 school.
43 Sec. 13. Section 282.18, subsection 16, Code 2001,
44 is amended to read as follows:
45 16. For purposes of this section, "good cause"
46 means a change in a child's residence due to a change
47 in family residence, a change in the state in which
48 the family residence is located, a change in a child's
49 parents' marital status, a guardianship proceeding,
50 placement in foster care, adoption, participation in a
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1 foreign exchange program, or participation in a
2 substance abuse or mental health treatment program, or
3 a similar set of circumstances consistent with the
4 definition of good cause; a change in the status of a
5 child's resident district, such as removal of
6 accreditation by the state board, surrender of
7 accreditation, or permanent closure of a nonpublic
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