H-1275

   Amend  the amendment, H-1240, to House File 813, as follows:
   1.  Page 1, after line 9 by inserting: 
   <___.  Page 9, by striking lines 7 and 8 and inserting: 
   <f.  If the proposed charter school will operate independently from a school district, evidence of need and community support. Evidence of community support shall include at least all of the following:
   (1)  A petition in support of the proposed charter school signed by eligible electors equal in number to the greater of one hundred or thirty percent of the number of voters who cast a vote for the board of directors of the school district at the last preceding election of school officials under section 277.1 for the school district where the charter school is proposed to be located.
   (2)  Evidence of a public hearing held regarding establishing the charter school, including the number of participants and a summary of the comments presented in support and opposition to the charter school proposal. Notice of the public hearing shall be given in the manner required in section 24.9.>>
   2.  By renumbering as necessary.

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MASCHER of Johnson