Bill Text: VA HB331 | 2010 | Regular Session | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Charter schools, public; Board may submit recommendation to school board to approve applications.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2010-03-08 - Senate: Left in Education and Health [HB331 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2010-HB331-Engrossed.html

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HOUSE BILL NO. 331 House Amendments in [ ] – February 10, 2010 A BILL to amend and reenact §§22.1-212.9 and 22.1-212.10 of the Code of Virginia, relating to approval of public charter school applications. ---------- Patron Prior to Engrossment--Delegate Marshall, R.G ---------- Referred to Committee on Education ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That §§22.1-212.9 and 22.1-212.10 of the Code of Virginia are amended and reenacted as follows:

§22.1-212.9. Review of public charter school applications.

A. Public charter school applications shall be received and reviewed by local school boards or, in the case of a regional public charter school, by all of the relevant school boards.

Each local school board shall establish procedures for receiving, reviewing, and ruling upon applications and shall make a copy of any such procedures available to all interested parties upon request. If any such board finds the public charter school application is incomplete, the board shall request the necessary information from the charter applicant.

B. To provide appropriate opportunity for input from parents, teachers, and other interested parties and to obtain information to assist local school boards in their decisions to grant a public charter school application, local school boards may establish a procedure for public notice, comment, or hearings on public charter school applications.

C. The public charter school applicant may submit its proposed charter application to the Board of Education for review and comment. The Board's review shall examine such applications for feasibility, curriculum, financial soundness, and other objective criteria as the Board may establish, consistent with existing state law. The Board's review and comment shall be for the purpose of ensuring that the application conforms with such criteria, but shall not include consideration as to whether the application shall be approved by the local school board and the Board may submit [ a recommendation to the local school board as to the approval of its findings to the local school board with its recommendation to approve or disapprove ] the application.

§22.1-212.10. Decision of local board final; reasons for denial.

A. The decision of a local school board to grant or deny a public charter school application or to revoke or fail to renew a charter agreement shall be final and not subject to appeal.

B. Whenever a local school board denies a public charter school application, or revokes or fails to renew a charter agreement, it shall provide to the applicant, in writing, its reasons for such denial, revocation, or failure to renew.