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90_HB2611

      105 ILCS 5/27A-9
          Amends the School Code.  Makes a change  of  style  in  a
      Section  of  the Charter Schools Law relating to the term and
      renewal of charters.
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 1        AN ACT to amend  the  School  Code  by  changing  Section
 2    27A-9.
 3        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:
 5        Section 5.   The  School  Code  is  amended  by  changing
 6    Section 27A-9 as follows:
 7        (105 ILCS 5/27A-9)
 8        Sec. 27A-9. Term of charter; renewal.
 9        (a)  A  charter may be granted for a period not less than
10    3 school years and not more than 5 school years.   A  charter
11    may  be renewed in incremental periods not to exceed 5 school
12    years.
13        (b)  A charter school renewal proposal submitted  to  the
14    local school board shall contain:
15             (1)  A  report on the progress of the charter school
16        in achieving the  goals,  objectives,  pupil  performance
17        standards,  content  standards,  and  other  terms of the
18        initial approved charter proposal; and
19             (2)  A financial statement that discloses the  costs
20        of   administration,   instruction,  and  other  spending
21        categories for the charter school that is  understandable
22        to  the  general public and that will allow comparison of
23        those  costs  to  other  schools  or   other   comparable
24        organizations, in a format required by the State Board.
25        (c)  A charter may be revoked or not renewed if the local
26    school board clearly demonstrates that the charter school did
27    any  of the following, or otherwise failed to comply with the
28    requirements of this law:
29             (1)  Committed a material violation of  any  of  the
30        conditions,  standards,  or  procedures  set forth in the
31        charter.
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 1             (2)  Failed to  meet  or  make  reasonable  progress
 2        toward  achievement  of  the  content  standards or pupil
 3        performance standards identified in the charter.
 4             (3)  Failed to meet generally accepted standards  of
 5        fiscal management.
 6             (4)  Violated  any  provision  of law from which the
 7        charter school was not exempted.
 8        (d)  (Blank).
 9        (e)  Notice of a local school board's decision  to  deny,
10    revoke  or  not  to  renew a charter shall be provided to the
11    State Board. The State Board  may  reverse  a  local  board's
12    decision  if the State Board finds that the charter school or
13    charter school  proposal  (i)  is  in  compliance  with  this
14    Article, and (ii) is in the best interests of the students it
15    is  designed  to  serve.  Final  decisions of the State Board
16    shall be subject to judicial review under the  Administrative
17    Review Law.
18        (f)  Notwithstanding other provisions of this Article, if
19    the  State Board on appeal reverses a local board's decision,
20    the State Board shall act as the authorized chartering entity
21    for the charter school.  The State Board  shall  approve  and
22    certify  the  charter  and  shall perform all functions under
23    this Article otherwise performed by the local  school  board.
24    The  State Board shall report the aggregate number of charter
25    school pupils resident in a school district to that  district
26    and  shall notify the district of the amount of funding to be
27    paid by the State Board to the charter school enrolling  such
28    students.    The   State  Board  shall  withhold  from  funds
29    otherwise due the  district  the  funds  authorized  by  this
30    Article  to  be paid to the charter school and shall pay such
31    amounts to the charter school.
32    (Source: P.A. 89-450, eff. 4-10-96; 90-548, eff. 1-1-98.)

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