HB2100ham004 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch

Filed: 4/9/2019

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2100

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2100, AS AMENDED, with reference to page and line numbers of House Amendment No. 3, as follows:

on page 15, immediately below line 5, by inserting the following:

"(b-5) Beginning on July 1, 2020, the State Board of Education may charge a charter school that it authorizes a fee not to exceed 3% of the revenue provided to the school to be used exclusively for covering the cost of authorizing activities. Authorizing activities may include, but are not limited to: (i) soliciting, reviewing, and taking action on charter school proposals; (ii) hiring, training, and supervising staff engaged in authorizing activities; (iii) developing and conducting oversight, including regular monitoring, of authorized charter schools; (iv) reporting on best practices and performances of charter schools; (v) applying for, managing, and distributing grants and funds appropriated for charter schools and authorizing activities; (vi) training members of the State Board on their authorizing roles; and (vii) training other employees of the State Board on how to work with charter schools as their own local education agencies."; and

on page 27, by replacing line 12 with the following: "revoke or not renew a charter unless it determines that doing so is in the best interests of the students currently enrolled in the charter school."; and

on page 27, line 16, by replacing "placed" with "offered placement"; and

on page 27, by replacing line 18 with the following: "Student Succeeds Act accountability plan, and that they have reasonable options for transportation to those schools. In determining"; and

by replacing line 26 on page 27 through line 11 on page 28 with the following:

"Commission and the State Board. The State Board Commission may reverse a local board's decision to not renew a charter if the State Board Commission finds that the charter school or charter school proposal (i) is in compliance with this Article, and (ii) is in the best interests of the students it is designed to serve. The State Board Commission may condition the granting of an appeal on the acceptance by the charter school of funding in an amount less than that requested in the proposal submitted to the local school board. Final decisions of the State Board Commission shall be subject to judicial review under the Administrative Review Law.

(f) Notwithstanding other provisions of this Article, if the State Board Commission on appeal reverses a local board's decision to not renew a charter or".