EDUCATION Elementary and Secondary Education: Provide for Charter School Status; Remove Certain Limitations Regarding Advance Capital Outlay Funding for Construction Projects to Consolidate or Reorganize Schools; Provide for Contents of Petition Charter; Provide for Approval of Charter Schools by Local and State School Boards; Provide for Operational Requirements of Charter Schools; Provide for Charter Renewals; Pro vide for Amendment and Termination of a Charter; Establish Duties of State Board of Education and Local School Board with Respect to Provision of Funds to Charter Schools; Establish an Office of Charter School Compliance and Provide for Its Responsibilities; Provide for Continuing Validity of Certain Charters in Effect on July 1,1998

Authors

Denise M. Kazlauskas

Document Type

Peach Sheet

Abstract

The Act provides a means for local schools to substitute an academic and/or vocational performance-based contract, called a charter, for state and local rules, regulations, policies, and procedures governing public schools. The Act allows private individuals, private organizations, or state or local public entities to establish a local school subject to a contractual charter between the state school board, the local board of education, and the charter petitioner. The terms of the charter must be approved by both the local and state boards of education. The charter status exempts the local school from certain state and local rules, regulations, policies, and procedures applicable to the public school system. The Act specifies the requirements of a charter petition, the qualifications of a charter petitioner, and the obligations of a charter school. In addition, the Act creates an Office of Charter School Compliance within the Department of Education to prepare charter school guidelines, process charter school petitions, and administer charter school implementation in Georgia. Finally, the Act confirms that charter schools initiated under the previous Charter School Act of 1993 will remain valid until their charters expire according to their terms.

Recommended Citation

Denise M. Kazlauskas, EDUCATION Elementary and Secondary Education: Provide for Charter School Status; Remove Certain Limitations Regarding Advance Capital Outlay Funding for Construction Projects to Consolidate or Reorganize Schools; Provide for Contents of Petition Charter; Provide for Approval of Charter Schools by Local and State School Boards; Provide for Operational Requirements of Charter Schools; Provide for Charter Renewals; Pro vide for Amendment and Termination of a Charter; Establish Duties of State Board of Education and Local School Board with Respect to Provision of Funds to Charter Schools; Establish an Office of Charter School Compliance and Provide for Its Responsibilities; Provide for Continuing Validity of Certain Charters in Effect on July 1,1998, 15 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. (1998).
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