1. Funding of schools in basically the same manner as other public schools
with some exceptions.
2. Requiring that all teachers be certified and that teachers are employees
of the legal entity responsible for the charter school.
3.Limiting the number of charter schools which may be authorized to 12 per
year.
4. Requiring that presentation of a petition to establish a new school will
require the signature of at least 30 qualified electors of the school
district in which the school will be located, and that a petition for the
conversion of an existing school will require the signatures of at least
60% of the teachers at the school to be converted and at least one or more
parents or guardians fo at least 60 percent of the students currently
attending that school.
5. Requiring charter schools to incorportate as nonprofit corporations and
secure liability insurance.
6. Providing that only local school boards of trustees may authorize a charter
school, except that if approval of a new charter is denied or if
conversion
of an existing school is approved over the objection of 30 or more
persons
in the district, then such decision may be appealed. There shall be no
appeal of a decision which approves a new charter or which denies the
conversion of an existing school.
All members of the Interim Charter School Committee signed off on the proposed
legislation, and the compromise legislation appears to have a wide base of
support.
Rep. Tom Trail
Dr. Tom Trail
International Trails
2039 Mt. View Rd.
Moscow, Id. 83843
Tel: (208) 882-6077
Fax: (208) 882-0896
e mail ttrail@moscow.com