Kentucky House Bill 7 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on May 24 2010 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2010-05-24 - to Education (H)
Pending: House Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [MS Word]

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 160 to authorize the formation of charter schools within local school districts that are public schools converted from existing public schools; the formation of district charter schools that are career academies, early, or middle colleges in cooperation with public postsecondary education institutions; authorize the formation of a public statewide virtual charter school; define terms; provide that local school boards are the only authorizers of charter school and that the Kentucky Board of Education is the authorizer of a statewide virtual charter school, and the commissioner of education may approve a district charter school based on state board administrative regulations; define the components that must be in an application for a charter or district charter school for initial approval and for renewal; provide that charters may be approved for 3 year, 4 year, or 5 year contracts; require annual financial audits and performance reviews based on the contract; permit a charter to be revoked at any time or non-renewed for certain reasons; require charter schools to serve only students that reside in the district and those eligible to attend school in the district based on local board nonresident student contracts; require teachers in a charter school to meet Education Professional Standards Board certification requirements; define the role of the Department of Education; provide flexibility to charter schools to request waiver of selected statutory provisions and administrative regulations; establish new sections of KRS Chapter 156 to require the state board to promulgate administrative regulations to implement charter schools; create a new section of KRS 157 to describe how funds shall be distributed to a charter school; create a new section of KRS 161 to provide that teachers in charter schools continue in Kentucky Teachers' Retirement and enable them to earn continuing service status under KRS 161.740; APPROPRIATIONS; EMERGENCY.

AN ACT relating to charter schools, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.

Rep. Harry Moberly [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-05-24		to Education (H)
2010-05-24		introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10SS/HB7.htm
Text	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10SS/HB7/bill.doc