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SENATE BILL NO. 1406 – Charter schools, limit on number

SENATE BILL NO. 1406

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S1406................................................by JUDICIARY AND RULES
CHARTER SCHOOLS - Amends existing law to delete a limit on the number of
charter schools; and to impose a proximity limit on the location of new
charter schools.
                                                                        
02/26    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/27    Rpt prt - to Educ

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  ]]]]              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ]]]]
 Fifty-seventh Legislature                 Second Regular Session - 2004
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                       IN THE SENATE
                                                                        
                                    SENATE BILL NO. 1406
                                                                        
                              BY JUDICIARY AND RULES COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO CHARTER SCHOOLS; AMENDING SECTION 33-5203, IDAHO CODE, TO STRIKE A
  3        LIMIT ON THE NUMBER OF CHARTER SCHOOLS AND TO IMPOSE A PROXIMITY LIMIT  ON
  4        THE LOCATION OF NEW CHARTER SCHOOLS.
                                                                        
  5    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
  6        SECTION  1.  That  Section 33-5203, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
  7    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
  8        33-5203.  AUTHORIZATION -- LIMITATIONS. (1) The creation of public charter
  9    schools is hereby authorized. Charter schools shall be  part  of  the  state's
 10    program of public education.
 11        (2)  It  is  the  intent  of  the  legislature  that the number of charter
 12    schools which may be approved in each of the first five (5)  years  after  the
 13    effective date of this act be limited in number and geographic distribution in
 14    accordance with the following:
 15        (a)  Not  more  than  sixty (60) schools may be approved in the first five
 16        (5) years after the effective date of this act, and
 17        (b)  Not more than twelve (12) schools may be  approved  in  any  one  (1)
 18        year, and
 19        (c)  Not more than two (2) charters per year may be granted within an edu-
 20        cational classification region as established by the state board of educa-
 21        tion, and
 22        (d)  Not  more  than one (1) charter may be granted for any one (1) school
 23        district in a year, and
 24        (e)  No whole school district may be converted to a  charter  district  or
 25        any configuration which includes all schools as charter schools.
 26    The  legislature  further  finds that, notwithstanding the limitations of this
 27    subsection (2), if fewer than twelve (12) charters are approved by June 1 of a
 28    year, the unused allotments shall be assigned to a statewide pool for  use  by
 29    other  requesting districts. Distributions from the pool shall be made by ran-
 30    dom drawing.
 31        (3)  A charter school may be formed by creating a new school or converting
 32    an existing public school to charter status. No charter shall be granted under
 33    this chapter which authorizes the  conversion  of  any  private  or  parochial
 34    school  to  a  charter  school. No new charter school shall be authorized that
 35    will be located within two (2) miles of an existing charter school. No charter
 36    shall be granted to or operated by a for-profit entity.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact



                       STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
                             RS 14173

An act relating to Charter Schools; Amending Section 33-5203,
Idaho Code, to strike a limit on the number of Charter Schools
and to impose a proximity limit on the location of new Charter
Schools.


                          FISCAL IMPACT

None


Contact
Name: Bob Henry 
Phone: 466-2662




STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE                     S 1406