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S1346aa........................................................by EDUCATION
CHARTER SCHOOLS - Amends existing law to provide criteria governing the
attendance area of a charter school.
02/16 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/17 Rpt prt - to Educ
03/05 Rpt out - to 14th Ord
03/11 Rpt out amen - to engros
03/12 Rpt engros - 1st rdg - to 2nd rdg as amen
03/15 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg as amen
03/16 3rd rdg as amen - PASSED - 26-4-5
AYES -- Andreason, Bailey, Bunderson, Calabretta, Cameron, Compton,
Darrington, Davis, Gannon, Geddes, Goedde, Hill, Kennedy, Keough,
Little, Lodge, Malepeai, Marley, McKenzie, McWilliams, Richardson,
Schroeder, Sorensen, Stegner, Stennett, Werk
NAYS -- Brandt, Pearce, Sweet, Williams
Absent and excused -- Burkett, Burtenshaw, Ingram, Noble, Noh
Floor Sponsor - Schroeder
Title apvd - to House
03/17 House intro - 1st rdg - to Educ
03/19 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/20 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
Rls susp - PASSED - 53-12-5
AYES -- Andersen, Bell, Black, Block, Boe, Bolz, Bradford, Campbell,
Cannon, Collins, Crow, Cuddy, Deal, Denney, Douglas, Eberle,
Edmunson, Ellsworth, Field(18), Field(23), Gagner, Henbest, Jaquet,
Jones, Kellogg, Lake, Langford, Langhorst, Martinez, McGeachin,
McKague, Meyer, Miller, Mitchell, Moyle, Naccarato, Pasley-Stuart,
Raybould, Ridinger, Ring, Ringo, Robison, Rydalch, Sayler, Shepherd,
Shirley, Skippen, Smith(30), Smylie, Snodgrass, Stevenson, Wills, Mr.
Speaker
NAYS -- Barraclough, Barrett, Bayer, Bedke, Eskridge, Garrett,
Kulczyk, Nielsen, Roberts, Sali, Schaefer, Wood
Absent and excused -- Bauer, Clark, Harwood, Smith(24), Trail
Floor Sponsor - Naccarato
Title apvd - to Senate
03/20 To enrol - Rpt enrol - Pres signed
03/22 Sp signed - To Governor
03/23 Governor signed
Session Law Chapter 220
Effective: 07/01/04
]]]] LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ]]]]
Fifty-seventh Legislature Second Regular Session - 2004
IN THE SENATE
SENATE BILL NO. 1346
BY EDUCATION COMMITTEE
1 AN ACT
2 RELATING TO CHARTER SCHOOLS; AMENDING SECTION 33-5206, IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE
3 CRITERIA GOVERNING THE ATTENDANCE AREA OF A CHARTER SCHOOL.
4 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
5 SECTION 1. That Section 33-5206, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
6 amended to read as follows:
7 33-5206. REQUIREMENTS AND PROHIBITIONS UPON APPROVAL OF A CHARTER SCHOOL.
8 (1) In addition to any other requirements imposed in this chapter, a charter
9 school shall be nonsectarian in its programs, affiliations, admission poli-
10 cies, employment practices, and all other operations, shall not charge
11 tuition, levy taxes or issue bonds, and shall not discriminate against any
12 student on any basis prohibited by the federal or state constitutions or any
13 federal, state or local law. Admission to a charter school shall not be deter-
14 mined according to the place of residence of the student, or of the student's
15 parent or guardian within the district, except that a new or conversion
16 charter school established under the provisions of this chapter shall adopt
17 and maintain a policy giving admission preference to students who reside
18 within the attendance area of that school. The attendance area of a charter
19 school, as described in the petition, shall be composed of compact and contig-
20 uous areas.
21 (2) No board of trustees shall require any employee of the school dis-
22 trict to be involuntarily assigned to work in a charter school.
23 (3) Certified teachers in a charter school shall be considered public
24 school teachers. Educational experience shall accrue for service in a charter
25 school and such experience shall be counted by any school district to which
26 the teacher returns after employment in a charter school.
27 (4) No board of trustees shall require any student enrolled in the school
28 district to attend a charter school.
29 (5) Upon approval of the petition by the board of trustees, the peti-
30 tioner shall provide written notice of that approval, including a copy of the
31 petition, to the state board of education. For the purpose of implementing the
32 provisions of section 33-5203(2), Idaho Code, the state board of education
33 shall assign a number to each petition it receives. Petitions shall be num-
34 bered based on the chronological order in which notice of the approved peti-
35 tion is received by the state board of education.
36 (6) Each charter school shall annually submit a report to the local board
37 of trustees which approved its charter. In the case of a new charter school
38 whose charter was granted by the state board of education pursuant to section
39 33-5207, Idaho Code, the annual report shall be submitted to the state board
40 of education. The report shall contain the audit of the fiscal and
41 programmatic operations as required in section 33-5205(3)(j), Idaho Code, a
42 report on student progress based on the charter school's student educational
43 standards identified in section 33-5205(3)(b), Idaho Code, and a copy of the
2
1 charter school's accreditation report.
]]]] LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ]]]]
Fifty-seventh Legislature Second Regular Session - 2004
Moved by Werk
Seconded by Schroeder
IN THE SENATE
SENATE AMENDMENT TO S.B. NO. 1346
1 AMENDMENT TO SECTION 1
2 On page 1 of the printed bill, in line 20, delete "areas." and insert:
3 "area. For the purposes of this section, if services are available to students
4 throughout the state, the state of Idaho is considered a compact and contigu-
5 ous area.".
]]]] LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ]]]]
Fifty-seventh Legislature Second Regular Session - 2004
IN THE SENATE
SENATE BILL NO. 1346, As Amended
BY EDUCATION COMMITTEE
1 AN ACT
2 RELATING TO CHARTER SCHOOLS; AMENDING SECTION 33-5206, IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE
3 CRITERIA GOVERNING THE ATTENDANCE AREA OF A CHARTER SCHOOL.
4 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
5 SECTION 1. That Section 33-5206, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
6 amended to read as follows:
7 33-5206. REQUIREMENTS AND PROHIBITIONS UPON APPROVAL OF A CHARTER SCHOOL.
8 (1) In addition to any other requirements imposed in this chapter, a charter
9 school shall be nonsectarian in its programs, affiliations, admission poli-
10 cies, employment practices, and all other operations, shall not charge
11 tuition, levy taxes or issue bonds, and shall not discriminate against any
12 student on any basis prohibited by the federal or state constitutions or any
13 federal, state or local law. Admission to a charter school shall not be deter-
14 mined according to the place of residence of the student, or of the student's
15 parent or guardian within the district, except that a new or conversion
16 charter school established under the provisions of this chapter shall adopt
17 and maintain a policy giving admission preference to students who reside
18 within the attendance area of that school. The attendance area of a charter
19 school, as described in the petition, shall be composed of compact and contig-
20 uous area. For the purposes of this section, if services are available to stu-
21 dents throughout the state, the state of Idaho is considered a compact and
22 contiguous area.
23 (2) No board of trustees shall require any employee of the school dis-
24 trict to be involuntarily assigned to work in a charter school.
25 (3) Certified teachers in a charter school shall be considered public
26 school teachers. Educational experience shall accrue for service in a charter
27 school and such experience shall be counted by any school district to which
28 the teacher returns after employment in a charter school.
29 (4) No board of trustees shall require any student enrolled in the school
30 district to attend a charter school.
31 (5) Upon approval of the petition by the board of trustees, the peti-
32 tioner shall provide written notice of that approval, including a copy of the
33 petition, to the state board of education. For the purpose of implementing the
34 provisions of section 33-5203(2), Idaho Code, the state board of education
35 shall assign a number to each petition it receives. Petitions shall be num-
36 bered based on the chronological order in which notice of the approved peti-
37 tion is received by the state board of education.
38 (6) Each charter school shall annually submit a report to the local board
39 of trustees which approved its charter. In the case of a new charter school
40 whose charter was granted by the state board of education pursuant to section
41 33-5207, Idaho Code, the annual report shall be submitted to the state board
42 of education. The report shall contain the audit of the fiscal and
43 programmatic operations as required in section 33-5205(3)(j), Idaho Code, a
2
1 report on student progress based on the charter school's student educational
2 standards identified in section 33-5205(3)(b), Idaho Code, and a copy of the
3 charter school's accreditation report.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS 14067
An act relating to Charter Schools; Amending Section 33-5206,
Idaho Code, to provide criteria governing the attendance area of
a charter school.
FISCAL IMPACT
None
Contact
Name: Senator Gary Schroeder
Phone: 332-1324
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE S 1346