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SENATE BILL NO. 1356

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S1356..........................................................by EDUCATION
CHARTER SCHOOLS - Adds to existing law to prohibit the creation of
additional exclusively virtual distance learning charter schools.
                                                                        
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  ]]]]              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ]]]]
 Fifty-seventh Legislature                 Second Regular Session - 2004
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                       IN THE SENATE
                                                                        
                                    SENATE BILL NO. 1356
                                                                        
                                   BY EDUCATION COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO CHARTER SCHOOLS; AMENDING CHAPTER 52, TITLE 33, IDAHO CODE, BY THE
  3        ADDITION OF A NEW SECTION 33-5202A, IDAHO CODE, TO  PROHIBIT  CREATION  OF
  4        ADDITIONAL  EXCLUSIVELY  VIRTUAL  DISTANCE  LEARNING  CHARTER SCHOOLS; AND
  5        DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
                                                                        
  6    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
  7        SECTION 1.  That Chapter 52, Title 33, Idaho Code, be,  and  the  same  is
  8    hereby  amended by the addition thereto of a NEW SECTION, to be known and des-
  9    ignated as Section 33-5202A, Idaho Code, and to read as follows:
                                                                        
 10        33-5202A.  EXCLUSIVELY  VIRTUAL  DISTANCE  LEARNING  CHARTER  SCHOOL.   No
 11    charter school shall be created after the effective date of this section which
 12    is  exclusively  a virtual distance learning school. Each charter school shall
 13    require a physical facility where the  students  are  in  attendance  for  the
 14    delivery  of  the  educational  program. A virtual school created prior to the
 15    effective date of this section shall be  authorized  to  continue  to  operate
 16    without reference to the provisions of this section.
                                                                        
 17        SECTION  2.  An  emergency  existing  therefor,  which emergency is hereby
 18    declared to exist, this act shall be in full force and effect on and after its
 19    passage and approval.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact

                       STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
                             RS 14127


An act relating to charter schools; amending Chapter 52, Title
33, Idaho Code, by the addition of a new Section 33-5202A, Idaho
Code, to prohibit creation of additional exclusively Virtual
Distance Learning Charter Schools; and declaring an emergency.


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Contact
Name: Senator Tom Gannon, 
Phone: 332-1342
Senator Gary Schroeder
Phone: 332-1324


STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE                       S 1356