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HOUSE BILL NO. 502<br /> – Charter school facility, relocatn

HOUSE BILL NO. 502

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H0502..........................................................by EDUCATION
PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS - Amends existing law relating to public charter
schools to provide for relocation of public charter school facilities to
another school district if the approved primary attendance area of the
public charter school is located within more than one school district.

02/08    House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/11    Rpt prt - to Educ
02/15    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
02/18    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
02/20    3rd rdg - PASSED - 66-0-4
      AYES -- Anderson, Andrus, Barrett, Bayer, Bell, Bilbao, Black, Block,
      Bock, Boe, Bolz, Bowers, Bradford, Chadderdon, Chavez, Chew, Clark,
      Collins, Crane, Durst, Eskridge, Hagedorn, Hart, Harwood,
      Henbest(Burgoyne), Henderson, Jaquet, Killen, King, Kren, Labrador,
      Lake, LeFavour, Loertscher, Luker, Marriott, Mathews, McGeachin,
      Mortimer, Moyle, Nielsen, Nonini, Pasley-Stuart, Pence, Raybould,
      Ringo, Ruchti, Rusche, Sayler, Schaefer, Shepherd(02), Shepherd(08),
      Shirley, Shively, Smith(24), Smith(30)(Stanek), Snodgrass, Stevenson,
      Thayn, Thomas, Trail, Vander Woude, Wills, Wood(27), Wood(35), Mr.
      Speaker
      NAYS -- None
      Absent and excused -- Bedke, Brackett, Patrick, Roberts
    Floor Sponsor - Bolz
    Title apvd - to Senate
02/21    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to Educ
03/07    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/10    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/13    3rd rdg - PASSED - 35-0-0
      AYES -- Andreason, Bair, Bastian, Bilyeu, Broadsword, Burkett,
      Cameron, Coiner, Corder, Darrington, Davis, Fulcher, Gannon, Geddes,
      Goedde, Hammond, Heinrich, Hill, Jorgenson, Kelly, Keough, Langhorst,
      Little, Lodge, Malepeai(Sagness), McGee, McKague, McKenzie, Pearce,
      Richardson, Schroeder, Siddoway, Stegner, Stennett, Werk
      NAYS -- None
      Absent and excused -- None
    Floor Sponsor - Pearce
    Title apvd - to House
03/13    To enrol
03/14    Rpt enrol - Sp signed
03/17    Pres signed - To Governor
03/17    Governor signed
         Session Law Chapter 171
         Effective: 07/01/08

Bill Text




                                                                       
  ]]]]              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ]]]]
 Fifty-ninth Legislature                   Second Regular Session - 2008

                                                                       

                              IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                                     HOUSE BILL NO. 502

                                   BY EDUCATION COMMITTEE

  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS; AMENDING SECTION 33-5205A, IDAHO CODE,  TO
  3        PROVIDE  FOR  RELOCATION  OF  PUBLIC  CHARTER SCHOOL FACILITIES TO ANOTHER
  4        SCHOOL DISTRICT IF THE APPROVED PRIMARY  ATTENDANCE  AREA  OF  THE  PUBLIC
  5        CHARTER SCHOOL IS LOCATED WITHIN MORE THAN ONE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND TO MAKE
  6        TECHNICAL CHANGES.

  7    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:

  8        SECTION  1.  That Section 33-5205A, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
  9    amended to read as follows:

 10        33-5205A.  TRANSFER OF CHARTER. (1)  A charter for a public charter school
 11    approved by the board of trustees of a local school  district  may  be  trans-
 12    ferred  to,  and  placed under the chartering authority of, the public charter
 13    school commission if the board of trustees of such local school district,  the
 14    public  charter  school  commission,  and the board of directors of the public
 15    charter school all agree to such  transfer,  including  any  revision  to  the
 16    charter that may be required in connection with such transfer. A charter for a
 17    public  charter school approved by the public charter school commission may be
 18    transferred to, and placed under the chartering authority  of,  the  board  of
 19    trustees  of  the  local school district in which the public charter school is
 20    located if the public charter school commission, the board of trustees of such
 21    local school district, and the board of directors of the public charter school
 22    all agree to such transfer, including any revisions to the charter that may be
 23    required in connection with such transfer. A request to transfer a charter may
 24    be initiated by the board of directors of a public charter school  or  by  the
 25    authorized  chartering  entity  with  chartering authority over the charter of
 26    such public charter school.
 27        (2)  A public charter school, approved by the public charter  school  com-
 28    mission,  which has a primary attendance area located within more than one (1)
 29    school district, may transfer the physical  location  of  its  public  charter
 30    school  within its primary attendance area to locate the facilities within the
 31    boundaries of another school district within the approved  primary  attendance
 32    area if the public charter school commission, the board of trustees of each of
 33    the relevant school districts and the board of directors of the public charter
 34    school  all approve of such transfer of facilities location, and if the public
 35    charter school commission approves any revisions to the charter  that  may  be
 36    required in connection with such transfer.
 37        (3)  If  all  parties  fail to reach agreement in regard to the request to
 38    transfer a charter, as required  herein,  then  the  matter  may  be  appealed
 39    directly  to  the  state  board of education. With respect to such appeal, the
 40    state board of education shall substantially follow the procedure as  provided
 41    in  section  33-5207(5)(b), Idaho Code. A transferred charter school shall not
 42    be considered a new public charter school, and shall not  be  subject  to  the
 43    limitations of section 33-5203(2), Idaho Code.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact



                       STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

                            RS 17824

*The purpose of this legislation is to allow for Charter Schools
chartered by the Public Charter School Commission which has a
primary attendance zone within more than one school district to
be able to relocate to another school district within the primary
attendance zone as established in the charter.


                          FISCAL IMPACT

*There is no fiscal impact to the General Fund.





Contact
Name: Rep. Darrell Bolz 
Phone: 332-1000


STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE                         H 502