HB 2780 Summary

• Amends charter school financing provisions to require charter schools to post proposed budgets on their websites or through the Department of Education at least 10 days before public hearings, and to file adopted budgets similarly.

• Expands the state auditor general's school-wide audit team duties to include monitoring charter schools alongside school districts to determine the percentage of education dollars spent in classrooms.

• Specifies that charter school audits shall include two charter holders operating multiple school sites and three charter holders operating single school sites selected through random review.

• Appropriates $500,000 from the state general fund for fiscal year 2010-2011 to the state board for charter schools for administrative oversight personnel costs.

• Makes technical corrections to statutory language in sections governing charter school financing and auditor general powers.