SB1521 Summary

• Modifies charter school authorization procedures, including requirements for sponsors to establish performance frameworks measuring academic, operational, and financial expectations and to provide annual reports to the auditor general.

• Adds teacher salary transparency requirements for both charter schools and school districts, requiring average teacher salary information to be prominently displayed on budget documents and school websites.

• Establishes computer science professional development program fund to support training for prospective high school computer science teachers in school districts and charter schools.

• Reduces district additional assistance funding for school districts over fiscal years 2018-2023 (totaling approximately $643.7 million) and reduces charter additional assistance funding proportionally.

• Modifies school facilities board composition and procedures, adds oversight requirements for building renewal grant projects, and establishes sunset date of July 1, 2022 for the board pending debt retirement.