HB 2118 Summary

• Reduces state board for charter schools membership from six to five public members and adds a new position for an operator of an alternative charter school serving at-risk students, appointed by the governor.

• Defines "alternative education program or alternative school" to include schools whose sole mission is serving specific populations of at-risk students, and permits delivery of instructional time on any day of the week.

• Allows alternative education programs and schools to enroll students without a withdrawal form from previous school if withdrawal is verified in the student accountability information system, and permits continued enrollment if students are incorrectly coded as graduates.

• Enables instructional time models to include mastery-based learning, project-based learning, independent learning, and up to 40 percent remote instruction beginning school year 2022-2023 without funding impact; excess remote instruction results in 95 percent base support level funding.

• Permits schools to reallocate minimum instructional hours between courses on a per-student basis and stagger learning schedules including weekend and evening options.