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CO HB1184

Bill

Status

Passed

4/8/2015

Primary Sponsor

Susan Lontine

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Origin

House of Representatives

2015 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Defines "charter school network" as a charter school that organizes additional schools under the same statutory authority and is responsible for governance, oversight, and compliance monitoring for each school in the network.

  • Allows charter school networks to hold multiple charter contracts through one or more authorizers, be governed by a single governing body, and use multiple contracts if operating multiple schools through the same authorizer.

  • Requires authorizers to separately accredit each school with a distinct school code and empowers them to take independent action on renewal, revocation, or other matters for each school without affecting others in the network.

  • Prohibits charter school networks from spending local revenues or bonded indebtedness allocated for one authorizer's school to support a school authorized by a different authorizer, with separate accounting and reporting requirements beginning July 1, 2015.

  • Mandates that each school within a charter school network be reported and held independently accountable for its performance on state assessments according to applicable performance frameworks.

Legislative Description

Charter School Networks Authority

Last Action

Governor Signed

4/8/2015

Committee Referrals

Education3/11/2015
Committee of the Whole2/25/2015
Education1/29/2015

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