HB 113 Summary

• Allows educational services providers to charge fees to charter schools for providing administrative support and educational design, implementation, or management services.

• Permits charter schools to contract with educational service providers (both for-profit and nonprofit) while maintaining charter school board oversight and responsibility for academic, fiscal, and organizational outcomes.

• Establishes specific requirements for virtual school approval, including learning management systems, online teacher availability, student interaction provisions, and equal access plans for hardware and internet connectivity.

• Clarifies that virtual schools can be deemed financially sufficient if an education service provider assumes the school's financial risk when residual funds are insufficient.

• Declares an emergency effective date for the bill.