HB3780 Summary

• Changes charter school funding requirements from a range of 75-125% to 97-103% of the school district's per capita student tuition multiplied by the number of enrolled students from that district.

• Requires charter schools to determine student residency by district, report enrollment numbers to districts, and maintain attendance records sufficient for state funding claims.

• Funding and service agreements must be negotiated between charter schools and local school boards, with payments made in equal quarterly installments beginning by July 1 unless an alternative schedule is established.

• Charter schools must refund prorated portions of public funding when students are dismissed, and districts must provide prorated funding when students transfer to charter schools between quarterly payments.

• Charter schools may set and collect reasonable fees that are retained by the school, separate from state and federal categorical aid for special education and other eligible students.