MN SF836

Authorizers may terminate charter school contracts at the end of the current school year if the school was in the bottom 25th percentile of all schools receiving the state's multiple measurements rating for each of the previous three consecutive school years, unless the school was in the top 75th percentile for the focus rating in any of those years.

Authorizers must notify charter school boards of directors by December 1 if they intend to terminate under these performance-based conditions.

If an authorizer chooses not to terminate a chronically underperforming charter school, the authorizer must submit a written justification to the commissioner by December 1, which the commissioner may consider when evaluating the authorizer's own performance.

The performance-based termination provisions do not apply to charter schools that limit admission to graduation incentives program participants, have 70 percent or more students eligible for graduation incentives programs, or have 50 percent or more students with disabilities.

The provisions are effective July 1, 2013, and apply to school performance ratings from the 2010-2011 school year forward.