H.B. 205 Summary

• Permits community schools established on or after the effective date to function as hybrid schools providing both technology-based and classroom-based instruction, with the hybrid nature and academic accountability plan described in the school's contract.

• Allows existing community schools to restructure as hybrid schools with approval from their sponsor, requiring contract amendments by July 1st before the restructuring school year.

• Requires each hybrid school student to attend a designated physical site for traditional classroom-based instruction for a percentage of required instructional time determined by the student's education team, and complete technology-based assignments from home for remaining time.

• Mandates the designated site be located in a challenged school district or adjacent district, with the challenged district considered the school's location for all purposes including admission policies.

• School districts must provide transportation for native students to the hybrid school's physical site on required attendance days, and the state deducts only partial amounts from districts based on hours of weekly on-site attendance rather than full-time community school deductions.