Bill > SB2189

Introduced Session

An Act Entitled The "mississippi Public Charter Schools Act Of 2013"; To Declare The Legislative Purpose Of The Public Charter Schools Act; To Prohibit Conversion Of Private Or Parochial Schools To Public Charter Schools; To Provide Definitions; To Provide Open Enrollment And Lottery Requirements For Public Charter Schools; To Provide Preferences For Student Enrollment In The Case Of A Conversion Charter School And For Schools Serving Special Populations; To Require All Schools In The State To Accept Transfer Credits From Public Charter Schools; To Define The Eligible Authorizer For Public Charter Schools; To Establish The Mississippi Public Charter School Authorizing Board And Prescribe Its Membership; To Provide For An Executive Director Of The Mississippi Public Charter School Authorizing Board; To Prescribe Authorizer Powers And Duties; To Provide Standards For Authorizing Public Charter Schools Which Shall Be Policies Equal To Nationally Established Best Practices; To Provide For Authorizer Funding And Conflict Of Interest; To Prescribe The Application Process For All Types Of Charter Schools And A Decision-making Process; To Establish An Initial Charter Term; To Provide Guidelines For Executing Charter Contracts; To Provide Achievement And Operational Standards For Charter School Oversight And Corrective Actions; To Provide For Renewals And Revocations Of Charter School Contracts; To Provide Procedures For Charter School Closure And Dissolution; To Prescribe The Legal Status Of Charter Schools; To Empower Charter Schools With Financial Authority To Implement Its Contract And To Prohibit Discrimination And The Charging Of Tuition; To Prescribe The Qualifications Of Employees Of Charter Schools And Require Criminal Background Checks For Such Employees; To Provide That Charter Schools Shall Certify Average Daily Attendance And Qualify For State Adequate Education Program Allocations On A Per-pupil Basis; To Authorize Equal Transportation Funding Under The Adequate Education Program For Public Charter Schools; To Authorize Local Funding For Public Charter Schools; To Authorize Charter Schools To Accept Gifts, Donations And Grants; To Authorize Charter Schools The Right Of First Refusal To Vacant School Facilities And Property And The Use Of Donated Space Under Preexisting Zoning Regulations; To Amend Section 37-151-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform The Adequate Education Funding Formula To The Allocation Of Funds To Public Charter Schools; To Amend Section 37-57-107, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide For The Transfer Of Local Ad Valorem School District Maintenance Funds By The Local School District To The Public Charter School On A Per-pupil Basis; To Amend Section 37-9-103, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That The Education Employment Procedures Law Shall Not Apply To Teachers Or Administrators At Public Charter Schools; To Amend Section 37-13-63, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Clarify That Public Charter Schools Shall Comply With The Minimum Length Of School Term Applicable To Public Schools; To Amend Section 37-13-91, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Clarify That Students Attending Public Charter Schools Shall Comply With The Provisions Of The Mississippi Compulsory School Attendance Law; To Amend Section 37-15-29, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide For The Automatic Transfer Of Students Attending Public Charter Schools From The Schools Of The Student's Home District; To Amend Section 25-11-103, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Include Public Charter Schools In The Definition Of Political Subdivision For Purposes Of The Public Employees' Retirement System; To Repeal Sections 37-165-1 Through 37-165-27, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Are The "conversion Charter School Act Of 2010," And Section 37-167-1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Is The New Start School Program; And For Related Purposes.

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Gray Tollison (R)*, 

Died On Calendar (on 03/13/2013)