Bill Text: DE HB28 | 2015-2016 | 148th General Assembly | Draft
Bill Title: An Act To Amend Title 14 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Charter Schools.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-01-22 - Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in House [HB28 Detail]
Download: Delaware-2015-HB28-Draft.html
SPONSOR: |
Rep. K. Williams & Sen. Blevins |
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Reps. Baumbach, Bennett, Bolden, Brady, J. Johnson, Keeley, Kowalko, Matthews, Osienski, Potter; Sen. Townsend |
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 148th GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
HOUSE BILL NO. 28 |
AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CHARTER SCHOOLS. |
Section 1.Amend §509(j), Title 14 of the Delaware Codeby making deletions as shown by strike through and insertions shown by underline as follows:
(j) If
after September 30, a pupil ceases to be enrolled in a charter school and is
thereafter enrolled in a reorganized school district for the balance of the
fiscal year, nothing contained in this section shall prevent a charter
school which has received any funding for the student and shall pay
to the school district in which the student is subsequently enrolled from
entering into an agreement providing for the proration of student funding
between or among the charter school and the school district in which the
student is subsequently enrolled. Funding in any subsequent fiscal year shall
be as otherwise provided in this Code.
Section 2. This Act shall become effective beginning with the fiscal year after its enactment.
SYNOPSIS
Absent an agreement with the school district, charter schools are currently able to retain any funding received for the fiscal year for a student who transfers mid-year from the charter school to a school district.This bill mandates that, if a student transfers from a charter school to a school district after September 30th, such funds will be prorated between the charter school and the school district where the student is then enrolled. |