Bill Text: IN SB0423 | 2013 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Charter school approval process.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-02-21 - Committee report: amend do pass, adopted [SB0423 Detail]

Download: Indiana-2013-SB0423-Amended.html

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February 22, 2013

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SENATE BILL No. 423

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DIGEST OF SB 423 (Updated February 20, 2013 6:14 pm - DI 71)

Citations Affected: IC 20-24.

Synopsis: Charter school approval process. Provides that before a sponsor may issue a charter for a new charter school that is located in a school corporation in which at least 50% of the public school students attend charter schools, the sponsor must request approval from the governing body of the school corporation to issue the charter. Requires the governing body to consider the benefits to students of allowing the proposed charter school and the impact of the charter school on the school corporation before approving or denying the request. Provides that if the request is denied, the sponsor may not issue a charter for the proposed charter school.

Effective: July 1, 2013.

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Rogers , Kruse

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    January 10, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on Education and Career Development.
    February 21, 2013, amended, reported favorably _ Do Pass.

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February 22, 2013

First Regular Session 118th General Assembly (2013)

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SENATE BILL No. 423

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    A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning education.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:

SOURCE: IC 20-24-3-5.7; (13)SB0423.1.1. -->     SECTION 1. IC 20-24-3-5.7 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2013]: Sec. 5.7. (a) This section applies to a school corporation in which at least fifty percent (50%) of the public school students residing in the school corporation attend charter schools. The percentage does not include students who attend a conversion charter school that was previously operated by the school corporation.
    (b) Before issuing a charter for a new charter school that is located within the boundaries of the school corporation, the sponsor must request the approval of the governing body of the school corporation to issue the charter. After considering the benefits to the students of the school corporation of allowing the proposed charter school to open and the impact of the proposed charter school on the school corporation, the governing body shall approve or deny the sponsor's request. If the request is denied, the sponsor may not issue a charter for the proposed charter school.

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