Kentucky House Bill 21 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)
Status: Introduced on January 5 2010 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2010-01-05 - to Education (H)
Pending: House Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [MS Word]

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 160 to describe the intent of the General Assembly and the purposes of authorizing public charter schools; define terms; outline the requirements and limitations on the establishment of charter schools; describe local board of education's roles and responsibilities; describe exemptions from law and required compliance areas for charter schools; describe the application, approval, and renewal processes; describe process and application process for existing schools to convert to charter schools; create new sections of KRS Chapter 156 to list the Kentucky Department of Education's and the Kentucky Board of Education's roles and responsibilities relating to charter school; require the Kentucky Board of Education to establish a Kentucky Charter School Advisory Committee for reviewing charter school applications; create a new section of KRS Chapter 157 to direct how state, local, and federal funds shall be used to support charter schools; amend KRS 156.074, 156.255, 156.265, and 156.480 to conform.

AN ACT relating to charter schools.

Rep. Stan Lee [R]

Rep. Brad Montell [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-01-05		to Education (H)
2010-01-05		introduced in House
2010-09-02		To: Interim Joint Committee on Education

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB21.htm
Text	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB21/bill.doc