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charter school application must be made within 90 days of | | receipt of the application and conveyed in writing to the | | applicant.__A decision may grant approval or conditional | | approval, request resubmission or reject the application and | | must include written reasons for the decisions; |
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| | | B.__Monitoring the operations of each charter school to | | which the chartering authority has granted a charter, | | including an annual site visit and requiring an annual | | report, periodic financial reports and periodic enrollment | | reports, and including a major review prior to renewal of | | each 5-year contract; |
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| | | C.__Ensuring that each charter school to which the | | chartering authority has granted a charter complies with | | applicable laws and the charter, including provisions of the | | system of learning results established in section 6209 and | | the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, 20 United | | States Code, Chapter 70, and that the charter school follows | | generally accepted accounting principles as required by | | state law or as necessary for the school to be eligible to | | receive federal assistance; |
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| | | D.__Monitoring the progress of each charter school to which | | the chartering authority has granted a charter in meeting | | student academic expectations specified in the charter; and |
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| | | E.__Placing a charter school on probation if there is | | evidence that the school is not performing according to its | | charter.__A school must be given 30 days' notice before | | being placed on probation, and the chartering authority | | shall hold a public hearing within 30 days of placing a | | school on probation. |
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| | | The chartering authority may require a charter school to which | | the chartering authority has granted a charter to produce any | | book, record, paper or document the chartering authority | | determines necessary for carrying out its functions under this | | chapter. |
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| | | 5.__Pilot program; repeal.__The charter school program begins | | with a 10-year pilot phase. |
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| | | A.__During the pilot phase the following limits apply: |
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| | | (1)__No more than 20 charter schools statewide may be | | approved during the pilot phase; and |
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| | | (2)__A charter school may not enroll more than 20% of a school | | administrative unit's public school students per |
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