B.__To enforce the limits set out in paragraph A, the commissioner shall:

(1)__Register the charters granted by all chartering authorities in chronological order by date of approval.__ Each chartering authority shall forward to the commissioner a copy of its official approval letter for each charter school it authorizes within 10 days of such approval; and

(2)__Once the cap of 20 charters is reached, the commissioner may not accept further registrations and no further charter schools may be chartered until June 30, 2016.

This subsection is repealed June 30, 2016.

§2414.__Charter school students; eligibility; application

1.__Eligibility.__Any student residing in this State is eligible to apply to a charter school.__A charter school may not discriminate on the basis of color, race, national origin, religion, sex, income level, proficiency in the English language or physical ability.__The school shall enroll an applicant who submits an application prior to deadline, unless the number of applications exceeds the capacity of a program, class, grade level or building. In that case, applicants must be chosen through a lottery that ensures random selection.

2.__Application.__Each charter school shall adopt an application process in accordance with this subsection.

A.__The application process may not include requirements regarding previous academic achievement, intellectual aptitude, sexual orientation or curricular or extracurricular ability.__Existing public schools that convert to charter schools may give preference to previously enrolled students.

B.__Applicant selection may give preference to siblings of students already enrolled in the charter school and to children of the organizers, staff and teachers of the newly formed charter school, except that the number of students