§ 17-1729.1-A. Multiple charter school organizations
Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 24 P.S. EducationEffective: November 6, 2017
Effective: November 6, 2017
24 P.S. § 17-1729.1-A
§ 17-1729.1-A. Multiple charter school organizations
(1) Subject to the requirements of this section and 15 Pa.C.S. Pt. II Subpt. C (relating to nonprofit corporations),1 two (2) or more charter schools may consolidate into a multiple charter school organization if both of the following apply:
(i) The department approves the consolidation as proposed in the application form submitted to the department pursuant to subsection (c). If the department does not approve or disapprove the proposed consolidation within forty-five (45) days after receipt of the application, the department will be deemed to have approved the consolidation.
(ii) Each school district that granted the initial charter of any charter school included in the proposed consolidation approves, by a majority vote of the local board of school directors, a resolution approving the consolidation as proposed in the application submitted to the local board of school directors pursuant to subsection (c). If a local board of school directors does not adopt a resolution under this clause approving or rejecting the proposed consolidation within forty-five (45) days after receipt of the application, the school district will be deemed to have approved the consolidation.
(3) Nothing under this section shall be construed to affect or change the terms or conditions of any individual charter previously granted that is consolidated under this section, including, but not limited to, any obligation of a school district to provide transportation for students enrolled in an individual charter school within a multiple charter school organization.
(c) Within ninety (90) days of the effective date of this section, the department shall develop and issue a standard application form that multiple charter school organization applicants must submit to the department and to the local board of school directors of each school district that granted the initial charter of any charter school included in the proposed consolidation. The application form shall contain the following information:
(4) An organizational chart clearly presenting the proposed governance structure of the multiple charter school organization, including lines of authority and reporting between the board of trustees, chief administrator, administrators, staff and any educational management service provider that will play a role in providing management services to the charter schools under its jurisdiction.
(1) Participate in the assessment system in the same manner in which a school district participates, with its individual charter schools participating in the assessment system in the same manner as individual schools within school districts. All data gathered for purposes of evaluation shall be gathered in the same manner in which data is gathered in the case of school districts and individual schools within school districts. Nothing in this paragraph shall alter the manner in which charter school performance on assessments is measured as required under the Every Student Succeeds Act (Public Law 114-95, 129 Stat. 1802), or its successor Federal statute.2
(e) A multiple charter school organization shall be regarded as the holder of the charter of each individual charter school under its oversight and each previously or subsequently awarded charter shall be subject to nonrenewal or revocation by the local board of school directors that granted the initial charter in accordance with this act. The nonrenewal or revocation of the charter of an individual charter school under the oversight of a multiple charter school organization shall not affect the status of a charter awarded for any other individual charter school under the oversight of the multiple charter school organization.
(i) Review the decision made by either the department or the school district on the record as certified by the entity that made the decision being appealed, provided that the appeal board may allow the department, a school district or the applicant for consolidation to supplement the record if the supplemental information was previously unavailable.
(4) All decisions of the appeal board shall be subject to appellate review by the Commonwealth Court. In the event of an appeal of a decision by the appeal board to the Commonwealth Court, the decision of the appeal board shall be stayed only upon order of the appeal board, the Commonwealth Court or the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.
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1949, March 10, P.L. 30, No. 14, art. XVII-A, § 1729.1-A, added 2017, Nov. 6, P.L. 1142, No. 55, § 10, imd. effective.
24 P.S. § 17-1729.1-A, PA ST 24 P.S. § 17-1729.1-A
Current through Act 10 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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