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The Key Learning Community
Indianapolis, Indiana
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The Capitol School
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
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Enota Multiple Intelligence Academy
Gainesville, Georgia
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Sunday, May 17, 2009
Laws Charter Schools Must Follow
What rules are waived [when approved as a charter school]:
All school-related state and local rules, regulations, policies, and procedures of the local board, the SBOE, and the Department of Education (except the Charter Schools Act and the SBOE Charter Schools Rule and Guidance)
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What Is NOT Waived?
Charter Schools Act of 1998, O.C.G.A. §20-2-2061 et seq.
State Board of Education Charter Schools Rule160-4-9-.04
School Accountability Provisions O.C.G.A. §20-14-30 through O.C.G.A. §20-14-41
Shall Not Charge TuitionO.C.G.A. §20-2-133
Unlawful Conduct in or near a Public SchoolO.C.G.A. §20-2-1180 through O.C.G.A. §20-2-1182
Reporting Requirements –Student Data CollectionO.C.G.A. §20-2-320
Brief Period of Quiet ReflectionO.C.G.A. §20-2-1050, §20-2-1051
Open and Public MeetingsO.C.G.A. §20-2-85
Inspection of Public RecordsO.C.G.A. §50-18-70
Fingerprinting and Criminal Record Check of All Personnel Employed by the Charter SchoolO.C.G.A. §20-2-211
All federal, state, and local rules, regulations, court orders, and statutes relating to:
Civil rights
Insurance
Protection of the physical health and safety of school students, employees, and visitors
Conflicting interest transactions
Prevention of unlawful conduct
From Title 20, the Georgia legislation that pertains to charter schools:
20-2-2065. Waiver of provisions of this title; requirements for operating; control and management
(a) Except as provided in this article or in a charter, a charter school, or for charter systems, each school within the system, shall not be subject to the provisions of this title or any state or local rule, regulation, policy, or procedure relating to schools within an
applicable school system regardless of whether such rule, regulation, policy, or procedure is established by the local board, the state board, or the Department of Education; provided, however, that the state board may establish rules, regulations, policies, or procedures consistent with this article relating to charter schools. A waiver granted pursuant to this Code section for a charter system shall apply to each system charter
school within the system. In exchange for such a waiver, the charter school agrees to meet or exceed the performance based goals included in the charter and approved by the local board or, for the charter system, the system agrees to meet or exceed the systemwide performance based goals included in the charter and approved by the state board, including but not limited to raising student achievement. For a charter system, the charter shall delineate the performance based goals that the system and each school will be expected to meet as well as the criteria by which a system charter may be revoked in addition to those contained in Code Section 20-2-2068.
(b) In determining whether to approve a charter petition or renew an existing charter, the local board and state board shall ensure that a charter school, or for charter systems, each school within the system, shall be:
(1) A public, nonsectarian, nonreligious, nonprofit school that is not home based, provided that a charter school's nonprofit status shall not prevent the school from
contracting for the services of a for profit entity and that nothing in this Code section shall preclude the use of computer and Internet based instruction for students in a virtual
or remote setting;
(2) Subject to the control and management of the local board of the local school system in which the charter school is located, as provided in the charter and in a manner consistent with the Constitution, if a local charter school;
(3) Subject to the supervision of the state board, as provided in the charter and in a manner consistent with the Constitution, if a state chartered special school;
(4) Organized and operated as a nonprofit corporation under the laws of this state; provided, however, that this paragraph shall not apply to any charter petitioner
And finally,
The entire 22-page Charter School Act of 1998 (Georgia)
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