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HI Rev Stat § 302D-5 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 18. Education|302D. Public Charter Schools|302D-5 Authorizer powers, duties, and liabilities.

  §302D-5 Authorizer powers, duties, and liabilities. (a) Authorizers are responsible for executing the following essential powers and duties:  (1) Soliciting and evaluating charter applications;  (2) Approving quality charter applications that meet identified educational needs and promote a diversity of educational choices;  (3) Declining to approve weak or inadequate charter applications;  (4) Negotiating and executing sound charter contracts with each approved charter applicant and with existing public charter schools;  (5) Monitoring, in accordance with charter contract terms, the performance and legal compliance of public charter schools; and  (6) Determining whether each charter contract merits renewal, nonrenewal, or revocation.  (b) An authorizer shall:  (1) Act as a point of contact between the department and a public charter school it authorizes;  (2) Be responsible for and ensure the compliance of a public charter school it authorizes with all applicable state and federal laws, including reporting requirements;  (3) Be responsible for the receipt of applicable federal funds from the department and the distribution of funds to the public charter school it authorizes; and  (4) Be responsible for the receipt of per-pupil funding from the department of budget and finance and distribution of the funding to the public charter school it authorizes.  (c) An authorizer shall have the power to make and execute contracts and all other instruments necessary or convenient for the exercise of its duties and functions under this chapter.  (d) An authorizer may delegate its duties to officers, employees, and contractors.  (e) Regulation by authorizers shall be limited to the powers and duties set forth in this section, and shall be consistent with the spirit and intent of this chapter.  (f) An authorizer, members of the board of an authorizer acting in their official capacity, and employees or agents of an authorizer are immune from civil and criminal liability with respect to all activities related to a public charter school authorized by that authorizer, except for any acts or omissions constituting wilful misconduct. Members of the commission shall be afforded the same protection afforded the members of the board pursuant to section 26-35.5.  (g) An authorizer shall not provide technical support to a prospective charter school applicant, an applicant governing board, or a charter school it authorizes in cases in which the technical support will directly and substantially impact any authorizer decision related to the approval or denial of the charter application or the renewal, revocation, or nonrenewal of the charter contract. This subsection shall not apply to technical support that an authorizer is required to provide to a charter school pursuant to federal law. [L 2012, c 130, pt of §2; am L 2013, c 159, §5; am L 2014, c 99, §5; am L 2015, c 114, §3; am L 2016, c 113, §1]
HI Rev Stat § 302D-6 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 18. Education|302D. Public Charter Schools|302D-6 Principles and standards for charter authorizing.

 §302D-6 Principles and standards for charter authorizing. All authorizers shall be required to follow nationally recognized principles and standards for quality charter authorizing in all major areas of authorizing responsibility, including:  (1) Organizational capacity and infrastructure;  (2) Soliciting and evaluating charter applications;  (3) Performance contracting;  (4) Ongoing public charter school oversight and evaluation; and  (5) Charter and charter contract renewal decision-making.  Authorizers shall carry out all their duties under this chapter in a manner consistent with nationally recognized principles and standards and with the spirit and intent of this chapter. Evidence of material or persistent failure to do so shall constitute grounds for losing charter authorizing powers. [L 2012, c 130, pt of §2; am L 2013, c 159, §6]
HI Rev Stat § 302D-7 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 18. Education|302D. Public Charter Schools|302D-7 Authorizer reporting.

  §302D-7 Authorizer reporting. Every authorizer shall be required to submit to the board and the legislature an annual report summarizing:  (1) The authorizer's strategic vision for chartering and progress toward achieving that vision;  (2) The academic performance of all operating public charter schools overseen by the authorizer, according to the performance expectations for public charter schools set forth in this chapter, including a comparison of the performance of public charter school students with public school students statewide;  (3) The financial performance of all operating public charter schools overseen by the authorizer, according to the performance expectations for public charter schools set forth in this chapter;  (4) The status of the authorizer's public charter school portfolio, identifying all public charter schools and applicants in each of the following categories: approved (but not yet open), approved (but withdrawn), not approved, operating, renewed, transferred, revoked, not renewed, or voluntarily closed;  (5) The authorizing functions provided by the authorizer to the public charter schools under its purview, including the authorizer's operating costs and expenses detailed in annual audited financial statements that conform with generally accepted accounting principles;  (6) The services purchased from the authorizer by the public charter schools under its purview;  (7) A line-item breakdown of the federal funds received by the department and distributed by the authorizer to public charter schools under its control; and  (8) Any concerns regarding equity and recommendations to improve access to and distribution of federal funds to public charter schools. [L 2012, c 130, pt of §2; am L 2014, c 99, §6]
HI Rev Stat § 302D-8 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 18. Education|302D. Public Charter Schools|302D-8 Conflict of interests.

  §302D-8 Conflict of interests. (a) A member of the state public charter school commission shall not be eligible to serve on the commission if the member was affiliated with any public charter school within one year preceding appointment to the commission.  As used in this subsection, "affiliated" means attached or connected as a current or previous employee, governing board member, vendor, contractor, agent, or representative.  (b) An employee, trustee, agent, or representative of an authorizer shall not simultaneously serve as an employee, trustee, agent, representative, vendor, or contractor of a public charter school authorized by that authorizer. Authorizer members shall disclose to the authorizer a list of all charter schools in which the member has previously been an employee, governing board member, vendor, contractor, agent, or representative. [L 2012, c 130, pt of §2; am L 2014, c 99, §7; am L 2019, c 269, §1]
HI Rev Stat § 302D-9 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 18. Education|302D. Public Charter Schools|302D-9 Exclusivity of authorizing functions and rights.

 §302D-9 Exclusivity of authorizing functions and rights. No governmental or other entity, other than those expressly granted chartering authority as set forth in this chapter, may assume any charter authorizing function or duty in any form, unless expressly allowed by law. [L 2012, c 130, pt of §2]
HI Rev Stat § 302D-10 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 18. Education|302D. Public Charter Schools|302D-10 Services purchased from authorizer; itemized accounting.

 §302D-10 Services purchased from authorizer; itemized accounting. (a) No public charter school shall be required to purchase services from its authorizer as a condition of charter approval or renewal or of executing a charter contract, nor may any such condition be implied.  (b) A public charter school may, at its discretion, choose to purchase services from its authorizer. In such event, the public charter school and authorizer shall execute an annual service contract, separate from the charter contract, stating the parties' mutual agreement concerning any services to be provided by the authorizer and any service fees to be charged to the public charter school. An authorizer may not charge more than market rates for services provided to a public charter school. [L 2012, c 130, pt of §2]
HI Rev Stat § 302D-11 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 18. Education|302D. Public Charter Schools|302D-11 Oversight of public charter school authorizers.

 §302D-11 Oversight of public charter school authorizers. (a) The board shall be responsible for overseeing the performance and effectiveness of all authorizers established under this chapter.  (b) In accordance with section 302D-7, every authorizer shall submit to the board and the legislature an annual report. The board shall communicate to every authorizer the requirements for the format, content, and submission of the annual report.  (c) Persistently unsatisfactory performance of an authorizer's portfolio of public charter schools, a pattern of well-founded complaints about the authorizer or its public charter schools, or other objective circumstances may trigger a special review by the board. In reviewing or evaluating the performance of authorizers the board shall apply nationally recognized principles and standards for quality charter authorizing. If at any time the board finds that an authorizer is not in compliance with an existing charter contract, its authorizing contract with the board, or the requirements of all authorizers under this chapter, the board shall notify the authorizer in writing of the identified problems, and the authorizer shall have reasonable opportunity to respond to and remedy the problems.  (d) If an authorizer persists, after due notice from the board, in violating a material provision of a charter contract or its authorizing contract with the board, or fails to remedy other identified authorizing problems, the board shall notify the authorizer, within a reasonable amount of time under the circumstances, that it intends to revoke the authorizer's chartering authority unless the authorizer demonstrates a timely and satisfactory remedy for the violation or deficiencies.  (e) In the event of revocation of any authorizer's chartering authority, the board shall manage the timely and orderly transfer of each charter contract held by that authorizer to another authorizer in the State, with the mutual agreement of each affected public charter school and proposed new authorizer. The new authorizer shall enter into a new charter contract with the charter school for the remainder of the charter term. [L 2012, c 130 pt of §2]
HI Rev Stat § 302D-14 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 18. Education|302D. Public Charter Schools|302D-14 REPEALED.

  §302D-14 REPEALED. L 2015, c 114, §12.
HI Rev Stat § 302D-14.5 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 18. Education|302D. Public Charter Schools|302D-14.5 Approved charter applications; start-up period; pre-opening charter schools.

 §302D-14.5 Approved charter applications; start-up period; pre-opening charter schools. (a) The authorizer may require an applicant governing board whose charter application is approved by the authorizer pursuant to section 302D-13 to satisfactorily meet pre-contracting criteria set by the authorizer before being allowed to enter into a charter contract.  (b) An approved applicant governing board that fails to satisfactorily meet the pre-contracting criteria and enter into a charter contract with its authorizer within the period initially established or subsequently extended by the authorizer shall be considered to have withdrawn its application.  (c) An applicant governing board shall not be considered an entity of the State, but shall have the authority to execute the initial charter contract; provided that the term of duration of the initial charter contract shall not exceed five years, not including the pre-opening period. Upon the execution of the initial charter contract, the applicant governing board shall become the governing board of the newly established pre-opening charter school. A pre-opening charter school that is a conversion charter school shall be a separate entity of the State from the department school from which it is converting during the start-up period.  (d) The authorizer shall establish pre-opening criteria in order to ensure that a pre-opening charter school is prepared to successfully open and operate as a charter school. Until such time as the pre-opening school satisfactorily meets such pre-opening criteria and commences operations in its first full academic year, the pre-opening charter school:  (1) Shall not be entitled to receive funding under section 302D-26, 302D-28, 302D-29, or 302D-29.5;  (2) Shall employ no employees but may engage independent contractors;  (3) Shall not be subject to the performance framework under section 302D-16; and  (4) May be granted temporary exemptions from provisions of the charter contract by the authorizer.  (e) The charter contract of a pre-opening charter school that fails to satisfactorily meet its pre-opening criteria within the start-up period initially established or subsequently extended by the authorizer shall be void. The pre-opening charter school shall thereupon be considered an approved charter applicant that has withdrawn its application.  (f) An approved applicant governing board that withdraws its application shall not be allowed to execute a charter contract unless it reapplies and has its charter application approved by an authorizer in accordance with this chapter. [L 2014, c 99, pt of §1; am L 2015, c 114, §6]
HI Rev Stat § 302D-15 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 18. Education|302D. Public Charter Schools|302D-15 Appeals; charter applications, renewals, or revocations.

 §302D-15 Appeals; charter applications, renewals, or revocations. (a) The board shall have the power to decide appeals of decisions by an authorizer to deny the approval of a charter application, deny renewal of a charter contract, or revoke a charter school's charter contract. An appeal shall be filed with the board within twenty-one calendar days of the receipt of the notification of denial or revocation. Only a party whose charter application has been denied, whose charter contract renewal has been denied, or whose charter contract has been revoked may initiate an appeal under this section for cause. The board shall review an appeal and issue a final decision within sixty calendar days of the filing of the appeal.  (b) The board shall serve as the final arbitrator of appeals authorized by subsection (a).  (c) A party shall not be entitled to a hearing before the board under this section until it has exhausted all available administrative remedies.  (d) The board shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 91 to implement this section. [L 2012, c 130, pt of §2; am L 2013, c 159, §10]
HI Rev Stat § 302D-16 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 18. Education|302D. Public Charter Schools|302D-16 Performance framework.

 §302D-16 Performance framework. (a) The performance provisions within the charter contract shall be based on a performance framework that clearly sets forth the academic, financial, organizational, and operational performance indicators, measures, and metrics that will guide the authorizer's evaluations of each public charter school. The performance framework, as established by the authorizer, shall include indicators, measures, and metrics for, at a minimum:  (1) Student academic proficiency;  (2) Student academic growth;  (3) Achievement gaps in proficiency and growth between major student subgroups;  (4) Attendance;  (5) Enrollment variance;  (6) Postsecondary readiness, as applicable for high schools;  (7) Financial performance and sustainability;  (8) Performance and stewardship, including compliance with all applicable laws, rules, and terms of the charter contract; and  (9) Organizational viability.  (b) Annual academic performance targets shall be set by each public charter school in conjunction with its authorizer, and shall be designed to track each school in meeting applicable federal, state, and authorizer expectations.  (c) The performance framework shall allow the inclusion of additional rigorous, valid, and reliable indicators proposed by a public charter school to augment external evaluations of its performance; provided that the authorizer approves the quality and rigor of such school-proposed indicators, and the indicators are consistent with the purposes of this chapter and the charter contract.  (d) The performance framework shall require the disaggregation of all student performance data by major student subgroups.  (e) For each public charter school it oversees, the authorizer shall be responsible for verifying and either maintaining or having access to all charter school data upon which the performance framework relies.  (f) Multiple schools overseen by a single governing board shall be required to report their performance as separate, individual charter schools, and each charter school shall be held independently accountable for its performance. [L 2012, c 130, pt of §2; am L 2013, c 159, §11; am L 2014, c 99, §11]
HI Rev Stat § 302D-19 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 18. Education|302D. Public Charter Schools|302D-19 School closure and dissolution.

 §302D-19 School closure and dissolution. (a) Prior to any public charter school closure decision, an authorizer shall have developed a public charter school closure protocol to ensure timely notification to parents, orderly transition of students and student records to new schools, and proper disposition of school funds, property, and assets in accor ­dance with the requirements of this chapter. The protocol shall specify tasks, timelines, and responsible parties, including delineating the respective duties of the school and the authorizer. In the event of a public charter school closure for any reason, the authorizer shall oversee and work with the closing school to ensure a smooth and orderly closure and transition for students and parents, as guided by the closure protocol.  (b) In the event of a public charter school closure for any reason, the assets of the school, excluding facilities, shall be distributed first to satisfy outstanding payroll obligations for employees of the school, then to creditors of the school, and then to the state treasury to the credit of the general fund. If the assets of the school are insufficient to pay all parties to whom the school owes compensation, the prioritization of the distribution of assets may be determined by decree of a court of law.  (c) In the event of a public charter school closure for any reason, if the public charter school received an appropriation for capital improvements to its facilities, the charter school or its authorizer shall negotiate with the expending agency for a lump sum or installment repayment to the State of the amounts appropriated. This restriction shall be registered, recorded, and indexed in the bureau of conveyances or with the assistant registrar of the land court as an encumbrance on the property. Amounts received from the repayment under this subsection shall be deposited into the general fund.  (d) In the event of a public charter school closure for any reason, other public charter schools shall have the right of first refusal for the closed public charter school's facilities, if the facilities are owned by the State. If no other public charter school exercises the right of first refusal, the facilities shall revert back to the department and the State. [L 2012, c 130, pt of §2]
HI Rev Stat § 302D-20 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 18. Education|302D. Public Charter Schools|302D-20 Charter transfers.

 §302D-20 Charter transfers. (a) Transfer of a charter contract, and of oversight of that public charter school, from one authorizer to another before the expiration of the charter term shall not be permitted except by special petition to the board by a public charter school or its authorizer. The board shall review such petitions on a case-by-case basis and may grant transfer requests in response to special circumstances and evidence that such a transfer would serve the best interests of the public charter school's students.  (b) The board may adopt rules pursuant to chapter 91 to carry out the purposes of this section. [L 2012, c 130, pt of §2]
HI Rev Stat § 302D-21 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 18. Education|302D. Public Charter Schools|302D-21 Annual board report.

  §302D-21 Annual board report. No later than the opening day of each regular session of the legislature, the board shall issue to the governor, the legislature, and the public, an annual report on the State's public charter schools, drawing from the annual reports submitted by every authorizer, as well as any additional relevant data compiled by the board, for the school year ending in the preceding calendar year. The annual report shall include:  (1) The board's assessment of the successes, challenges, and areas for improvement in meeting the purposes of this chapter, including the board's assessment of the sufficiency of funding for public charter schools, and any suggested changes in state law or policy necessary to strengthen the State's public charter schools;  (2) A line-item breakdown of all federal funds received by the department and distributed to authorizers;  (3) Any concerns regarding equity and recommendations to improve access to and distribution of federal funds to public charter schools;  (4) A summary of the criteria used by the charter school facilities funding working group, established pursuant to section 302D-29.5, in allocating facilities funding;  (5) A detailed breakdown of the allocation of funding through general funds and bond funds;  (6) A detailed list of the projects funded by general funds and bond funds;  (7) The status of funding for projects previously awarded; and  (8) A discussion of all board policies adopted in the previous year, including a detailed explanation as to whether each policy is or is not applicable to charter schools. [L 2012, c 130, pt of §2; am L 2013, c 159, §13; am L 2014, c 99, §14; am L 2015, c 114, §8 and c 234, §3]
HI Rev Stat § 302D-22 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 18. Education|302D. Public Charter Schools|302D-22 REPEALED.

 §302D-22 REPEALED. L 2013, c 159, §17.
HI Rev Stat § 302D-23 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 18. Education|302D. Public Charter Schools|302D-23 Minimum educational data reporting standards.

 §302D-23 Minimum educational data reporting standards. The board shall establish educational reporting standards that shall include minimum standards for reporting fiscal, personnel, and student data, by means of electronic transfer of data files from charter schools to the department. The minimum standards established by the board shall include but not be limited to data required for the department, as the state education agency, to meet all applicable federal reporting requirements. [L 2012, c 130, pt of §2]