Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 691 - RULES OF STATE CHARTER SCHOOLS COMMISSION OF GEORGIA › Chapter 691-2 - PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE › Rule 691-2-.01 - Definitions

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
The following definitions shall apply to all rules and
				regulations of the State Charter Schools Commission:
(a)
Admission lottery
- a random
			 selection process to ensure that all applicants that do not have an enrollment
			 preference have an equal chance of being admitted if the number of applications
			 exceeds the capacity of a state charter school program, class, grade level, or
			 building.
(b)
Attendance
			 zone
- the geographical area from which a state charter school may
			 enroll students.
(c)
Charter
- a performance-based contract between the charter
			 authorizer(s) and a charter petitioner. By entering into a charter, a charter
			 petitioner and the charter authorizer(s) shall be deemed to have agreed to be
			 bound to all the provisions of the Charter Schools Act, O.C.G.A. §
								20-2-2060 et. seq., and all State Board of Education and State Charter School
			 Commission of Georgia rules and guidelines implementing the Charter Schools Act
			 as if such terms were set forth in the charter.
(d)
Charter petition
- a
			 proposal or application to establish a charter school.
(e)
Charter petitioner
- the
			 entity that submits a petition for a charter. The term "charter petitioner"
			 does not include home study programs or schools, sectarian schools, religious
			 schools, private for profit schools, private educational institutions not
			 established, operated, or governed by the State of Georgia, or existing private
			 schools.
(f)
Governing
			 board
- the governing board of the nonprofit organization which is the
			 charter petitioner for a state charter school and which is the same as the
			 governing board of the state charter school which is involved in school-level
			 governance of the state charter school.
(g)
Local board of education
- a
			 county or independent board of education exercising control and management of a
			 local school system pursuant to Article VIII, Section V, Paragraph II of the
			 Georgia Constitution.
(h)
Local Education Agency
- a local school system, school district,
			 or state charter school.
(i)
State Board of Education (SBOE)
- the authority which defines
			 education policy for the public K-12 education agencies in Georgia.
(j)
State charter school
- a
			 school authorized by the State Charter Schools Commission pursuant to this
			 article whose creation is authorized as a special school pursuant to Article
			 VIII, Section V, Paragraph VII of the Constitution. A state charter school
			 shall be a public school.
(k)
State Charter Schools Commission of Georgia
- the state-level
			 charter school authorizer established by O.C.G.A. §
								20-2-2082.
(l)
Charter school replication -
the creation of a second (or subsequent) charter school that utilizes the
			 instructional program and/or academic model of an existing charter school but
			 operates under a separate and independent charter contract.
(m)
Charter school expansion -
growth of an existing state charter school by significantly increasing student
			 enrollment above the enrollment limit in the charter through the addition of
			 grades, classes, or campuses/sites. Expansion shall occur by amendment of an
			 existing charter contract.
O.C.G.A.
				§§
										20-2-2081; 2091.