Alabama Administrative Code › Title 290 - ALABAMA STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION › Chapter 290-3-6 - CHARTER SCHOOLS › Section 290-3-6-.03 - Guidelines For Public Charter Schools

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
(1)
			 The Department shall provide oversight of the performance and effectiveness of
			 all authorizers approved under the provisions of the Act. This oversight is
			 ongoing and is not limited to the specific actions and procedures described in
			 these rules or the Act. The State Superintendent is authorized to provide
			 guidelines for the establishment, operation, and oversight of public charter
			 schools provided by the Act.
(2)
			 The guidelines will incorporate the procedures, forms, and deadline for local
			 school boards to apply as authorizers of public charter schools within its
			 boundaries.
(3) The guidelines will
			 include procedures, forms, and deadline for local board authorizers who wish to
			 reapply for charter authority after five years as a local school board
			 authorizer.
(4) The guidelines will
			 include information and timelines for annual training for local school board
			 authorizers.
(5) The guidelines
			 will include the procedures for the charter schools, charter operators, and/or
			 education service providers whose local board authorizer is denied charter
			 authority upon reapplying for charter authority after five years.
(6) The guidelines will include the timelines
			 for charter approval or denial decisions applicable to all
			 authorizers.
(7) The guidelines
			 will include actions, including withholding the distribution of state or
			 federal funds to a public charter school, if the authorizer or the public
			 charter school does not provide the reports needed to meet the requirements of
			 the Act.
(8) Charter schools will
			 receive their distribution of allocations for operational and categorical
			 funding in the same manner as all other non-charter public schools.
(9) The guidelines will include procedures
			 for the oversight of the performance and effectiveness of authorizers or public
			 charter schools by the Department.
(10) The guidelines will include requirements
			 for assuring that the health, safety, and welfare of students attending public
			 charter schools is of paramount importance in the operations of the
			 authorizers, the public charter schools, and the education service
			 providers.
(11) The guidelines will
			 include any procedures, forms, timelines, disclosures, requirements, or
			 information that the State Superintendent determines to be necessary or
			 beneficial to provide for the operations and provisions of educational services
			 of public school students served by public charter schools and non-charter
			 public schools in Alabama.
(12) The
			 guidelines will provide for the submission and maintenance of reports and forms
			 in electronic format unless the State Superintendent determines
			 otherwise.
(13) The guidelines may
			 require attendance or completion of specific training courses or sessions for
			 designated personnel of authorizers, public charter school personnel, or
			 education service providers. The State Superintendent may approve or impose
			 fees for the provision of required training.
(14) The Department guidelines may include
			 additional information and requirements in accordance with the Act, as
			 amended.
(15) The policies and
			 procedures included in the guidelines shall be implemented in addition to the
			 requirements in the Act.
Author:
Thomas R. Bice; Dr. Eric G.
				  Mackey
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
				  1975
, §§
										16-4-7, 16-6F-9; Act No. 2023-420;
				  Administrative Code Rules 290-1-1-.05 and 290-1-1-.030.