Illinois Administrative Code › Title 23 - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL RESOURCES › Part 650 - CHARTER SCHOOLS › Subpart B - ACTIONS OF THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION › Section 650.55 - Biennial Reporting Requirements

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a No later
				than September 30 of every odd-numbered year, each authorizer shall submit a
				report to the State Board of Education that shall respond at least to the
				reporting elements set forth in Section 27A-12 of the School Code. The State
				Superintendent of Education shall develop and post at
http://www.isbe.net/charter/Default.htm
by January 30 of each odd-numbered year a standard form that shall be used for
				this purpose.
b The report shall
				include, but not be limited to, the information specified in this subsection
				(b), to be reported for each of the two school years immediately preceding
				submission of the report.
1 The name, job
				title and contact information for each person who has principal
				responsibilities relative to the authorization of charter schools and, if
				applicable, the name of each contractor so engaged and a description of its
				authorizing responsibilities.
2
				Information relative to the authorizer's strategic vision for chartering,
				strategies for accomplishing that vision and an assessment of progress toward
				achieving that vision.
3
				Information relative to the chartering policies and practices developed and
				maintained by the authorizer, including but not limited to:
A Solicitation and evaluation of charter
				applications;
B Decision-making
				processes regarding new charter approvals;
C Negotiation processes to ensure execution
				of sound charter contracts with clear performance standards established for
				each approved charter school;
D
				Ongoing charter school oversight and evaluation;
E Charter renewal decision-making;
				and
F Charter school non-renewal or
				revocation decision-making.
4 The status of the authorizer's charter
				school portfolio in each of the following categories:
A For any charter school that has been
				approved but is not opened by the date the authorizer submits its report to the
				State Board of Education:
i the targeted
				student population and the community the school hopes to serve;
ii the location or geographic area proposed
				for the school;
iii the projected
				enrollment;
iv the grades to be
				operated during each year in the term of the charter contract;
v the names and contact information for the
				governing board; and
vi the planned
				date for opening.
B The
				number of charter schools operating in each of the following categories:
i Charter schools operating more than one
				campus under a single charter agreement;
ii Virtual charter schools;
iii Charter schools devoted exclusively to
				students from low-performing or overcrowded schools; and
iv Charter schools devoted exclusively to
				re-enrolled high school dropouts and/or students at risk of dropping
				out.
C Information
				relative to each charter school whose charter was renewed, to include at least
				the date of renewal.
D Information
				relative to each charter school whose charter was transferred to another
				authorizer, to include at least the effective date of the transfer.
E Information relative to each charter school
				whose charter was not renewed or was revoked, to include at least the effective
				date of and reasons for the non-renewal or revocation.
F Information relative to each charter school
				that was voluntarily closed, to include at least the effective date of the
				closure.
G Information relative to
				each charter school that was approved but was never opened and has no planned
				date for opening.
5 The
				total student enrollment by September 30 of the applicable school year for all
				charter schools authorized by the authorizer.
6 Information relative to the academic and
				financial performance of each of the authorizer's operating charter schools, to
				include at least data related to the performance expectations for charter
				schools set forth in Section 2-3.64 of the School Code or the charter
				contract.
7 The authorizer's
				operating costs and expenses associated with the performance of the powers and
				duties enumerated in Section 27A-7.10(a) of the School Code and any additional
				duties set forth in the terms of each charter contract.
8 A description of the general categories of
				services provided by the authorizer to the charter schools in its portfolio
				pursuant to Section 27A-11(b) of the School Code, as set forth in the charter
				school contracts, and an itemized accounting of the revenue the authorizer
				received from its charter schools for a particular service and the authorizer's
				actual costs for services provided, when applicable.