Arizona Administrative Code › Title 7 - EDUCATION › Chapter 5 - STATE BOARD FOR CHARTER SCHOOLS › Article 3 - POST-CHARTER ACTIONS › Section R7-5-301 - Application for Charter Renewal; Early Renewal of Charter

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 28, July 12, 2024
A. The Board shall make available on its web
				site instructions regarding eligibility and submission requirements for renewal
				and early renewal of a charter.
B.
				A charter holder shall submit to the Board electronically through the Board's
				web-based interface the renewal application package identified in subsection
				(E) or the early renewal application package identified in subsection (L). The
				Board shall not accept a paper submission.
C. The Board shall provide the charter holder
				at least 72-hours' written notice of the date, time, and location of the Board
				meeting at which the Board will consider the charter holder's renewal or early
				renewal application package. The charter holder shall attend the Board
				meeting.
D. At least 18 months
				before a charter is scheduled to expire, the Board shall provide the charter
				holder with a renewal application that is customized based on the charter
				holder's performance history. The Board shall require a charter holder that
				does not meet the performance expectations specified in Article 4 to submit
				more information than a charter holder that does meet the performance
				expectations.
E. As required under
				A.R.S. §
									15-183(I),
				a charter holder that intends to seek renewal of the charter shall submit to
				the Board a renewal application package at least 15 months before the charter
				is scheduled to expire.
F. The
				Board shall not consider a renewal application package that is not submitted by
				the date specified in subsection (E).
G. As part of the charter renewal process,
				Board staff shall conduct an academic-systems-review site visit, as described
				in
				R7-5-506,
				of the charter holder.
H. The Board
				shall notify a charter holder of the Board's decision to renew or deny renewal
				of the charter at least 12 months before the charter is scheduled to
				expire.
I. As specified under
				A.R.S. §
									15-183(I),
				the Board may deny renewal of a charter if the Board determines the charter
				holder failed to meet or make sufficient progress toward the academic
				performance expectations or failed to meet the operational performance
				expectations specified in Article 4, meet the financial performance
				expectations specified in Article 4, complete the obligations of the charter,
				or comply with federal or state law or this Chapter. If the Board denies
				renewal of a charter, Board staff shall provide written notice to the charter
				holder that includes the information required under A.R.S. §
									41-1092.03(A).
J. A charter holder is eligible to apply for
				early renewal of the charter if the charter holder:
1. Submits to the Board a letter of intent to
				apply for early renewal at least 24 months before the charter is scheduled to
				expire;
2. Has operated a school
				under the charter for at least five years;
3. Meets the performance expectations
				specified in Article 4; and
4. Had
				no compliance matters within the last three years that required action by the
				Board or other governmental entity.