Opinion ID: 2051750
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: World

Text: In a letter dated August 8, 2001, the Board provided World with written notice of the proposed revocation, and indicated that World had the right to an informal hearing before the Board made a final decision. The letter also indicated that a Board monitoring team had visited World on June 5, 2001, to assess the school's compliance with the applicable laws regarding public charter schools and with the terms and conditions of the charter; that a copy of this draft report had been made available to World on July 2, 2001; and that although World had been given a ten-day review period to address the issues raised in the report, the Board had not received a written response. The findings of the monitoring team upon which the Board relied in proposing revocation included the following violations of law and of the terms and conditions of World's charter: continued violation of the requirements of special education students' Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) and the federal guidelines outlined in the Individuals with Disabilities Educational Act (IDEA); the lack of a plan for providing services for Limited English Proficiency students; failure to ensure verification of residency in the District of Columbia for all enrolled students; failure to submit a corrected and complete accountability plan; failure during the 2000-2001 school year to document any activity or progress toward achieving accreditation within a five-year period as required by the charter; failure to submit a complete annual report for SY 1998-1999 or SY 1999-2000; failure to submit background check reports for all employees; failure to submit tuberculin skin reports for all employees; and failure to document adherence to contracting procedures in awarding several contracts. At the August 6, 2001 meeting regarding the proposed revocation, the Board voiced its concerns over World's fiscal mismanagement, failure to provide documents in a timely manner, lack of responsiveness to the monitoring report's findings, and the school's problems with obtaining adequate space for its students. The vote in favor of the proposed revocation was unanimous, and on August 8, 2001, the Board sent a letter to World indicating the basis for their decision. [5] World requested an informal hearing on the proposed revocation in a letter dated August 23, 2001. On the same day, the Board informed World that a hearing had been scheduled for August 27, 2001. The letter also explained the procedures that would be relied upon during the hearing: a presiding officer of the Board would present the bases for the proposed revocation; the School's Trustees would be given up to thirty minutes to present information to the Board concerning the proposed revocation; and the Board members would ask questions of those presenting information on behalf of World. In an August 24, 2001 letter, World requested a continuance. The Board rescheduled the hearing for August 30, 2001. The hearing was subsequently rescheduled once more for September 5, 2001. On September 4, 2001, World requested an immediate stay of the Board's August 30, 2001 decision to hold a revocation hearing on September 5, 2001. On the same day, World also filed a Petition for Review of the Board's decision with this court, arguing that the Board had failed to provide reasonable notice of the revocation hearing, and that World was entitled to a contested case hearing under D.C.Code § 1-1509. World requested a stay of the Board's revocation proceeding until this court had reviewed the Petition. The Milburn and World cases were consolidated on September 5, 2001, and the Board's proceedings were stayed at that time.