Legislative Session number- 81

Bill Name: SF3559

Modifying certain provisions providing for the sponsorship, formation and
operation of charter schools; restricting sponsorship by private colleges;
eliminating the requirement for the commissioner of children, families and
learning to approve the formation of the schools, authorizing comment;
authorizing renewal of contracts for a longer period of time than the initial
period; providing for reduction in state aid to schools hiring unlicensed or
unapproved teachers; requiring sponsors to monitor and evaluate fiscal and
student performance, authorizing annual assessments, limits, requiring sponsor
reports to the commissioner; authorizing the commissioner to approve
continuation of a school under different eligible sponsorship; entitling all
charter schools to building lease aid and specifying certain application
requirements; requiring the commissioner to determine the recipients of
integration aid grants, authorizing adoption of application guidelines;
extending eligibility for compensation revenue under certain conditions;
increasing certain prior appropriations to the commissioner for building lease
aid and start up grants (ra)