2E Relating to education, modifying charter school provisions by modifying purposes, charter school advisory council membership, qualifications, duties and sponsors; excluding nonpublic sectarian or religious institutions from the charitable organization definition; requiring prospective sponsor application to commissioner of education for approval and specifying approval requirement; requiring separate affidavit filing for each separate charter school; allowing sponsors to prevent school openings; specifying charter school board requirements; providing for commissioner review and comment; modifying conflict of interest, conversion of existing schools, charter contract, audit report, statutes and rules exemption, admission requirements, employment and operating matters, annual public reports, sponsor fees, leased space, leave to teach in a charter school, causes for nonrenewal or termination of charter school contract, related party lease costs, legal authority extent, building lease aid and charter schools aids payment; requiring charter schools to meet all federal health and safety and statewide accountability requirements, student releases for religious instruction, aid reduction for violation correction failure and sponsor formal written evaluation of school performance; prohibiting nonprofit building corporation organization prior to sponsor supplementary affidavit filing and approval from commissioner; providing for single-purpose sponsors; requiring charter school advisory council commissioner appointments by a certain date; repealing charter school authority to raise initial working capital, information dissemination, and certain definitions
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