Ariz. Admin. Code § R7-5-208 - Application for Replication Charter

A. The charter holder of an existing high quality charter school may be eligible to apply for a replication charter rather than a new charter. A replication charter allows the charter holder to implement the existing educational program, corporate and governance structure, and financial and operational processes at a new charter school.

B. A charter holder that wishes to apply for a replication charter shall submit to the Board a Replication Eligibility form. Board staff shall review the form and determine whether the charter holder is eligible to apply for a replication charter. A charter holder is eligible to apply for a replication charter if the charter holder is in compliance with provisions of its charter, contractual agreements with the Board, federal and state law and this Chapter, and meets the academic and financial eligibility requirements specified in the replication application instructions, which are publicly available and posted on the Board's web site.

C. Within 15 days after receiving a Replication Eligibility form, Board staff shall provide written notice to the charter holder of whether the charter holder may apply for a replication charter and, if eligible, shall make the replication application available to the charter holder.

D. If a charter holder submits an application package for a replication charter by the last business day of September, Board staff shall process the application package in an expedited manner and ensure the application package is considered at the Board's meeting in November.

E. As required under A.R.S. § 41-1073, the Board establishes the following time frames for approving or disapproving a replication charter:

1. Administrative review time frame: 15 days;

2. Substantive review time frame: 50 days; and

3. Overall time frame: 65 days.

F. The provisions at R7-5-205(A), regarding execution of a new charter, apply to a replication charter.

G. R7-5-206, regarding a good-cause extension to execute a new charter, and R7-5-207, regarding good-cause suspension of a new charter, do not apply to a replication charter.

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Ariz. Admin. Code § R7-5-208

New section made by final rulemaking at 23 A.A.R. 693, effective 5/6/2017. Amended by final exempt rulemaking at 25 A.A.R. 1926, effective 7/8/2019.