Ariz. Admin. Code § R7-5-302 - Charter Transfer Application

A. A charter transfer application may be used to do either of the following:

1. Transfer a charter to the Board; or

2. Transfer a charter school that has operated under an existing charter for at least three years to its own charter with the same educational program and financial and operational processes.

B. The Board shall make available on its web site instructions regarding eligibility and submission requirements for transfers specified under subsection (A).

C. A charter holder that intends to transfer as specified under subsection (A) shall submit to the Board a letter of intent to transfer.

D. Within 15 days after receiving a letter of intent to transfer, Board staff shall provide written notice to the charter holder of whether the charter holder may apply for transfer.

E. A charter holder eligible to transfer under subsection (D) shall submit to the Board a paper charter transfer application package until electronic submission through the Board's web-based interface is available. After electronic submission through the Board's web-based interface is available, the Board shall not accept a paper submission.

F. For a transfer to occur on July 1, a charter holder shall submit the letter of intent to transfer by the last business day of November of the prior fiscal year and the transfer application package by the last business day of February of the prior fiscal year.

G. 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 transfer application package. The charter holder shall attend the Board meeting.

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

1. Administrative review time frame: 15 days;

2. Substantive review time frame: 60 days; and

3. Overall time frame: 75 days.

Notes

Ariz. Admin. Code § R7-5-302

New Section made by final rulemaking at 12 A.A.R. 577, effective February 7, 2006 (Supp. 06-1). Amended by final rulemaking at 23 A.A.R. 693, effective 5/6/2017. Amended by final exempt rulemaking at 26 A.A.R. 3245, effective 11/20/2020.