Haw. Code R. § 8-515-5 - Applications, generally
(a) The board shall
develop an application form, process, and processing schedule for applying to
become an authorizer pursuant to section
302D-4,
Hawaii Revised Statutes. The application form shall include a description of
the application process and the application processing schedule.
(b) The board shall develop policies,
criteria, or guidelines for evaluating applications for chartering authority
based on nationally recognized principles and standards for quality charter
authorizing, as applicable to local conditions. At a minimum, the policies,
criteria, or guidelines included in the application form shall be evaluated in
the following areas:
(1) Satisfactory
responses to elements of the application for chartering authority, including
responses that clearly explain or present:
(A) The applicant's strategic vision for
chartering;
(B) A plan to support
the vision presented, including an explanation and evidence of the applicant's
budget and personnel capacity and commitment to execute the responsibilities of
a quality authorizer, in accordance with chapter 302D, Hawaii Revised
Statutes;
(C) A draft or
preliminary outline of the request for proposals that the applicant, if
approved as an authorizer, would issue to solicit charter school
applicants;
(D) A draft of the
performance framework that the applicant, if approved as an authorizer, would
use to guide the establishment of a charter contract and for ongoing oversight
and evaluation of charter schools, consistent with the requirements of chapter
302D, Hawaii Revised Statutes;
(E)
A draft of the applicant's renewal, revocation, and nonrenewal processes,
consistent with section
302D-18,
Hawaii Revised Statutes;
(F) A
statement of assurance that the applicant seeks to serve as an authorizer in
fulfillment of the expectations, spirit, and intent of chapter 302D, Hawaii
Revised Statutes, and that if approved as an authorizer, the applicant will
fully participate in any authorizer training provided or required by the State;
and
(G) A statement of assurance
that the applicant will ensure public accountability and transparency in all
matters concerning its charter-authorizing practices, decisions, and
expenditures;
(2)
Organizational capacity and infrastructure;
(3) Financial capacity to fulfill the
responsibilities of a quality authorizer;
(4) Authorizer responsibilities relating to
charter applications, including:
(A)
Soliciting and evaluating charter applications;
(B) Approving quality charter applications
that meet identified educational needs and promote a diversity of educational
choices; and
(C) Declining to
approve weak or inadequate charter applications;
(5) Performance contracting, including
negotiating and executing sound charter contracts with each approved charter
applicant and with existing charter schools;
(6) Ongoing charter school oversight,
evaluation, renewal processes, including:
(A)
Monitoring, in accordance with charter contract terms, the performance and
legal compliance of charter schools; and
(B) Determining whether each charter contract
merits renewal, nonrenewal, or revocation; and
(7) Fulfillment of the other statutory duties
of an authorizer, including but not limited to:
(A) Acting as a point of contact between the
department of education and the authorizer's charter schools;
(B) Being responsible for and ensuring the
compliance of the authorizer's charter schools with all applicable state and
federal laws, including reporting requirements;
(C) Being responsible for the receipt of
applicable federal funds from the department of education and the distribution
of funds to the authorizer's charter schools; and
(D) Being responsible for the receipt of
per-pupil funding from the department of budget and finance and distribution of
the funding to the authorizer's charter schools.
(c) The board shall make publicly
available the application form and the policies, criteria, or guidelines for
evaluating applications to any person interested in establishing an authorizer.
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