Or. Admin. Code § 581-026-0100 - Development and Execution of a Charter
(1) The State Board or a school district
board that approve a proposal will be considered the sponsor of the public
charter school defined in the proposal.
(2) An applicant whose proposal has been
approved by the sponsor must, in cooperation with the sponsor, prepare and
execute a charter that addresses, at a minimum, the information that is
included in the proposal and:
(a) State any
reasonable pre-opening requirements or conditions for the public charter school
to ensure they meet all health, safety, and other legal requirements prior to
opening and are prepared to open smoothly;
(b) State how the public charter school shall
receive any state and federal funds distributed to districts other than the
negotiated percentage of the charter school rate as required by ORS
338.155;
(c) Establish the performance standards under
which the public charter school will be evaluated, using objective and
verifiable measures of student achievement as the primary measure of school
quality;
(d) Define the sources of
academic data that will form the evidence base for ongoing and renewal
evaluation;
(e) Include
expectations for appropriate access, education support services, and
coordination with the district in which the public charter school is located
for students who may qualify for additional education services; and
(f) Include clear, measurable performance
standards to judge the effectiveness of mission-specific performance measure
and metrics that credibly demonstrate the public charter school's success in
fulfilling is mission and serving its students.
(3) Notwithstanding subsection (2), an
applicant and sponsor may agree to change elements of the proposal prior to
including them in the charter and may agree to exclude elements of the proposal
from the charter or to include new elements in the charter by mutual agreement
of the school district board and the applicant.
(4) An initial charter may be in effect for
no more than five years and may be renewed by the sponsor.
(5) The first renewal of a charter must be
for the same number of years as the initial charter.
(6) Subsequent renewals of a charter must be
for a minimum of five years but may not exceed 10 years.
(7) A sponsor and the charter school
governing body may amend a charter at any time by joint agreement.
(8)
(a) A
public charter school must submit a copy of the executed or amended charter to
the Oregon Department of Education.
(b) Upon executing an initial charter the
public charter school must also submit to the Oregon Department of Education
evidence of the charter school's governing board state and federal nonprofit
status.
Notes
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 326.051
Statutes/Other Implemented: Ch. 200 & OL 1999 (SB 100)
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