Utah Admin. Code R277-552-2 - Charter School Authorization Process
(1) An individual or non-profit organization
as described in Subsection
53G-5-302(2)(b)
may apply to open a charter school from any statutorily approved
authorizer.
(2) An authorizer shall
submit a process to the Board for approval of:
(a) a new charter school;
(b) a request from a school to change
authorizers;
(c) a charter school
expansion; or
(d) a satellite
school.
(3) A new
authorizer shall submit a new charter school application process to the Board
for approval at least six months before accepting applications for a new
charter school.
(4) An existing
authorizer may not authorize a new charter school for the 2021-22 school year
and beyond until the Board approves the authorizer's application
process.
(5)
(a) The Board shall approve or deny an
authorizer's proposed application process, including expansion and satellite
approval processes, within 90 days of receipt of the proposed process from an
authorizer.
(b) If the Board denies
an application process, the Superintendent shall provide a written explanation
of the reasons for the denial to the applicant within 45 days.
(c) If an authorizer's application process is
denied, the authorizer may submit a revised application process for approval at
any time.
(6) An
authorizer shall have an application and charter agreement, which shall include
all elements required by Title 53G, Chapter 5, Part 3, Charter School
Authorization.
(7) An authorizer
shall maintain the official signed charter agreement, which shall presumptively
be the final, and complete agreement between a school and the school's
authorizer.
(8) An authorizer's
review process for a new charter school shall include:
(a) a plan for mandatory pre-operational and
other trainings;
(b) an evaluation
of the school's governing board, including:
(i) a review of the resumes of and background
information of proposed governing board members; and
(ii) a capacity interview of the proposed
governing board;
(c) an
evaluation of the school's financial viability, including:
(i) a market analysis;
(ii) anticipated enrollment; and
(iii) anticipated and break even
budgets;
(d) an
evaluation of the school's academic program and academic standards by which the
authorizer will hold the school accountable; and
(e) an evaluation of the school's proposed
pre-operational plan, including implementation of:
(i) applicable legal requirements for public
schools;
(ii) required
policies;
(iii) student data
systems, including student data privacy requirements;
(iv) reporting; and
(v) financial management.
(9) An authorizer's
review process shall include contacting the school district in which a proposed
charter school will be located and consideration of any feedback provided by
the district.
(10) An authorizer
shall design its approval process so that the authorizer notifies the
Superintendent of an authorizer approval of a request identified in Subsection
(2) no later than October 1, one fiscal year before the state fiscal year the
charter school intends to serve students.
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