Utah Admin. Code R277-552-3 - Timelines - Charter School Starting Date and Facilities
(1) A charter school may receive state
start-up funds if the charter school is approved as a new charter school by
October 1, one fiscal year before the state fiscal year the charter school
intends to serve students.
(2)
Before receiving state start-up funds an authorizer, other than the State
Charter School Board, shall certify in writing to the State Charter School
Board that a charter school has:
(a) completed
all required financial documents;
(b) completed background checks for each
governing board member; and
(c)
executed a signed charter agreement, which includes academic goals.
(3) Before an LEA receives state
start-up funds, the State Charter School Board shall require the LEA to submit
documentation supporting the information required in Subsections (2)(a) and (c)
to the Superintendent.
(4) A
charter school may receive state funds, including minimum school program funds,
if the charter school authorizer certifies in writing to the Superintendent by
June 30 before the school's first operational year that:
(a) the charter school meets the requirements
of Subsection (2);
(b) the charter
school's governing board has adopted all policies required by statute or Board
rule, including a draft special education policies and procedures
manual;
(c) the charter school's
governing board has adopted an annual calendar in an open meeting and has
submitted the calendar to the Superintendent;
(d) the authorizer has received the charter
school's facility contract as required by Subsection
53G-5-404(9);
(e) the charter school has met the
requirements of Subsections (5) and (6) and that the school's building is
scheduled for completion, including all required inspections, before
occupancy;
(f)
(i) the charter school has hired an executive
director and a business administrator; or
(ii)
(A)
the charter school governing board has designated an executive director or
business administrator employed by a third party; and
(B) the charter school governing board has
established policies regarding the charter school's supervision of the charter
school's third-party contractors;
(g) the charter school's enrollment is on
track to be sufficient to meet the school's financial obligations and implement
the charter school agreement;
(h)
the charter school has an approved student data system that has successfully
communicated with UTREx, including meeting the compatibility requirements of
Subsection R277-484-5(3);
(i) the charter school has a functional
accounting system; and
(j) the
charter school has a budgeted net lease adjusted debt burden ratio of under 30%
based on the school's executed facility agreement; and
(k) the charter school has complied with all
legal requirements for new charter schools in a school's pre-operational
year.
(5) An authorizer
shall:
(a) create a process to verify the
requirements in Subsection (4);
(b)
maintain documentation of Subsection (5)(a); and
(c) provide the documentation described in
Subsection (5)(b) to the Superintendent upon request; and
(d) submit a copy of the process required in
Subsection (5)(a) to the Board for approval along with the authorizer's process
for approving new charters under Subsection
R277-552-2(2).
(6) A charter school shall begin
construction on a new or existing facility requiring significant renovation no
later than January 1 of the year the charter school is scheduled to
open.
(7) A charter school that
intends to occupy a facility requiring only minimal renovation, such as
renovation not requiring a project number according to Rule R277-471, shall
enter into a written agreement no later than May 1 of the calendar year the
charter school is scheduled to open.
(8) If a charter school fails to meet the
requirements of this section within 36 months of approval, the approval of the
charter school shall expire.
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