charter schools; access; decision-making authority
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Enhanced fingerprint clearance requirements now explicitly exclude individuals with reinstated certificates and add specific procedures for hiring personnel who have not yet received clearance cards, including mandatory criminal record checks and employer references.
Charter school charters are now effective for fifteen years instead of the previous unspecified duration, with renewal provisions allowing successive twenty-year periods.
New provisions require charter school operators to conduct public meetings before opening sites and establish immediate dismissal requirements for employees arrested or charged with specific offenses.
Added early renewal provisions allowing charter operators to submit renewal applications nine months before the intended renewal consideration, with sponsors required to review fiscal audits and academic performance data.
Establishes a processing fee fund for charter schools amending contracts to participate in Arizona online instruction, with monies continuously appropriated for processing contract amendments.
Introduces new definitions for 'charter representative' and 'charter school governing body member' to clarify roles and authorities within charter school operations.
Adds provisions allowing charter schools to enter intergovernmental agreements with juvenile court judges for law-related education programs and permits charter schools to pledge assets as collateral for loans.
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