"Charter Schools Act of 1998"; completion charter schools; provide

Added provisions to regulate nontraditional education programs including dropout prevention, credit recovery, and flexible scheduling.

Added provisions allowing virtual school students to participate in extracurricular activities under their resident public school's sponsorship.

Added a requirement for local boards to consider total cost of ownership and related factors when purchasing school technology devices.

Modified reporting requirements to separately report on nontraditional education programs instead of only dropout recovery charter schools.

Replaced the specific definition of dropout recovery charter schools with broader definitions for nontraditional education programs.

Extended the deadline for the State Board of Education to establish rules for nontraditional education programs to July 1, 2027.

The term 'completion charter school' was replaced with 'dropout recovery charter school' throughout the text to better define the specific educational mission.

The effective date of the act was delayed from July 1, 2025, to July 1, 2026.

A new provision requires the Office of Student Achievement to report on dropout recovery charter schools separately in annual reports, preventing their data from being combined with other school ratings.