AB 419 — Revises provisions governing charter schools. (BDR 34-751)

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419–COMMITTEE ON E DUCATION M ARCH 25, 2021 ____________ Referred to Committee on Education SUMMARY—Revises provisions governing charter schools.

(BDR 34-751) FISCAL NOTE:

Effect on Local Government:

May have Fiscal Impact.

Effect on the State:

Yes.

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matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.

Under governingsection body3, the sponsor of eacha charter school itis sponsorsrequired onto: the governance of charterthe schools.

Section(1) 3provide alsotraining requiresto each member of the governing body of aeach charter school toit completesponsors training on the governance of charter schoolsschools; at certain times.

or (2) identify an organization approved by the sponsor to provide training on the governance of charter schools.

Section 3 also requires each member of the charter schools at certain times.

Section 5 of this bill requires the governing body of a charter school to disclose certain information regarding a charter management organization or educationaliscloseeducational management organization with which the charter school has entered into a contract to provide services to the charter school.

Section 6 of this bill requires the governing body of a charter school that receives services from an educational management organization to disclose certain information regarding the educational - *AB419_R1* – 2 – management organization and certain contracts held by members of the governing body of the charter school on the Internet website of the charter school and to the sponsor of the charter school.

(NRSExisting 385A.600-385A.840)law Underestablishes existinga law,statewide thesystem governing body of aaccountability charterfor public schools.

(NRS 385A.600-385A.840) Under existing law, the governing body of a charter school is authorized to request a change in the sponsorship of the charter school.

(NRS 388A.330) Section 7 of this bill requires the sponsorperformance ofpursuant ato charterthe schoolstatewide thatsystem has received one of theaccountability twofor lowestpublic ratingsschools of in each of the last 3 consecutive years and has not requested a change in schools sponsorship to submit a report to the Legislative Committee on Education of information relating to actions the sponsor of the charter school has taken to reconstitute the governing body of the charter school or terminate the charter contract.

- 81st Session (2021) – 2 – Existing law sets forth various requirements for a proposed sponsor of a charter law authorizes the governing body of a charter school to request to amend itsting charter contract.

(NRS 388A.276) Section 9 of this bill requires the proposed sponsor to consider the academic, financial and organizational performance of charter schools that currently hold a contract with the proposed operators of a proposedthe sponsor of a charter school.school that requests to amend its charter contract.nts on EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new;

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The sponsor of a charter school shall provide training on the governance of charter schools to the governing body of each charter school which it sponsors.sponsors or identify an organization approved by the sponsor of the charter school to provide training on the governance of charter schools.

Each member of the governing body of a charter school must complete the training provided by the sponsor of the charter school or an organization identified by the sponsor of the charter school pursuant to subsection 2 on the governance of a charter school:

At the time the member is appointed to the State Public Charter School Authority, on the responsibilities of the member - *AB419_R1* – 3 – and any framework used by the State Public Charter School Authority in performing its duties;

Each year, each governing body of a charter school shall post on its Internet website the definition of a charter management organization and an educational management organization and whether the charter school is operated by a - 81st Session (2021) – 3 – charter management organization or receives services from an educational management organization and, if so, the name of the charter management organization or educational management organization.

Sec.receives services from an educational management organization shall:

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The governing body of a charter school that receives services from an educational management organization shall:

and (3) To the extent practicable, information on any contract between a member of the governing body of the charter school orort any member of the family of the member of the governing body and another charter school, sponsor of a charter school, charter management organization or educational management organization.

(b) Submit information on the contract with the educational management organization and a letter describing whether the governing body of the charter school is satisfied with the - *AB419_R1* – 4 – contractual relationship with the educational management organization to the sponsor of the charter school.

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On or before December 15 of each odd-numbered year, the sponsor of a charter school that receives information on a contract between the governing body of a charter school and an educational management organization pursuant to subsection 1 shallCommittee submiton aEducation.f report of such information to the Legislative CommitteeSec. on Education.

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The proposed sponsor of a charter school shall, in reviewing an application(a) Assemble a team of reviewers, which may include, without limitation, natural persons from different geographic areas of the United States who possess the appropriate knowledge and expertise with regard to formthe aacademic, financial and organizational experience of charter school:schools, to review and evaluate the application;

(a) Assemble a team of reviewers, which may include, without limitation, natural persons from different geographic areas of the United States who possess the appropriate knowledge and expertise with regard to the academic, financial and organizational experience of charter schools, to review and evaluate the application;

- *AB419_R1* – 5 – (c) Consider the degree to which the proposed charter school will address the needs identified in the evaluation prepared by the proposed sponsor pursuant to subsection 5 or 6 of NRS 388A.220, as applicable;

(d)- If81st theSession proposed(2021) sponsor– is5 not– the board of trustees of a school district, solicit input from the board of trustees of the school district in which the proposed charter school will be located;

(1) Complies with this chapter and the regulations applicable to charter schools;