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charter school application must be made within 90 days of | receipt of the application and conveyed in writing to the | applicant.__A decision may grant approval or conditional | approval, request resubmission or reject the application and | must include written reasons for the decisions; |
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| B.__Monitoring the operations of each charter school to | which the chartering authority has granted a charter, | including an annual site visit and requiring an annual | report, periodic financial reports and periodic enrollment | reports, and including a major review prior to renewal of | each 5-year contract; |
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| C.__Ensuring that each charter school to which the | chartering authority has granted a charter complies with | applicable laws and the charter, including provisions of the | system of learning results established in section 6209 and | the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, 20 United | States Code, Chapter 70, and that the charter school follows | generally accepted accounting principles as required by | state law or as necessary for the school to be eligible to | receive federal assistance; |
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| D.__Monitoring the progress of each charter school to which | the chartering authority has granted a charter in meeting | student academic expectations specified in the charter; and |
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| E.__Placing a charter school on probation if there is | evidence that the school is not performing according to its | charter.__A school must be given 30 days' notice before | being placed on probation, and the chartering authority | shall hold a public hearing within 30 days of placing a | school on probation. |
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| The chartering authority may require a charter school to which | the chartering authority has granted a charter to produce any | book, record, paper or document the chartering authority | determines necessary for carrying out its functions under this | chapter. |
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| | 5.__Pilot program; repeal.__The charter school program begins | with a 10-year pilot phase. |
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| A.__During the pilot phase the following limits apply: |
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| (1)__No more than 20 charter schools statewide may be | approved during the pilot phase; and |
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| (2)__A charter school may not enroll more than 20% of a school | administrative unit's public school students per |
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