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Amend the amendment in section 5 in §2404 in subsection 2 by striking out all of paragraphs D and E (page 5, lines 13 to 22 in amendment) and inserting the following:
 
‘D.  For a school administrative unit with an enrollment of 500 or fewer students, a public charter school, unless authorized by a school administrative unit, may not enroll more than 2% of a school administrative unit's noncharter public school students per grade level.
 
E. For a school administrative unit with an enrollment of more than 500 students, a public charter school, unless authorized by a school administrative unit, may not enroll more than 3% of a school administrative unit's noncharter public school students per grade level.’
Amend the amendment in section 5 in §2405 in subsection 9 in the 2nd line (page 8, line 38 in amendment) by striking out the following: "10-year" and inserting the following: '6-year'
Amend the amendment in section 5 in §2405 in subsection 9 in the 5th line (page 9, line 1 in amendment) by striking out the following: "10" and inserting the following: '3'
 
SUMMARY
This amendment permits 3 public charter schools over a period of 6 years instead of 10 schools over a period of 10 years. The amendment also reduces the maximum enrollment to 2% from 5% of a school administrative unit's noncharter students for school administrative units with an enrollment of 500 or fewer students and to 3% from 10% for school administrative units with an enrollment of more than 500 students.
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