S.B. 151
         AUTHORIZATION OF CHARTER SCHOOLS BY HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS

Senate Floor Amendments

Amendment 3 March 5, 2013 9:42 AM



Senator J. Stuart Adams proposes the following amendments:

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             13          This bill:
             14          
{   .    removes the requirement to obtain the approval of the Utah College of Applied

             15      Technology Board of Trustees before a campus board of directors enters into an
             16      agreement authorizing an individual or not-for-profit entity to establish and operate
             17      a charter school;   }
 

    . establishes procedures and criteria for the approval of a charter school application by the Utah College of Applied Technology Board of Trustees;
    . provides that a charter school application may not be denied due to certain impacts to a public school;  

             18          .    allows a campus board of directors of a college campus within the Utah College of

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             83          (1) Subject to the approval of the State Board of Education
{   [   } and except as provided in

             84      Subsection (8)
{   ]   } , an individual or entity identified in Section 53A-1a-504 may enter into an

             85      agreement with a board of trustees of a higher education institution authorizing the individual

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             135      assist them in understanding and performing their charter obligations.
             136          
{   [   } (8) (a) In addition to complying with the requirements of this section, a campus board

             137      of directors of a college campus within the Utah College of Applied Technology shall obtain
             138      the approval of the Utah College of Applied Technology Board of Trustees before entering into
             139      an agreement to establish and operate a charter school.
{   ]   }

    
  (b) If a campus board of directors of a college campus with the Utah College of Applied Technology approves an application to establish and operate a charter school, the campus board of

directors of the college campus shall submit the application to the Utah College of Applied Technology Board of Trustees.


    (c) The Utah College of Applied Technology Board of Trustees shall, by majority vote, within 60 days or receipt of the application, approve or deny the application approved by the campus board of directors.
    (d) The Utah College of Applied Technology Board of Trustees may deny an application approved by a campus board of directors if the proposed charter school does not accomplish a purpose of charter schools as provided in Section 53A-1-503.
    (e) A charter school application may not be denied on the basis that the establishment of the charter school will have any or all of the following impacts on a public school, including another charter school:
    (i) an enrollment decline;
    (ii) a decrease in funding; or
    (iii) a modification of programs or services.  

             140          [(b) The Utah College of Applied Technology Board of Trustees shall establish a
             141      policy for granting approval to a campus board of directors to enter into an agreement to
             142      establish and operate a charter school.]
             143          
{   (8)   }        (9)       (a) Subject to the requirements of this part, a campus board of directors of a college

             144      campus within the Utah College of Applied Technology may establish:
             145          (i) procedures for submitting applications to establish and operate a charter school to a
             146      campus board of directors of a college campus within the Utah College of Applied Technology;
             147      and
             148          (ii) criteria for a campus board of directors' approval of an application to establish and
             149      operate a charter school.
             150          (b) The Utah College of Applied Technology Board of Trustees may not establish
             151      policy governing the procedures or criteria described in Subsection
{   (8)   }        (9)       (a).

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