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UTAH STATE SENATE
UTAH STATE CAPITOL COMPLEX * 320 STATE CAPITOL
P.O. BOX 145115 * SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH 84114-5115 * (801) 538-1035
February 24, 2014
Mr. President:
The Education Committee reports a favorable recommendation on S.B. 218, CHARTER
SCHOOL AMENDMENTS, by Senator H. Stephenson, with the following amendments:
1. Page
1, Lines 17 through 19
:
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. requires a charter school that is approved
with high priority status
after
May 13, 2014, and is located in a
18
high growth area to give an enrollment preference to students who reside within a
19
two-mile radius of the charter school.
2. Page
3, Lines 67 through 73
:
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(6)
(a)
Except as provided in Subsection (5)(b)
or (6)(b)
, in approving an
increase in charter school
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enrollment capacity for new charter schools and expanding charter schools, the State
Board of
69
Education shall give:
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{
(a)
}
(i)
high priority to approving a new charter school or a charter school
expansion in a
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high growth area; and
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{
(b)
}
(ii)
low priority to approving a new charter school or a charter school
expansion in an
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area where student enrollment is stable or declining.
(b) An applicant seeking to establish a charter school in a high growth area may elect to not
receive high priority status as provided in Subsection (6)(a)(i).
3. Page
4, Lines 103 through 105
:
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(5)
( a)
{
A
}
Except as provided in Subsection (5)(b), a
charter school
that is approved by the State Board of Education after May 13,
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2014, and is located in a high growth area shall give an enrollment preference to students
who
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reside within a two-mile radius of the charter school.
(b) The requirement to give an enrollment preference under Subsection (5)(a)
does not apply to a charter school that was approved without a high priority status
pursuant to Subsection 53A-1a-502.5(6)(b).
Respectfully,
Stuart C. Reid
Committee Chair
Voting: 7-0-1
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