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H.B. 136 Enrolled

                 

CHARTER SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
                  2005 GENERAL SESSION
                  STATE OF UTAH
                  Chief Sponsor: James A. Ferrin
                  Senate Sponsor: Howard A. Stephenson
                 
                  LONG TITLE
                  General Description:
                      This bill allows a charter school with more applicants than enrollment capacity to give
                  enrollment preference based on a student's proximity to the school.
                  Highlighted Provisions:
                      This bill:
                      .    allows a charter school to give enrollment preference to students living within a
                  two-mile radius of the school or within the municipality in which the charter school
                  is located.
                  Monies Appropriated in this Bill:
                      None
                  Other Special Clauses:
                      None
                  Utah Code Sections Affected:
                  AMENDS:
                      53A-1a-506, as last amended by Chapter 259, Laws of Utah 2001
                 
                  Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
                      Section 1. Section 53A-1a-506 is amended to read:
                       53A-1a-506. Eligible students.
                      (1) All resident students of the state qualify for admission to a charter school, subject
                  to the limitations set forth in this section.
                      (2) (a) A charter school shall enroll an eligible student who submits a timely

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                  application, unless the number of applications exceeds the capacity of a program, class, grade
                  level, or the school.
                      (b) (i) If the number of applications exceeds the capacity of a program, class, grade level,
                  or the school, then students shall be selected on a random basis except that the school may give
                  preference to a student of a parent who has actively participated in the development of the school
                  and to siblings of students presently enrolled in the school.
                      (ii) The school may give preference to students who reside within:
                      (A) the school district in which the school is located[.];
                      (B) the municipality in which the school is located; or
                      (C) a two-mile radius from the school.
                      (c) When a public school converts to charter status, the school shall give enrollment
                  preference to students who would have otherwise attended it as a regular public school.
                      (3) A charter school may not discriminate in its admission policies or practices on the
                  same basis as other public schools may not discriminate in their admission policies and practices.

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