§ 22.1-212.11. (Effective until July 1, 2009) Public charter school restrictions
A. In establishing public charter schools within the division, local school boards shall give priority to public charter school applications designed to increase the educational opportunities of at-risk students, particularly those at-risk students currently served by schools that have not achieved full accreditation.
B. Local school boards shall report the grant or denial of public charter school applications to the Board; the number of charters granted or denied, and the reasons for any such denials; and whether a public charter school is designed to increase the educational opportunities of at-risk students or any students served by schools that have not achieved full accreditation.
The Board of Education shall report annually to the General Assembly the number of public charter school applications granted and denied, and the reasons for any such denials.
C. Nothing in this article shall be construed to prevent a school that is the only school in the division from applying to become a public charter school.
(1998, cc. 748, 890; 2000, cc. 631, 1028; 2002, cc. 851, 874; 2004, c. 530.)
§ 22.1-212.11. (Effective July 1, 2009) Public charter school restrictions.
A. Local school boards may establish public charter schools within the school division and shall be authorized to limit the number of schools so established; however, the total number of public charter schools, including those designed to increase educational opportunities for at-risk pupils but not including any regional public charter schools, shall not exceed ten percent of the school division's total number of schools or two public charter schools, whichever is greater. Priority shall be given to public charter school applications designed to increase the educational opportunities of at-risk students, and at least one-half of the public charter schools per division shall be for at-risk students.
B. Local school boards shall report the grant or denial of public charter school applications to the Board and shall specify the maximum number of charters that may be authorized, if any; the number of charters granted or denied; and whether a public charter school is designed to increase the educational opportunities of at-risk students.
C. Nothing in this article shall be construed to prevent a school that is the only school in the division from applying to become a public charter school.
(1998, cc. 748, 890; 2000, cc. 631, 1028; 2002, cc. 851, 874.)
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