Section 33-5203 (2), Idaho Code, limits the number of new public charter schools that may be approved for a school year to not more than six (6) statewide and further limits the number of new public charter schools that may be approved for a single school district for a school year to not more than one (1). The State Board of Education shall use the procedure described in State Board of Education 08.02.04 - Rules Governing Public Charter Schools, Sections 100.01 through 100.05 - Limitations on New Public Charter Schools. (6-24-08)
6315.10
To institute the approval process with the local Board of Trustees for the formation of a new public charter school, the petitioners must file a petition with the Clerk, Board of Trustees, of Moscow School District 281. The Trustees will only accept public charter school petitions by September 1 of a year preceding the planned opening date of the public charter school. A petition must be received by the initial authorized chartering entity no later than September 1 to be eligible to begin instruction the first complete school year following receipt of the petition. (6-24-08)
6315.20
Pursuant to Section 33-5205, Idaho Code, and State Board of Education 08.02.04 - Rules Governing Public Charter Schools, Section 202 - Petition Requirements, a petition to establish a new public charter school, including a public virtual charter school, shall be signed by not fewer than thirty (30) qualified electors of the attendance area designated in the petition. Proof of elector qualifications shall be provided with the petition. (6-24-08)
6315.30
The Trustees may either:
- consider the petition and approve the charter; or
- consider the petition and deny the charter; or
- refer the petition to the Public Charter School Commission and notify the petitioners of this action, but such referral shall not be made until the local Board has documented its due diligence in considering the petition. Such documentation shall be submitted with the petition to the Public Charter School Commission. (6-24-08)
6315.40
A petition to convert an existing public school shall be signed by not fewer than 60% of teachers currently employed by the District at the school to be converted and by one (1) or more parents/guardians of not fewer than 60% of the students currently attending the school to be converted. (6-24-08)
6315.50
The approval of a charter by the Board of Trustees of Moscow School District 281 does not provide the petitioners with any right to begin operating the public charter school during a particular school year as such approval is conditioned upon the limitations on the number of new public charter schools that may be approved for a school year as described in State Board of Education 08.02.04 - Rules Governing Public Charter Schools, Section 100. A public charter school shall be organized and managed under the Idaho nonprofit corporation act. [IC 33-5204] (6-24-08)