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        February 19, 2004
Mr. Speaker:

    The Education Committee reports a favorable recommendation on H.B. 152, CHARTER SCHOOL GOVERNANCE, by Representative M. Dillree, with the following amendments:
1.    Page 1, Line 16 :    

             16              *    authorize and promote the establishment of charter schools

  , subject to approval of the State Board of Education       ; and

2.    Page 1, Lines 21 through 22 :    

             21          
[[   .    removes the State Board of Education's power to authorize the establishment of new

             22      charter schools;   ]]
3.    Page 4, Lines 100 through 102 :    

             100          (1) The State Charter School Board shall:
             101          (a) authorize and promote the establishment of charter schools, subject to the
             102      limitations in
[[   Section   ]]        Sections       53A-1a-502        and 53A-1a-505       ;


4.    Page 8, Lines 227 through 231 :    

             227          [(c)] (d) The State [Board of Education] Charter School Board shall review and, by
             228      majority vote, either approve or deny the application within 60 days after the application is
             229      received by the board.
  (e) The State Board of Education shall, by majority vote, within 60 days after action by the State Charter School Board under Subsection (1)(d):

(i) approve or deny an application approved by the State Charter School Board; or
(ii) hear an appeal, if any, of an application denied by the State Charter School Board.  

             230          [(d)]
[[   (e)   ]]        (f)       The [state board's] State      [[   Charter School   ]] Board        of Education's       action under Subsection

             231      [(2)(c)] (1)
[[   (d)   ]]        (e)       is final action subject to judicial review.


5.    Page 10, Line 297 through Page 11, Line 307

             297     

[[       (o) a statement indicating whether the school will seek accreditation and, if so, the

             298      standards or accrediting body under which the school will seek accreditation;
             299          (p)   ]]
  (o)       the school's intention to create a library;

             300
         
[[   (q)   ]]        (p)       a description of school administrative and supervisory services;

             301          
[[   (r)   ]]        (q)       fiscal procedures to be used by the school; and

             302          
[[   (s)   ]]        (r)       the school's policies and procedures regarding:

             303          (i) employee termination;
             304          (ii) employee evaluation;
  and      

             305          (iii) employment of relatives
[[   ; and

             306          (iv) standards of ethical conduct for school employees and members of the governing
             307      board   ]] .

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             371          (3) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (3)(b), State Board of Education rules
             372      governing the following do not apply to a charter school:
             373          

[[   (i) accreditation;   ]]

             374          
[[   (ii)   ]]        (i)       school libraries;

             375          
[[   (iii)   ]]        (ii)       required school administrative and supervisory services; and

             376          
[[   (iv)   ]]        (iii)       required expenditures for instructional supplies.


7.    Page 14, Lines 410 through 415

             410          (3) The following statutes governing public employees and officers do not apply to
             411      charter schools:
             412          (a) Chapter 8, Utah Orderly School Termination Procedures Act;
             413          (b) Chapter 10, Educator Evaluation;

  and      

             414          (c) Title 52, Chapter 3, Prohibiting Employment of Relatives
[[   ; and

             415          (d) Title 67, Chapter 16, Public Officers' and Employees' Ethics Act   ]] .

    Respectfully,

    Margaret Dayton     Committee Chair

Voting: 9-5-1
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