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An Act ENROLLED SENATE BILL NO. 516 By: Pugh and Brooks of the Senate and Echols of the House An Act relating to charter schools; creating the Statewide Charter School Board; providing authority of board beginning on certain date; providing for membership; requiring initial appointments by certain date; providing terms of members; providing for annual election of chair and vice chair; providing for removal of members; providing for filling of vacancies; prohibiting certain legislators from serving as members; providing for travel reimbursement; requiring first meeting to be held by certain date; providing for frequency of meetings; specifying quorum requirements; requiring virtual charter schools to only be sponsored by the Statewide Charter School Board beginning on certain date; abolishing the Statewide Virtual Charter School Board upon certain date; providing for succession to certain rights, responsibilities, and agreements executed prior to certain date; providing for transfer of powers, duties, personnel, property, and other items; directing the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services to coordinate certain transfers; providing for succession of certain contracts; providing for virtual charter school sponsorship contract renewal; providing for enforceability of certain administrative rules; granting rulemaking authority; providing for succession to certain rights, responsibilities, and agreements executed by the State Board of Education prior to certain date; directing Statewide Charter School Board to assume certain sponsorships; providing for certain sponsorship renewal; permitting certain charter schools to apply for sponsorship renewal with the Statewide Charter School Board; establishing powers and duties of the Statewide Charter School Board; reserving certain powers and duties for the State Board of Education; defining terms; providing for preparation of a conversion plan; providing for contents of plan; exempting conversion schools from certain laws; providing for funding of conversion schools; describing process for conversion school reversion; requiring Board to make publicly available a list of certain courses beginning on certain date; directing the Board, in certain conjunction, to negotiate and enter into contracts with certain providers; creating the Statewide Charter School Board Revolving Fund; specifying sources of fund; providing for expenditures; providing purpose of fund; amending 70 O.S. 2021, Section 3-104, which relates to powers and duties of the State Board of Education; updating statutory references; modifying reference from the Statewide Virtual Charter School Board to the Statewide Charter School Board; amending 70 O.S. 2021, Sections 3-132, as amended by Section 1, Chapter 222, O.S.L. 2022 (70 O.S. Supp. 2022, Section 3-132), 3-134, as amended by Section 2, Chapter 222, O.S.L. 2022 (70 O.S. Supp. 2022, Section 3-134), 3- 136, 3-137, 3-139, 3-140, 3-142, 3-143, and 3-144, which relate to implementation of the Oklahoma Charter Schools Act; modifying eligibility of certain entities to sponsor charter schools; updating statutory language; exempting certain charter schools from certain limitation; striking duplicative language; transferring certain training duty from the State Department of Education to the Statewide Charter School Board; requiring training after certain date for certain sponsors; establishing deadline for training development and implementation; modifying application process and contents for certain schools; removing references to charter schools sponsored by certain entities; requiring certain charter application to be submitted first to certain school district; removing certain appeals process; prohibiting delegation of certain ENR. S. B. NO. 516 responsibilities to a school district without a contract; providing for powers and duties of charter school and virtual charter school sponsors; requiring Statewide Charter School Board to post certain information on its website; modifying contents of certain written contracts beginning on certain date; directing certain charter schools to be separate and distinct; defining term; modifying language regarding employment contracts; prohibiting certain schools from serving certain students without certain contract; authorizing sponsor to establish certain requirements or conditions for certain schools; updating references; directing certain charter schools to be included in certain bond planning conversations; providing for increase in length of certain charter contracts; prescribing a performance report prior to the final year of a charter contract renewal; permitting sponsor to require charter school to develop certain corrective action plan; authorizing nonrenewal of contract in certain cases; removing requirement of sponsor to appear before the State Board of Education in certain circumstances; requiring certain school to disclose revocation or nonrenewal in a subsequent application; including virtual charter schools in teacher salary and hiring provisions; updating statutory language; prescribing geographic boundaries for virtual charter schools; prohibiting certain students from participating in certain activities; designating certain students as transfer students; prescribing process for enrollment in virtual charter school; requiring transmission of student records within certain time period; directing certain notification if technology infrastructure is inadequate; prescribing limitation of student transfers; defining term; prohibiting additional transfer without certain concurrence; providing a grace period for withdrawal; requiring certain notification; providing for transfer for students who have a parent or guardian in the military; prescribing process for transfer; defining terms; prohibiting the Statewide Charter School Board from charging a fee for administrative or other services; ENR. S. B. NO. 516 specifying how sponsor fee is to be used; directing development of certain data codes for reporting expenditures; requiring sponsor to publish certain report on its website and present report in certain meeting; modifying language regarding calculation of certain weighted average daily membership; updating statutory language; transferring oversight authority of the Charter School Closure Reimbursement Revolving Fund; reassigning duty to submit certain annual report; modifying authority over the Charter Schools Incentive Fund; amending 70 O.S. 2021, Sections 3- 145.5, as amended by Section 2, Chapter 153, O.S.L. 2022 (70 O.S. Supp. 2022, Section 3-145.5), 3-145.7, and 3-145.8, which relate to virtual charter schools; removing outdated language; granting Statewide Virtual Charter School Board authority over certain revolving fund until certain date; transferring funds to certain revolving fund on certain date; updating statutory references; requiring sponsor governing board to designate representative to complete annual sponsor workshop requirement; amending 70 O.S. 2021, Section 5-200, which relates to management organizations; updating statutory language; requiring amounts paid to certain organizations be pursuant to contract terms; mandating disclosure pursuant to certain guidelines; updating statutory citations; amending 70 O.S. 2021, Section 18-124, which relates to limitations on administrative services expenditures; providing applicability of limitation to certain schools; clarifying calculation for specified schools; modifying definition; amending 70 O.S. 2021, Section 1210.704, which relates to the provision of advanced placement courses; updating statutory language; repealing 70 O.S. 2021, Sections 3-135, 3-145.1, 3-145.2, 3-145.3, and 3-145.4, which relate to sponsor contract guidelines, meetings, and rule promulgation of the Statewide Virtual Charter School Board; providing for severability; providing for codification; and providing effective dates. ENR. S. B. NO. 516 SUBJECT: Charter schools

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Jon Echols (R)*,  Adam Pugh (R)*,  Michael Brooks (D), 

Approved by Governor 06/05/2023 (on 06/05/2023)

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