Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 28 - EDUCATION
Part CXXXIX - Bulletin 126-Charter Schools
Chapter 3 - Charter School Authorizers
Section CXXXIX-307 - Local School Board Duties
Universal Citation: LA Admin Code CXXXIX-307
Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 3, March 20, 2024
A. Local school boards have the following duties relating to charter schools:
1. to
report any charter entered into; and to report the number of schools chartered,
the status of those schools, and any recommendations relating to the charter
school program to BESE no later than July 1 of each year;
2. provide each charter school with the
criteria and procedures that will be used when considering whether to renew a
schools charter;
3. to notify the
chartering group in writing of any decisions made relative to the renewal or
nonrenewal of a schools charter not later than January 31 of the year in which
the charter would expire. A notification that a charter will not be renewed
shall include written explanation of the reasons for such
non-renewal;
4. to make available
to chartering groups any vacant school facilities or any facility slated to be
vacant for lease or purchase at up to fair market value. In the case of a type
2 charter school created as a result of a conversion, the facility and all
property within the existing school shall also be made available to the
chartering group. In return for the use of the facility and its contents, the
chartering group shall pay a proportionate share of the local school boards
bonded indebtedness to be calculated in the same manner as set for in
R.S.
17:1990(C)(2)(a)(i). If such
facilities were constructed at no cost to the local school board, then such
facilities, including all equipment, books, instructional materials, and
furniture within such facilities, shall be provided to the charter school at no
cost;
5. if requested by a charter
school, provide transportation services to a charter school student pursuant to
R.S.
17:158.
a.
The charter school shall reimburse the local school board for the actual cost
of providing such transportation unless an amount less than the actual cost is
agreed upon by both parties.
AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 17:6(A)(10), R.S. 17:3981, R.S. 17:3982, and R.S. 17:3983.
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