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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 7245
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 4142
Referred to Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS
Introduced by:
(VA)
AN ACT CONCERNING AD VANCE ENROLLMENT OF STUDEN TS IN
CHARTER SCHOOLS AND INTERDISTRICT MAGNET SCHOOLS BY
MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsection (j) of section 10-66bb of the general statutes is 1
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective 2
October 1, 2019): 3
(j) Any member of the armed forces, as defined in subsection (a) of 4
section 27-103, who is both a nonresident of this state and the parent or 5
guardian of a nonresident student, shall be allowed to participate in an 6
enrollment lottery described in subdivision (8) of subsection (d) of this 7
section for the purposes of enrolling such student in any charter school 8
in this state, provided (A) such member and such student will move to 9
and reside in this state during the school year for which enrollment is 10
sought incident to and otherwise necessary to such member's service 11
in the armed forces, and (B) such member gives such charter school 12
written notice, as soon as practicable, of his or her intention to move to 13
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[(j)] (k) (1) The governing council of a state or local charter school 15
may apply to the State Board of Education for a waiver of the 16
requirements of the enrollment lottery described in subdivision (8) of 17
subsection (d) of this section, provided such state or local charter 18
school has as its primary purpose the establishment of education 19
programs designed to serve one or more of the following populations: 20
(A) Students with a history of behavioral and social difficulties, (B) 21
students identified as requiring special education, (C) students who 22
are English language learners, or (D) students of a single gender. 23
(2) An enrollment lottery described in subdivision (8) of subsection 24
(d) of this section shall not be held for a local charter school that is 25
established at a school that is among the schools with a percentage 26
equal to or less than five per cent when all schools are ranked highest 27
to lowest in accountability index scores, as defined in section 10-223e. 28
Sec. 2. Subsection (d) of section 10-66bb of the general statutes is 29
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective 30
October 1, 2019): 31
(d) Applications pursuant to this section shall include a description 32
of: (1) The mission, purpose and any specialized focus of the proposed 33
charter school; (2) the interest in the community for the establishment 34
of the charter school; (3) the school governance and procedures for the 35
establishment of a governing council that (A) includes (i) teachers and 36
parents and guardians of students enrolled in the school, and (ii) the 37
chairperson of the local or regional board of education of the town in 38
which the charter school is located and which has jurisdiction over a 39
school that resembles the approximate grade configuration of the 40
charter school, or the designee of such chairperson, provided such 41
designee is a member of the board of education or the superintendent 42
of schools for the school district, or the superintendent's designee, and 43
(B) is responsible for the oversight of charter school operations, 44
provided no member or employee of the governing council may have a 45
personal or financial interest in the assets, real or personal, of the 46
school; (4) the financial plan for operation of the school, provided no 47 Raised Bill No. 7245
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application fees or other fees for attendance, except as provided in this 48
section, may be charged; (5) the educational program, instructional 49
methodology and services to be offered to students; (6) the number 50
and qualifications of teachers and administrators to be employed in the 51
school; (7) the organization of the school in terms of the ages or grades 52
to be taught and the total estimated enrollment of the school; (8) the 53
student admission criteria and procedures to (A) ensure effective 54
public information, (B) ensure open access on a space available basis, 55
including the enrollment of students during the school year if spaces 56
become available in the charter school, (C) promote a diverse student 57
body, and (D) ensure that the school complies with the provisions of 58
section 10-15c and that it does not discriminate on the basis of 59
disability, athletic performance or proficiency in the English language, 60
provided the school may limit enrollment to a particular grade level or 61
specialized educational focus and, if there is not space available for all 62
students seeking enrollment, the school may give preference to siblings 63
but shall otherwise determine enrollment by a lottery, except the State 64
Board of Education may waive the requirements for such enrollment 65
lottery pursuant to subsection [(j)] (k) of this section; (9) a means to 66
assess student performance that includes participation in mastery 67
examinations, pursuant to section 10-14n; (10) procedures for teacher 68
evaluation and professional development for teachers and 69
administrators; (11) the provision of school facilities, pupil 70
transportation and student health and welfare services; (12) 71
procedures to encourage involvement by parents and guardians of 72
enrolled students in student learning, school activities and school 73
decision-making; (13) procedures to document efforts to increase the 74
racial and ethnic diversity of staff; (14) a five-year plan to sustain the 75
maintenance and operation of the school; (15) a student recruitment 76
and retention plan that shall include, but not be limited to, a clear 77
description of a plan and the capacity of the school to attract, enroll 78
and retain students from among the populations described in 79
subparagraph (A)(i) to (A)(v), inclusive, of subdivision (3) of 80
subsection (c) of this section; (16) a plan to share student learning 81
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of the town in which the proposed charter school is to be located; and 83
(17) in the case of an application in which the governing council of the 84
proposed charter school intends to contract with a charter 85
management organization for whole school management services: (A) 86
Evidence of the charter management organization's ability to (i) serve 87
student populations that are similar to the student population that will 88
be served by the proposed charter school, (ii) create strong academic 89
outcomes for students, and (iii) successfully manage nonacademic 90
school functions, (B) a term sheet that sets forth (i) the length of the 91
contract for whole school management services, (ii) the roles and 92
responsibilities of the governing council of the proposed charter 93
school, the staff of the proposed charter school and the charter 94
management organization, (iii) the scope of services and resources to 95
be provided by the charter management organization, (iv) the 96
performance evaluation measures and timelines, (v) the compensation 97
structure, including a clear identification of all fees to be paid to the 98
charter management organization, (vi) the methods of contract 99
oversight and enforcement, and (vii) the conditions for renewal and 100
termination of the contract, and (C) evidence of compliance with the 101
provisions of section 10-66tt. Subject to the provisions of subsection (b) 102
of section 10-66dd, an application may include, or a charter school may 103
file, requests to waive provisions of the general statutes and 104
regulations not required under sections 10-66aa to 10-66nn, inclusive, 105
and which are within the jurisdiction of the State Board of Education. 106
Sec. 3. Section 10-264l of the general statutes is amended by adding 107
subsection (q) as follows (Effective October 1, 2019): 108
(NEW) (q) Any member of the armed forces, as defined in 109
subsection (a) of section 27-103, who is both a nonresident of this state 110
and the parent or guardian of a nonresident student, shall be allowed 111
to participate in an enrollment lottery described in subdivision (3) of 112
subsection (m) of this section and subsection (a) of section 10-264o for 113
the purposes of enrolling such student in any interdistrict magnet 114
school in this state, provided (1) such member and such student will 115
move to and reside in this state during the school year for which 116 Raised Bill No. 7245
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enrollment is sought incident to and otherwise necessary to such 117
member's service in the armed forces, and (2) such member gives such 118
interdistrict magnet school written notice, as soon as practicable, of his 119
or her intention to move to and reside in this state with such student. 120
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2019 10-66bb(j)
Sec. 2 October 1, 2019 10-66bb(d)
Sec. 3 October 1, 2019 10-264l
Statement of Purpose:
To allow nonresident members of the armed forces who are the
parents or guardians of nonresident students to enroll such students in
certain schools in anticipation of moving to and residing in this state.
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