RÉSUMÉ DIGEST
ACT 207 (HB 242) 2017 Regular Session Emerson
Existing law requires that each charter school proposal submitted to the State Bd. of
Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) and a local public school board as required in
existing law be evaluated by a third party with educational, organizational, legal, and
financial expertise.
New law adds a requirement that BESE and local school boards send the final evaluation and
recommendations, if any, of the third-party evaluator to charter applicants. Requires that such
information be sent electronically or hand delivered no later than five business days prior to
the meeting at which the board will take action on the charter proposal.
Effective August 1, 2017.
(Amends R.S. 17:3981(4) and 3982(A)(1)(a)(i))