On July 9, 2019, the Board filed with the Secretary of State's office for publication the Notice of Final Exempt Rulemaking approved by the Board on July 8, 2019. These rules are effective July 8, 2019.
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State law requires the Board to adopt administrative rules, which implement the law or describe the Board's procedures. The Notice of Final Exempt Rulemaking filed on July 9, 2019 includes the rules to implement the financial performance framework and additional transparency approved by the Board at its December 10, 2018 meeting. View the Board's other rules.
The Board submitted its five-year review report for A.A.C. Title 7, Chapter 5, Articles 3 and 5 to the Governor’s Regulatory Review Council (GRRC) on June 21, 2016. The report was approved by GRRC at its October 4, 2016 meeting.
TITLE 7. EDUCATION
CHAPTER 5. STATE BOARD FOR CHARTER SCHOOLS
ARTICLE 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section
R7-5-101. Definitions
ARTICLE 2. APPLICATION FOR A NEW CHARTER; APPLICATION FOR CHARTER REPLICATION
Section
R7-5-201. Application for a New Charter
R7-5-202. New Charter Application Processing Fee
R7-5-203. Time Frames for Granting or Denying a New Charter
R7-5-204. Review of Administratively Complete Application Package for a New Charter, Technical Assistance, and In-person Interview
R7-5-205. Execution of a New Charter
R7-5-206. Good-cause Extension to Execute a New Charter
R7-5-207. Good-cause Suspension of a New Charter
R7-5-208. Application for Replication Charter
ARTICLE 3. POST-CHARTER ACTIONS
Section
R7-5-301. Application for Charter Renewal; Early Renewal of Charter
R7-5-302. Charter Transfer Application
R7-5-303. Charter Amendment Requests
ARTICLE 4. MINIMUM PERFORMANCE EXPECTATIONS
Section
R7-5-401. Minimum Academic Performance Expectations
R7-5-402. Minimum Financial Performance Expectations
R7-5-403. Minimum Operational Performance Expectations
R7-5-404. Development and Use of Performance Frameworks
ARTICLE 5. CHARTER SUPERVISION
Section
R7-5-501. General Supervision
R7-5-502. Site Visits
R7-5-503. Annual Academic Performance Review
R7-5-504. Annual Audit and Financial Performance Review
R7-5-505. Operational Performance Review
R7-5-506. Five-year-interval Review
R7-5-507. Complaints
R7-5-508. Demonstration of Sufficient Progress towards Minimum Academic Performance Expectations
R7-5-509. Financial Intervention Submissions
R7-5-510. Corrective Action Plan
ARTICLE 6. CHARTER OVERSIGHT
Section
R7-5-601. Charter Oversight: General Provisions
R7-5-602. Oversight of Charter Schools Assigned a Letter Grade of “F” by the Department
R7-5-603. Oversight of Charter Schools Assigned a Letter Grade of “D” by the Department
R7-5-604. Civil Penalty for Fingerprinting Violation
R7-5-605. Withholding State Funds
R7-5-606. Consent Agreement
R7-5-607. Revocation
