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Notice of Rulemaking

On March 31, 2017, the Charter Board’s Notice of Final Rulemaking was published in the Arizona Administrative Register. The effective date for these rules is May 6, 2017.

Arizona Administrative Code

State law requires the Board to adopt administrative rules, which implement the law or describe the Board's procedures. View the Board's current 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 Performance Response

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