La. Admin. Code tit. 28 § CXXXIX-519

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024

Section CXXXIX-519 - Opening of Additional Charter Schools in BESE-Approved Application

A. A charter operator may open additional schools included in its approved charter application if the following performance targets for all Louisiana charter schools currently operated by the charter operator are met:

1. No charter schools have a letter grade of "F" or an equivalent school performance score (SPS); and

2. All charter schools have:

a. a letter grade of "C" or higher or an equivalent SPS; or

b. a letter grade of "D" or higher or an equivalent SPS, and a progress index equivalent to an "A" letter grade.

3. All BESE-authorized charter schools have earned designations of "meets all expectations" or "meets most expectations" for financial and organizational performance as provided for in the Charter School Performance Compact in each of the previous three years of operation, or for every year of operation if the school has been open less than three years; and

4. The charter operator notifies the department of the planned school opening according to timelines developed by the department.

B. The department may consider the financial and organizational performance of charter schools authorized by local school boards as appropriate.

C. If the charter operator contracts with a management organization, the state superintendent may consider the performance of other charter schools affiliated with the management organization in determining whether or not the charter operator is allowed to open an additional approved school.

D. The state superintendent may waive one or more of the required performance criteria for:

1. charter schools that are in the first or second year of operation that have not yet received been evaluated for academic, financial, or organizational performance;

2. charter schools approved as alternative schools pursuant to Bulletin 111 or charter schools that are evaluated pursuant to an alternate framework as provided for in §1103 of this bulletin; or

3. a circumstance where anticipated new students in the charter school being proposed to open would otherwise predominantly be enrolled in schools performing at levels lower than or equivalent to the participating school.

E. The department shall notify BESE prior to the opening of any charter school pursuant to this section.

La. Admin. Code tit. 28, § CXXXIX-519

Promulgated by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education LR 37:2385 (August 2011), amended LR 39:3065 (November 2013), amended LR 39:3249 (December 2013), Amended LR 421869 (11/1/2016), Amended LR 43635 (4/1/2017), Promulgated by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education in LR 44233 (2/1/2018).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 17:6(A)(10), and R.S. 17:3981.