HOUSE AMENDMENT

    hbd-38                                     Bill No. CS/HB 1665

    Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only)

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11  Representative(s) Cantens offered the following:

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13         Amendment to Amendment (964765) (with title amendment) 

14         On page 3, between lines 16 & 17, of the amendment

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17         3.  After a district school board approves an

18  application for a conversion charter school, the school shall

19  establish a conversion committee in order to develop a charter

20  required pursuant to subsection (10). The conversion committee

21  shall be comprised of the following nine members:

22         a.  The principal of the school, or his or her

23  designee, who shall serve as the chair.

24         b.  Two teachers of the school who are selected by

25  other teachers in the school.

26         c.  Three nonrelated parents of students enrolled at

27  the school.

28         d.  Three at-large members selected by the six members

29  listed in sub-subparagraphs a., b., and c.

30         4.  The conversion committee shall meet at least once a

31  month. Each meeting shall be noticed at least 72 hours in

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  1  advance by prominently displaying a written notice in the

  2  school and by sending a written notice to the parents of each

  3  student. At each meeting, the conversion committee shall

  4  reserve a certain amount of time for public participation.

  5         5.  The conversion committee shall be responsible for

  6  developing a charter as required pursuant to subsection (10).

  7  The conversion committee shall submit a copy of the proposed

  8  charter to the school's parents, teachers, and administrators

  9  within 120 days after the district school board approves the

10  application for the conversion charter school. Any

11  recommendations and amendments to the proposed charter shall

12  be submitted to the conversion committee within 15 days after

13  the proposed charter is submitted to the school's parents,

14  teachers, and administrators. The conversion committee shall

15  convene at least one additional meeting in order to discuss

16  and take action on the recommendations and amendments to the

17  proposed charter that were submitted.

18         6.  Within 15 days after recommendations and amendments

19  to the proposed charter are submitted, the conversion

20  committee shall submit a copy of the final version of the

21  proposed charter to the school's parents, teachers, and

22  administrators.

23         7.  Within 10 days after a copy of the final version of

24  the proposed charter is submitted to the school's parents,

25  teachers, and administrators, the school's parents and

26  teachers shall vote for the approval of the final version of

27  the proposed charter. In order to approve the final version of

28  the proposed charter, the vote shall demonstrate the support

29  of at least 50 percent of the teachers employed at the school

30  and 50 percent of the parents voting whose children are

31  enrolled at the school, provided that a majority of the

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  1  parents eligible to vote participate in the ballot process.

  2  Should the final version of the proposed charter not be

  3  approved, the school shall withdraw its application for a

  4  conversion charter school.

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  8  And the title is amended as follows:

  9         On page 36, line 23, after the semicolon, of the

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13         revising provisions relating to conversion

14         charter schools; providing for development of a

15         charter by a conversion committee;

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