(a) The State Board of Education shall adopt rules as necessary to administer this subchapter, including without limitation the procedure for:
(1) Hearings; and
(2) Administration of the public charter authorizing panel.
(b)
(1) The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education shall notify in writing the state board, charter applicant, public charter school, and affected school districts, if any, of final decisions made by the division no less than fourteen (14) calendar days before the next regularly scheduled state board meeting after the final decision is made by the division.
(2)
(A) A charter applicant, public charter school, and affected school district, if any, may submit in writing a request that the state board review the final decision of the division under § 6-23-703.
(B) The written request submitted under subdivision (b)(2)(A) of this section shall state the specific reasons supporting a review by the state board.
(3) The decision of whether to review a final decision of the division is discretionary by the state board and the provisions of this section and § 6-23-703 do not grant any right of appeal to a charter applicant, public charter school, or affected school district.
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