§302D-15 Appeals; charter applications, renewals, or revocations. (a) The board shall have the power to decide appeals of decisions by an authorizer to deny the approval of a charter application, deny renewal of a charter contract, or revoke a charter school's charter contract. An appeal shall be filed with the board within twenty-one calendar days of the receipt of the notification of denial or revocation. Only a party whose charter application has been denied, whose charter contract renewal has been denied, or whose charter contract has been revoked may initiate an appeal under this section for cause. The board shall review an appeal and issue a final decision within sixty calendar days of the filing of the appeal.
(b) The board shall serve as the final arbitrator of appeals authorized by subsection (a).
(c) A party shall not be entitled to a hearing before the board under this section until it has exhausted all available administrative remedies.
(d) The board shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 91 to implement this section. [L 2012, c 130, pt of §2; am L 2013, c 159, §10]
Structure Hawaii Revised Statutes
302D-3 State public charter school commission; establishment; appointment.
302D-4 Chartering authority application for eligible entities.
302D-5 Authorizer powers, duties, and liabilities.
302D-6 Principles and standards for charter authorizing.
302D-9 Exclusivity of authorizing functions and rights.
302D-10 Services purchased from authorizer; itemized accounting.
302D-11 Oversight of public charter school authorizers.
302D-12 Charter school governing boards; powers and duties.
302D-13 Start-up and conversion charter schools; establishment.
302D-14.5 Approved charter applications; start-up period; pre-opening charter schools.
302D-15 Appeals; charter applications, renewals, or revocations.
302D-16 Performance framework.
302D-17 Ongoing oversight and corrective actions.
302D-18 Renewals, revocations, and nonrenewals.
302D-19 School closure and dissolution.
302D-23 Minimum educational data reporting standards.
302D-24 Occupancy and use of facilities of department schools.
302D-25 Applicability of state laws.
302D-26 Civil service status; employee rights.
302D-27 Administration of workers' compensation.
302D-28.5 Financial insolvency.
302D-29 Weighted student formula
302D-30 Responsibilities of the department; special education services.
302D-33 Criminal history record checks.
302D-35 Use of vacant department facilities.
302D-36 Youth suicide awareness and prevention protocol.
302D-37 Standardized assessment for students entering kindergarten.
302D-38 Prior early learning programs attendance disclosure.
302D-39 Public early learning and preschool programs; administrative authority.