33-5205B. PERFORMANCE CERTIFICATES. (1) Within seventy-five (75) days of approval of a charter application, the authorized chartering entity and the governing board of the approved public charter school shall execute a performance certificate that clearly sets forth the academic and operational performance expectations and measures by which the public charter school will be judged and the administrative relationship between the authorized chartering entity and public charter school, including each party’s rights and duties. The performance expectations and measures set forth in the performance certificate shall include, but need not be limited to, applicable federal and state accountability requirements. The performance provisions may be refined or amended by mutual agreement after the public charter school is operating and has collected baseline achievement data for its enrolled students.
(2) The performance certificate shall be signed by the president of the authorized chartering entity’s governing board and the president of the public charter school’s governing body. Within fourteen (14) days of executing a performance certificate, the authorized chartering entity shall submit to the state board of education written notification of the performance certificate execution, including a copy of the performance certificate.
(3) No public charter school may commence operations without a performance certificate executed in accordance with this provision and approved in an open meeting of the authorized chartering entity’s governing board.
(4) All public charter schools approved prior to July 1, 2013, shall execute performance certificates with their authorizers no later than July 1, 2014. Such certificates shall ensure that each public charter school approved prior to July 1, 2014, is evaluated for renewal or nonrenewal between March 1, 2016, and March 1, 2019.
History:
[33-5205B, added 2013, ch. 343, sec. 6, p. 917.]
Structure Idaho Code
Chapter 52 - PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS
Section 33-5201 - SHORT TITLE.
Section 33-5202 - LEGISLATIVE INTENT.
Section 33-5202A - DEFINITIONS.
Section 33-5203 - AUTHORIZATION — LIMITATIONS.
Section 33-5204 - NONPROFIT CORPORATION — LIABILITY — INSURANCE.
Section 33-5204A - APPLICABILITY OF PROFESSIONAL CODES AND STANDARDS — LIMITATIONS UPON AUTHORITY.
Section 33-5205 - PETITION TO ESTABLISH PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL.
Section 33-5205A - TRANSFER OF CHARTER.
Section 33-5205B - PERFORMANCE CERTIFICATES.
Section 33-5205C - PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL REPLICATION.
Section 33-5206 - REQUIREMENTS AND PROHIBITIONS OF A PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL.
Section 33-5207 - CHARTER APPEAL PROCEDURE.
Section 33-5208 - PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL FINANCIAL SUPPORT.
Section 33-5209A - ACCOUNTABILITY.
Section 33-5209B - CHARTER RENEWALS.
Section 33-5209C - ENFORCEMENT — REVOCATION — APPEAL.
Section 33-5210 - APPLICATION OF SCHOOL LAW — ACCOUNTABILITY — EXEMPTION FROM STATE RULES.
Section 33-5211 - TECHNICAL SUPPORT AND INFORMATION.
Section 33-5212 - SCHOOL CLOSURE AND DISSOLUTION.
Section 33-5213 - PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL COMMISSION.
Section 33-5214 - PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL AUTHORIZERS FUND.
Section 33-5215 - CAREER TECHNICAL REGIONAL PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL.