Report Title:

Charter Schools

Description:

Repeals the statutory cap on the number of charter schools.

THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	1078
TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE, 2009
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO CHARTER SCHOOLS.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

     SECTION 1.  Section 302B-4, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is repealed.

     ["§302B‑4  Limits on charter schools.  The panel may authorize one new start-up charter school for each existing start-up charter school that has received a three-year or longer accreditation from the Western Association of Schools and Colleges or a comparable accreditation authority as determined by the panel, or for each start-up charter school whose charter is revoked.  The total number of conversion charter schools authorized by the panel shall not exceed twenty-five."]

     SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.

     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:

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