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Senate committee advances bill expanding charter conversion options, shortens appeals step
Summary
The Senate Education and Career Development Committee voted 9–4 to advance Senate Bill 239 after Senator Rogers removed ESA/CSA nonreverting language by amendment. The bill would let school corporations operate multiple conversion charters under one charter, allow cross-district innovation networks, shorten the appeals process by removing an ALJ step, and require parental notification for students at risk in math.
The Senate Education and Career Development Committee on Thursday advanced Senate Bill 239, a package of changes that would expand options for charter conversions, speed appeals of charter decisions, and add parental notification when K–8 students are at risk in mathematics.
Senator Rogers, the bill sponsor, told the committee SB239 “provides more opportunities for traditional public schools to partner with a charter school as an innovation charter network” and would allow a school corporation to convert more than one existing public school and operate two or more conversion charters under a single charter instead of the current limit of one. She said the bill’s provisions are optional and intended to give districts flexibility, particularly in rural areas.
The bill also would shorten the appeal path when a school…
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