General Assembly Of Georgia Legislative Changes Impacting Charter Schools – 2022 – Government Contracts, Procurement & PPP

Act 769 (H.B. 1215) revised multiple aspects of the Charter
Schools Act of 1998, as follows:

• The definition of “Charter school” was revised to
  better distinguish charter schools from a “Charter
  system” and other types of schools – this definition
  also better aligns with the federal definition of a public charter
  school.




• A new definition for a “Charter school governing
  board” was added – curiously, no such definition was
  previously included in the Charter Schools Act of 1998




• Clarified the definitions of a “Local charter school”
  and “State chartered special school” by adding local and
  state board qualifiers, respectively.




• Authorizes a student to withdraw from a local public school at
  any time to enroll in a charter school – allowing a charter
  school to accommodate a transfer student on a waitlist throughout
  the school year.




• Requires school districts to allocate local revenue at least
  semiannually for purposes of calculating and structuring local
  funds to charter schools. This feature bases funding more on
  collected rather than budged revenues during the year (sometimes
  referred to as a mid-year “true-up”).

Act 769 amends Ga. Code Ann. Sections 20-2-2062, 2066, 2068.1,
and 2031 and repeals Sections 20-2-2076 and 2093.

In addition to the revisions described above, the Legislature
also approved an additional $3 million in funding for charter
school facilities in the State’s fiscal year 2023 budget.

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