GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2009

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HOUSE BILL 125

Short Title:        Raise Cap on Charter Schools.		(Public)
Sponsors:	Representatives Gulley, Avila, Killian (Primary Sponsors);  Allred, Blackwood, Boles, Brisson, Burr, Burris‑Floyd, Cleveland, Current, Dockham, Dollar, Folwell, Frye, Hill, Hilton, Holloway, Howard, Hurley, Johnson, Justice, Justus, Langdon, Lewis, McCormick, McElraft, McGee, Mills, Moore, Sager, Samuelson, Starnes, Stevens, Stiller, West, and Wiley.
Referred to:	Education, if favorable, Appropriations.

February 12, 2009

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to raise the cap on charter schools by ten percent of the previous year's number of operating charter schools.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 115C‑238.29D(b) reads as rewritten:

"(b)      The State Board shall authorize no more than five charter schools per year in one local school administrative unit. During a calendar year, The the State Board shall authorize no more than 100 charter schools statewideten percent (10%) of the previous year's number of operating charter schools. If more than five charter schools in one local school administrative unit or more than 100ten percent (10%) of the previous year's number of operating charter schools statewide meet the standards for final approval, the State Board shall give priority to applications that are most likely to further State education policies and to strengthen the educational program offered in the local school administrative units in which they are located."

SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.