H6145

	2017 -- H 6145
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	STATE OF RHODE ISLAND
	IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
	JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2017
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	A N A C T
	RELATING TO EDUCATION - ESTABLISHMENT OF CHARTER PUBLIC SCHOOLS

	Introduced By: Representatives McEntee, Craven, Tanzi, Casimiro, and O'Brien
	Date Introduced: April 26, 2017
	Referred To: House Health, Education & Welfare
	It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
1	SECTION 1. Chapter 16-77 of the General Laws entitled "Establishment of Charter
2	Public Schools [See Title 16 Chapter 97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]" is hereby
3	amended by adding thereto the following section:
4	16-77-13. Sending districts to have membership on board of directors.
5	Effective July 1, 2017, charter public schools and organizations shall include on their
6	board of governors or trustees elected representatives or their designees from the municipalities
7	with the largest percentage of students enrolled in their school. Every school committee of any
8	public school district shall be authorized to appoint one designee or member to the board of
9	directors, trustees, or other governing body of any charter public school where students who are
10	residents of that district comprise five percent (5%) or more of the total number of students
11	enrolled in the charter public school. In the event a charter public school does not have a board of
12	governors, trustees, or similar body, such a body shall be established by each charter public
13	school or organization to ensure public representation in the supervision and expenditure of
14	public resources.
15	SECTION 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2017.
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	EXPLANATION
	BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
	OF
	A N A C T
	RELATING TO EDUCATION - ESTABLISHMENT OF CHARTER PUBLIC SCHOOLS
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1	This act would authorize school committees to appoint one designee to the board of
2	directors of the governing body of any charter public school where students who are residents of
3	the school committee's district comprise at least five percent (5%) of the student body at the
4	charter public school.
5	This act would take effect July 1, 2017.
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