Charter School Involvement in Local Ballot Questions

     Under current law, subject to procedural requirements, a charter school that has capital construction needs may seek money to fund these needs by requesting that its chartering school district (district):

• Submit a ballot question to the district's voters concerning a special mill levy; or
• Include the charter school's capital construction needs in the district's ballot question for bonded indebtedness or for an additional mill levy.

     The bill:

• Requires a district that is considering submitting a ballot question or questions to its voters to solicit proposals from its charter schools about their capital construction needs; and
• Requires the district's board to notify the charter schools regarding whether it will include the charter school's capital construction needs in the district's ballot questions. and
• Encourages a district to solicit proposals from institute charter schools located within the district's boundaries about their capital construction needs and include funding for the capital construction needs in the district's relevant ballot question.

(Note: Italicized words indicate new material added to the original summary; dashes through words indicate deletions from the original summary.)


(Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)