Bill
Number: S.B. 1394
Quezada
Floor Amendment
Reference
to: EDUCATION Committee amendment
Amendment
drafted by: Roxanna Pitones
FLOOR
AMENDMENT EXPLANATION
1. Stipulates
there must be a governing board for a charter holder that is composed of at
least three members.
a. Specifies
that no more than two immediate family members may serve at the same time on
the charter holder governing board.
b. Prohibits
immediate family members from constituting a majority of the board.
2. Prohibits
immediate family currently residing in the same household or who have resided
within the same household at any time in the previous four years from serving
simultaneously on the governing board of the charter holder or on the charter
school governing body.
3. For
charter schools with at least 250 students in Maricopa or Pima county,
prohibits more than two persons related by affinity, consanguinity, or by law
to the third degree to serve on the governing board of the same charter holder
or charter school.
4. Requires
the State Board for Charter Schools to provide training for charter holder
governing board members on outlined content, in addition to charter school
governing body members.
5. Specifies
charter school governing bodies and charter holder governing boards must comply
with open meeting requirements.
6. Directs
a charter school or charter holder that contracts with a CMO to identify the
name of the person or entity that has ownership of the CMO and the services the
CMO provides to the charter holder.
7. Specifies
the required written statement identifying the CMO must include an itemized
list of services the CMO offers to the charter school or charter holder.
8. Stipulates
a charter holder's annual audit include a compliance review of procurement
policies.
9. Makes
conforming changes.
Page 3, line
1, after "for" insert "charter
school"; after "MEMBERS" insert
", charter holder governing board members"
Line 5, after
"new" insert "charter
school"; after "MEMBER" insert
", charter holder governing board member"
Line 7,
strike "governing body member's" insert "person's"
Lines 8 and
9, strike "the key administrative personnel member's"
insert "the charter holder governing board or"
Line 10,
after "SCHOOL" insert "OR
the CHARTER HOLDER"
Page 4, line
7, strike "definition" insert "definitions"
Page 10,
between lines 16 and 17, insert:
"8. Ensure that it provides for a governing board for the
charter holder composed of at least three members. Not more than two immediate
family members may serve simultaneously on the charter holder governing board,
and immediate family members may not constitute a majority of those board
members, except that:
(a) Persons
related as immediate family who currently reside within the same household or
who have resided within the same household during at any time within the
previous four years may not serve simultaneously on the governing board of the
same charter holder.
(b) For a
charter school with a student count of at least two hundred fifty that is
located in a county with a population of more than five hundred thousand
persons, not more than two persons related by affinity, by consanguinity or by
law to the third degree may serve simultaneously on the governing board of the
same charter holder."
Renumber to
conform
Page 10, line
26, after the period strike remainder of line
Page 10, strike
line 27, insert "Persons related as immediate family who
currently reside within the same household or who have resided within the same
household during any time within the previous four years may not serve
simultaneously on the governing board of the same charter school, except that
for a charter school with a student count of at least two hundred fifty that is
located in a county with a population of more than five hundred thousand
persons, not more than two persons related by affinity, by consanguinity or by
law to the third degree may serve simultaneously on the governing board of the
same charter school."
Page 11,
between lines 2 and 3, insert:
"11. Ensure that the charter school governing body and the charter
holder governing board comply with open meeting requirements prescribed in
title 38, chapter 3, article 3.1."
Page 20,
line 25, after "SCHOOL" insert "OR CHARTER HOLDER"
Line 30,
after "SCHOOL" insert "OR
CHARTER HOLDER"
Line 31,
strike "from the charter school"
Line 32,
after "ORGANIZATION" insert "and the name of the person or entity that has ownership of the charter
management organization"
Page 21,
line 1, after the first and second "SCHOOL"
insert "OR CHARTER HOLDER"
Line 2,
after the period insert "The statement shall include an
itemized list of services the charter management organization offers to the charter
school or charter holder, including the cost for each service."
Line 17,
strike the comma insert ":
1."
Line 19,
strike "1." insert "(a)"
Line 22,
strike "2." insert "(b)"
Between
lines 23 and 24, insert:
"2. "Immediate family" has the same meaning prescribed
in section 15-421."
Page 23, line 7, after "SCHOOL'S"
insert "OR CHARTER HOLDER'S"
Amend title to conform