07 LC 33
1729
Senate
Bill 39
By:
Senators Weber of the 40th, Moody of the 56th, Williams of the 19th, Tarver of
the 22nd, Carter of the 13th and others
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Article 31 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia
Annotated, relating to charter schools, so as to enact the 'Charter Systems
Act'; to provide for legislative findings; to provide for the establishment of
charter systems; to revise and add definitions; to provide for the establishment
of the Charter Advisory Committee; to provide for requirements for petitions for
charter systems; to revise certain provisions relating to the approval or denial
of a charter petition; to revise certain provisions relating to the review of
charters; to provide for terms and renewals of charter systems; to provide for
waivers and operating requirements, control, and management for charter systems;
to provide for termination of charter systems; to revise certain provisions
relative to funding of charter schools; to provide for facilities funds for
charter systems; to change certain provisions relative to the Office of Charter
School Compliance; to revise provisions for purposes of conformity; to provide
for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other
purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
This
Act shall be known and may be cited as the "Charter Systems Act."
SECTION
2.
The
General Assembly finds that schools and school systems should be given high
flexibility to tailor their educational programs to meet the unique needs of
their communities. In furtherance of this, schools and school systems should be
encouraged to use innovative educational programs including local management of
schools and should be provided resources to help design and implement innovative
programs. The General Assembly further finds that schools and school systems
shall be held accountable for student achievement.
SECTION
3.
Article
31 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating
to the "Charter Schools Act of 1998," is amended in Code Section 20-2-2062,
relating to definitions, by revising paragraphs (1), (2), (8), and (11), and by
inserting new paragraphs (3.1) and (17), as follows:
"(1)
'Charter' means a performance based contract between a local board and a charter
petitioner, the terms of which are approved by the local board and by the state
board in the case of a local charter school,
or
between the state board and a charter petitioner, the terms of which are
approved by the state board in the case of a state chartered special
school, or
between a local board and the state board, the terms of which are approved by
the state board in the case of a charter system. By entering into a charter, a
petitioner and local board shall be deemed to have agreed to be bound to all the
provisions of this article as if such terms were set forth in the
charter."
"(2)
'Charter petitioner' means a local school,
local board of
education, private individual, private
organization, or state or local public entity that submits a petition for a
charter. The term 'charter petitioner' does not include home study programs or
schools, sectarian schools, religious schools, private for profit schools,
private educational institutions not established, operated, or governed by the
State of Georgia, or existing private schools."
"(3.1)
'Charter system' means a local school system that is operating under the terms
of a charter pursuant to Code Section
20-2-2063.1."
"(8)
'Local revenue' means local taxes budgeted for school purposes in excess of the
local five mill share, combined with any applicable equalization grant and
budgeted revenues from any of the following: investment earnings, unrestricted
donations, and the sale of surplus property; but exclusive of revenue from bonds
issued for capital projects, revenue to pay debt service on such
bonds,
and
local option sales tax for capital
projects,
and budgeted school food service program
costs. Nothing in this paragraph shall be
construed to prevent a local board from including a local charter school in
projects specified in the ballot language of a local option sales tax or bond
referendum."
"(11)
'Petition' means a proposal to establish a charter school
or a charter
system."
"(17)
'System charter school' means a school within a charter
system."
SECTION
4.
Said
article is further amended in Code Section 20-2-2063, relating to minimum
requirements for charter petitions, by adding a new subsection to the end of
such Code section as follows:
"(d)
The State Board of Education shall establish rules, regulations, policies, and
procedures to provide for a charter petition from a local school system to
establish a charter system. Such rules, regulations, policies, and procedures
shall require that a charter petition contain an explanation of the structure,
rights, and responsibilities of the principal and governing council of the
system charter school, with an objective of maximizing school level governance
and the involvement of parents, teachers, and community members in such
governance. School level governance shall include, but not be limited to,
autonomy in personnel decisions, financial decisions, curriculum, optimization
of resource allocation, and decisions relating to food service, transportation,
scheduling, and facilities."
SECTION
5.
Said
article is further amended by adding new Code sections as follows:
"20-2-2063.1.
(a)
The state board shall establish a Charter Advisory Committee to review charter
petitions for compliance with established standards of the state board, to make
recommendations to the state board on charter policy, and to provide
recommendations to the state board regarding charter petitions. The committee
shall be composed of nine members as follows:
(1)
Three state board members appointed by the chairperson of the state
board;
(2)
Three members appointed by the Lieutenant Governor; and
(3)
Three members appointed by the Speaker of the House of
Representatives.
The
committee shall elect a chairperson from among its membership.
(b)
The committee shall conduct itself in accordance with any rules and guidelines
established by the state board with regard to timeframes, procedures, and
protocol.
(c)
The committee shall be authorized to request clarifying information from a
charter petitioner and to receive input from interested parties on a charter
petition.
(d)
The committee shall:
(1)
Make recommendations to the state board of approval or denial on each charter
petition and shall specify the reasons for such recommendations;
and
(2)
Periodically make recommendations to the state board regarding charter
policy;
(3)
Make recommendations to the state board on the disbursement of planning grants
for charter systems, if funds are made available.
(e)
The committee shall be authorized to enter into contracts, subject to available
funding, with one or more consultants to assist the committee in its duties and
if directed to do so by the committee, to do the following:
(1)
Assist charter petitioners in the drafting of their petitions;
(2)
Assist charter petitioners in the design and implementation of innovative
education programs and school level governance based on research, model
programs, or other credible information;
(3)
Monitor and assist charter schools and charter systems; and
(4)
Perform any other functions related to the support of the
committee.
(f)
The committee shall work in cooperation with the Office of Charter School
Compliance, as established pursuant to Code Section 20-2-2069.
(g)
The members of the committee shall receive no compensation for their services
but shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses incurred by them in
carrying out their duties.
(h)
The committee shall be assigned to the Department of Education for
administrative purposes only, as prescribed in Code Section 50-4-3.
20-2-2063.2.
(a)
The state board shall be authorized to enter into a charter with a local board
to establish a local school system as a charter system.
(b)
A local board seeking to create a charter system must submit a petition to the
state board. Prior to submitting such petition, the local board
shall:
(1)
Adopt a resolution approving the proposed charter system petition;
(2)
Conduct at least two public hearings and provide notice of the hearings in the
same manner as other legal notices of the local board; and
(3)
Send a notice to each principal within the local school system of the hearings
with instructions that each school shall distribute the notice to the parent or
guardian of each student enrolled in the school.
The
local board may revise its proposed charter system petition, upon resolution, as
a result of testimony at the public hearings or for other purposes.
(c)
Prior to approval or denial of a charter petition for a charter system, the
state board shall receive and give all due consideration to the recommendation
and input from the Charter Advisory Committee established in Code Section
20-2-2063.1. The state board shall approve the charter if the state board
finds, after receiving input from the Charter Advisory Committee, that the
petition complies with the rules, regulations, policies, and procedures
promulgated pursuant to Code Section 20-2-2063 and the provisions of this title,
is in the public interest, and promotes school level governance.
(d)
All schools within an approved charter system shall be charter schools. The
local board of an approved charter system shall promulgate policies to ensure
that the individual needs of students and schools in the local school system are
met.
(e)
Employees of a local board which becomes a charter system shall be considered to
be continuous employees of such local board without any interruption of
employment.
(f)(1)
Subject to appropriations by the General Assembly or other available funding,
the state board, after receiving input and recommendations from the Charter
Advisory Committee, shall disburse planning grants to local school systems which
desire to become charter systems. Such grants will be disbursed in accordance
with any applicable guidelines, policies, and requirements established by the
state board.
(2)
Subject to specific appropriations by the General Assembly for this purpose, the
state board shall disburse implementation grants in the amount of $125,000.00 or
such other amount as determined by the state board to each charter system. The
state board shall be authorized to approve up to five petitions for charter
systems during fiscal year 2008 and up to five petitions per year
thereafter.
(g)
A system charter school shall not be precluded from petitioning to become a
conversion charter school, in accordance with Code Section 20-2-2064, not
subject to the terms of the system charter. In the event a system charter
school becomes a conversion charter school, the system charter shall be amended
to reflect that such school is no longer bound by the system
charter."
SECTION
6.
Said
article is further amended by revising Code Section 20-2-2064, relating to
approval or denial of petition, as follows:
"20-2-2064.
(a)
A charter petitioner seeking to create a conversion charter school must submit a
petition to the local board of the local school system in which the proposed
charter school will be located. The local board must by a majority vote approve
or deny a petition no later than 60 days after its submission unless the
petitioner requests an extension; provided, however, that a denial of a petition
by a local board shall not preclude the submission to the local board of a
revised petition that addresses deficiencies cited in the denial; and provided,
further, that the local board shall not act upon a petition for a conversion
charter school until such petition:
(1)
Has been freely agreed to, by secret ballot, by a majority of the faculty and
instructional staff members of the petitioning local school at a public meeting
called with two weeks´ advance notice for the purpose of deciding whether
to submit the petition to the local board for its approval; and
(2)
Has been freely agreed to, by secret ballot, by a majority of parents or
guardians of students enrolled in the petitioning local school present at a
public meeting called with two weeks´ advance notice for the purpose of
deciding whether to submit the petition to the local board for its
approval.
This
subsection shall not apply to a system charter school petitioning to be a
conversion charter school.
(b)
A charter petitioner seeking to create a start-up charter school must submit a
petition to the local board of the local school system in which the proposed
charter school will be located. The local board must by a majority vote approve
or deny a petition no later than 60 days after its submission unless the
petitioner requests an extension. A denial of a petition by a local board shall
not preclude the submission to the local board of a revised petition that
addresses deficiencies cited in the denial.
(c)
A system charter school´s school council or governing council, as
applicable, may petition to become a conversion charter school. The petition
shall be submitted to the local board of the charter system in which the school
is located. The local board must by a majority vote approve or deny a petition
no later than 60 days after its submission unless the petitioner requests an
extension; provided, however, that a denial of a petition by a local board shall
not preclude the submission to the local board of a revised petition that
addresses deficiencies cited in the denial.
(c)(d)
A local board shall approve a petition that complies with the rules,
regulations, policies, and procedures promulgated in accordance with Code
Section 20-2-2063 and the provisions of this title and is in the public
interest. If a local board denies a petition, it must within 60 days
specifically state the reasons for the denial, list all deficiencies with
respect to Code Section 20-2-2063, and provide a written statement of the denial
to the charter petitioner and the state board.
(d)(e)
The state board
or the Charter
Advisory Committee, if directed by the state board to do
so, may mediate between the local board
and a charter petitioner whose petition was denied to assist in resolving issues
which led to denial of the petition by the local board."
SECTION
7.
Said
article is further amended by revising Code Section 20-2-2064.1, relating to
review of charter by state board, as follows:
"20-2-2064.1.
(a)
Prior to
approval or denial of a charter petition under this Code section, the state
board shall receive and give all due consideration to the recommendation and
input from the Charter Advisory Committee established in Code Section
20-2-2063.1.
(b)
The state board shall approve the charter of a charter petitioner if the
petition has been approved by the local board of the local school system in
which the proposed charter school will be located and the state board
finds, after
receiving input from the Charter Advisory
Committee, that the petition complies with
the rules, regulations, policies, and procedures promulgated in accordance with
Code Section 20-2-2063 and the provisions of this title and is in the public
interest. If the state board denies a petition, it must within 60 days
specifically state the reasons for the denial, list all deficiencies with regard
to Code Section 20-2-2063, and provide a written statement of the denial to the
charter petitioner and to the local board.
(b)(c)
No application for a state chartered special school may be made to the state
board by a petitioner for a conversion charter school that has been denied by a
local board. Upon denial of a petition for a start-up charter school by a local
board and upon application to the state board by the petitioner, the state board
shall approve the charter of a start-up charter petitioner for a state chartered
special school if the state board
finds, after
receiving input from the Charter Advisory
Committee, that such petition meets the
requirements set forth in Code Section 20-2-2063 and the provisions of this
title, and is in the public interest."
SECTION
8.
Said
article is further amended by revising Code Section 20-2-2065, relating to
operating requirements, control, and management, as follows:
"20-2-2065.
(a)
Except as provided in this article or in a charter, a charter
school, or for
charter systems, each school within the
system, shall not be subject to the
provisions of this title or any state or local rule, regulation, policy, or
procedure relating to schools within an applicable school system regardless of
whether such rule, regulation, policy, or procedure is established by the local
board, the state board, or the Department of Education; provided, however, that
the state board may establish rules, regulations, policies, or procedures
consistent with this article relating to charter schools. In exchange for such
a waiver, the charter school agrees to meet or exceed the performance based
goals included in the charter and approved by the local board
or, for the
charter system, the system agrees to meet or exceed the system-wide performance
based goals included in the charter and approved by the state
board, including but not limited to
raising student achievement.
(b)
In determining whether to approve a charter petition or renew an existing
charter, the local board and state board shall ensure that a charter
school, or for
charter systems, each school within the
system, shall be:
(1)
A public, nonsectarian, nonreligious, nonprofit school that is not home based,
provided that a charter school´s nonprofit status shall not prevent the
school from contracting for the services of a for profit entity and that nothing
in this Code section shall preclude the use of computer and Internet based
instruction for students in a virtual or remote setting;
(2)
Subject to the control and management of the local board of the local school
system in which the charter school is located, as provided in the charter and in
a manner consistent with the Constitution, if a local charter
school;
(3)
Subject to the supervision of the state board, as provided in the charter and in
a manner consistent with the Constitution, if a state chartered special
school;
(4)
Organized and operated as a nonprofit corporation under the laws of this state;
provided, however, that this paragraph shall not apply to any charter petitioner
that is a local school, local school system, or state or local public
entity;
(5)
Subject to all federal, state, and local rules, regulations, court orders, and
statutes relating to civil rights; insurance; the protection of the physical
health and safety of school students, employees, and visitors; conflicting
interest transactions; and the prevention of unlawful conduct;
(6)
Subject to all laws relating to unlawful conduct in or near a public
school;
(7)
Subject to an annual financial audit conducted by the state auditor or, if
specified in the charter, by an independent certified public accountant licensed
in this state;
(8)
Subject to the provisions of Part 3 of Article 2 of Chapter 14 of this title,
and such provisions shall apply with respect to charter schools whose charters
are granted or renewed on or after July 1, 2000;
(9)
Subject to all reporting requirements of Code Section 20-2-160, subsection (e)
of Code Section 20-2-161, Code Section 20-2-320, and Code Section
20-2-740;
(10)
Subject to the requirement that it shall not charge tuition or fees to its
students except as may be authorized for local boards by Code Section 20-2-133;
and
(11)
Subject to the provisions of Code Section 20-2-1050 requiring a brief period of
quiet reflection."
SECTION
9.
Said
article is further amended in Code Section 20-2-2066, relating to admission,
enrollment, and withdrawal of students, by adding a new subsection as
follows:
"(b.1)
A charter system shall enroll students in its system charter schools per the
terms of the charter and in accordance with state board
rules."
SECTION
10.
Said
article is further amended by revising Code Section 20-2-2067.1, relating to
amendment of terms of charter for charter school, initial term of charter, and
annual report, as follows:
"20-2-2067.1.
(a)
The terms of a charter for a local charter school may be amended during the term
of the charter upon the approval of the local board, the state board, and the
charter school. The terms of a charter for a state chartered special school may
be amended during the term of the charter upon the approval of the state board
and the charter school.
The terms of a
charter for a charter system may be amended during the term of the charter upon
approval of the state board and the local board.
(b)
The initial term of a charter shall be for a minimum of five years, unless the
petitioner shall request a shorter period of time, and shall not exceed ten
years. The local board and the state board, in accordance with Code Section
20-2-2064.1, may renew a local charter, upon the request of the charter school,
for the period of time specified in the request, not to exceed ten years. The
state board may renew a state chartered special school, upon the request of the
school, for the period of time specified in the request, not to exceed ten
years. The
state board may renew the charter of a charter system, upon the request of the
local board, for the period of time specified in the request, not to exceed ten
years.
(c)
A charter school
and a charter
system shall submit an annual report
outlining the previous year´s progress to the authorizing local board or
state board, as appropriate; to parents and guardians of students enrolled in
the school, or
for a charter system, each school within the local school
system; and to the Department of Education
no later than October 1 of each year. The report shall contain, but is not
limited to:
(1)
An indication of progress toward the goals as included in the
charter;
(2)
Academic data for the previous year, including state academic accountability
data, such as standardized test scores and adequate yearly progress
data;
(3)
Unaudited financial statements for the fiscal year ending on June 30, provided
that audited statements will be forwarded to the local board and state board
upon completion;
(4)
Updated contact information for the school and the
administrator,
and for charter systems, each system charter school and its respective
administrator;
(5)
Proof of current nonprofit status, if applicable; and
(6)
Any other supplemental information that the charter school
or charter
system chooses to include or that the
state board requests that demonstrates
its
that school or
system´s success."
SECTION
11.
Said
chapter is further amended by revising Code Section 20-2-2068, relating to
charter amendments and terminations, as follows:
"20-2-2068.
(a)
The state board may terminate a charter under the following
circumstances:
(1)(A)
If a majority of the parents or guardians of students enrolled at the charter
school vote by a majority vote to request the termination of its charter at a
public meeting called with two weeks´ advance notice and for the purpose of
deciding whether to request the state board to declare the charter null and
void; or
(B)
If a majority of the faculty and instructional staff employed at the charter
school vote by a majority vote to request the termination of its charter at a
public meeting called with two weeks´ advance notice and for the purpose of
deciding whether to request the state board to declare the charter null and
void;
This
paragraph shall not apply to system charter schools.
(2)
If, after providing reasonable notice to the charter school
or charter
system, as applicable, and an opportunity
for a hearing, the state board finds:
(A)
A failure to comply with any recommendation or direction of the state board with
respect to Code Section 20-14-41;
(B)
A failure to adhere to any material term of the charter, including but not
limited to the performance goals set forth in the charter;
(C)
A failure to meet generally accepted standards of fiscal
management;
(D)
A violation of applicable federal, state, or local laws or court
orders;
(E)
The existence of competent substantial evidence that the continued operation of
the charter school
or charter
system would be contrary to the best
interests of the students or the community; or
(F)
A failure to comply with any provision of Code Section 20-2-2065;
or
(3)
Upon the written request of a local board for termination of a charter for a
local charter school located within its school system if, prior to making such
request, the local board provided reasonable notice to the charter school and an
opportunity for a hearing, and determined the existence of any of the grounds
described in paragraph (2) of this Code section.
(b)
For a system charter school, if the school council or governing council, as
applicable, at such school within the charter system requests that:
(1)
The system charter be terminated; or
(2)
The system charter be amended with respect to such system charter
school;
the
state board, after providing reasonable notice to the charter system and the
system charter school, shall conduct a hearing. Based on the findings of the
hearing, the state board may enter into negotiations with the charter system to
amend the charter to address the concerns of the requesting system charter
school. If negotiations fail and the state board finds good cause, the state
board shall be authorized to terminate the system charter or to amend the system
charter with respect to the requesting system charter school; provided, however,
that the local board shall be authorized to terminate the system charter if it
is unwilling to accept the amendments to such charter by the state board. 'Good
cause' includes but is not limited to a local board´s failure to comply
with its obligations and duties under the system charter, state board rules, or
other applicable law, or other good cause as determined in the sole discretion
of the state board."
SECTION
12.
Said
chapter is further amended in Code Section 20-2-2068.1, relating to application
of the Quality Basic Education Formula, grants, local tax revenue, and funds
from local bonds, by revising subsections (a), (b), and (c) as
follows:
"(a)
A local charter school
and a system
charter school shall be included in the
allotment of QBE formula earnings, applicable QBE grants, applicable nonQBE
state grants, and applicable federal grants to the local school system in which
the local charter school
or system
charter school is located under Article 6
of this chapter. The local board and the state board shall treat a conversion
charter school
and a system
charter school no less favorably than
other local schools located within the applicable local school system unless
otherwise provided by law. The local board and the state board shall treat a
start-up charter school no less favorably than other local schools within the
applicable local system with respect to the provision of funds for
instruction,
and
school
administration,
and, where
feasible, transportation, food services,
and, where
feasible, building programs.
(b)
QBE formula earnings, applicable QBE grants, applicable nonQBE state grants, and
applicable federal grants earned by a local charter school
or system
charter school shall be distributed to the
local charter school
or system
charter school by the local board;
provided, however, that state equalization grant earnings shall be distributed
as provided in subsection (c) of this Code section. QBE formula earnings shall
include the salary portion of direct instructional costs, the adjustment for
training and experience, the nonsalary portion of direct instructional costs,
and earnings for psychologists and school social workers, school administration,
facility maintenance and operation, media centers, additional days of
instruction in accordance with Code Section 20-2-184.1, and staff development.
The local charter school
and system
charter school shall report enrolled
students in a manner consistent with Code Section 20-2-160.
(c)
In addition to the earnings set out in subsection (b) of this Code section,
local revenue shall be allocated to a local charter school
or system
charter school on the same basis as for
any local school in the local school system. In the case of a start-up charter
school or
system charter school, local revenue
earnings shall be calculated as follows:
(1)
Determine the total amount of state and local five mill share funds earned by
students enrolled in the local start-up charter school
or system
charter school as calculated by the
Quality Basic Education Formula pursuant to Part 4 of Article 6 of this chapter
including any funds for psychologists and school social workers but excluding
five percent
of
any
system-wide funds for central administration
and pupil
transportation and excluding any
categorical grants not applicable to the charter school;
(2)
Determine the total amount of state and local five mill share funds earned by
all students in the public schools of the local school system, including any
charter schools that receive local revenue, as calculated by the Quality Basic
Education Formula but excluding categorical grants and other nonQBE formula
grants;
(3)
Divide the amount obtained in paragraph (1) of this subsection by the amount
obtained in paragraph (2) of this subsection; and
(4)
Multiply the quotient obtained in paragraph (3) of this subsection by the school
system´s local revenue.
The
product obtained in paragraph (4) of this subsection shall be the amount of
local funds to be distributed to the local start-up charter school
or system
charter school by the local board;
provided, however, that nothing in this subsection shall preclude a charter
petitioner and a local board of education from specifying in the charter a
greater amount of local funds to be provided by the local board to the local
start-up charter school
or system
charter school if agreed upon by all
parties to the charter. Local funds so earned shall be distributed to the local
start-up charter school
or system
charter school by the local board. Where
feasible and where services are provided, funds for
transportation,
food service programs, and construction
projects shall also be distributed to the local start-up charter school as
earned. In all other fiscal matters, including applicable federal allotments,
the local board shall treat the local start-up charter school
or system
charter school no less favorably than
other local schools located within the applicable school system and shall
calculate and distribute the funding for the start-up charter school
or system
charter school on the basis of its actual
or projected enrollment in the current school year according to an enrollment
counting procedure or projection method stipulated in the terms of the
charter."
SECTION
13.
Said
chapter is further amended in Code Section 20-2-2068.2, relating to facilities
fund for charter schools, purposes for which funds may be used, upkeep of
charter school property, and receipt of surplus from board of education, by
revising subsections (a) and (h) as follows:
"(a)
From moneys specifically appropriated for such purpose, the state board shall
create a facilities fund for local charter
schools,
and
state chartered special
schools, and
system charter schools for the purpose of
establishing a per pupil, need based facilities aid program."
"(h)
Each local board of education that has designated any facility or property as
surplus, intended for disposal, or otherwise unused shall make such facility or
property available for lease or purchase by a local charter school
or a system
charter school on the same basis as it
makes such facility or property available to other public schools under the
control and management of the local board of education. A conversion charter
school or
system charter school may not be charged a
rental or leasing fee for the existing facility or for property normally used by
the public school which became the conversion charter school. A local charter
school or a
system charter school that receives
property from a local board may not sell or dispose of such property without the
written permission of the local board."
SECTION
14.
Said
chapter is further amended by revising Code Section 20-2-2069, relating to the
Office of Charter School Compliance, as follows:
"20-2-2069.
There
is established within the Department of Education an Office of Charter School
Compliance, the responsibilities of which shall be to:
(1)
Prepare charter school
and charter
system guidelines to be approved by the
state board;
(2)
Distribute charter school
and charter
system petition information to inquiring
parties;
(3)
Process all charter school
and charter
system petitions
and coordinate
with the Charter Advisory Committee established pursuant to Code Section
20-2-2063.1 to facilitate its review and recommendations to the state
board
for
consideration by the state
board;
(4)
Administer any state or federal charter school implementation grant
program;
(5)
Contract with an independent party to evaluate the performance of charter
schools and
charter systems, as such performance
relates to fulfilling the terms of their charters; and
(6)
Compile information necessary to produce the annual report required by Code
Section 20-2-2070."
SECTION
15.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.