Hawaii · statute · Haw. Rev. Stat. ch. 302D · 45 active provisions
Whenever used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: "Applicant governing board" means the initial governing board that is: (1) Established by an eligible group or entity to submit a charter application pursuant to section 302D-13; and (2) Not subject to section 302D-12. "Authorizer" means an entity es…
(a) There is established the state public charter school commission with statewide chartering jurisdiction and authority. The commission shall be placed within the department for administrative purposes only. Notwithstanding section 302D-25 and any law to the contrary, the commission shall be subject to chapter 92. (b)…
(a) In administering its responsibilities, the commission may assess fees on non-state entities and individuals to help offset its operating costs. (b) Fees collected by the commission shall be deposited into insured checking or savings accounts and shall be expended by the commission. (c) The commission shall adopt ru…
Unless otherwise provided for in this chapter or chapter 302A, the commission may adopt rules pursuant to chapter 91 to administer and implement this chapter; provided that the board shall maintain exclusive rule-making authority over state educational policy.
(a) The commission created under section 302D-3 may authorize public charter schools anywhere in the State. (b) Governing boards of accredited public and private postsecondary institutions, including community colleges, technical colleges, and four-year universities may apply to the board, pursuant to this section, for…
(a) Authorizers are responsible for executing the following essential powers and duties: (1) Soliciting and evaluating charter applications; (2) Approving quality charter applications that meet identified educational needs and promote a diversity of educational choices; (3) Declining to approve weak or inadequate chart…
All authorizers shall be required to follow nationally recognized principles and standards for quality charter authorizing in all major areas of authorizing responsibility, including: (1) Organizational capacity and infrastructure; (2) Soliciting and evaluating charter applications; (3) Performance contracting; (4) Ong…
Every authorizer shall be required to submit to the board and the legislature an annual report summarizing: (1) The authorizer's strategic vision for chartering and progress toward achieving that vision; (2) The academic performance of all operating public charter schools overseen by the authorizer, according to the pe…
(a) A member of the state public charter school commission shall not be eligible to serve on the commission if the member was affiliated with any public charter school within one year preceding appointment to the commission. As used in this subsection, "affiliated" means attached or connected as a current or previous e…
No governmental or other entity, other than those expressly granted chartering authority as set forth in this chapter, may assume any charter authorizing function or duty in any form, unless expressly allowed by law.
(a) No public charter school shall be required to purchase services from its authorizer as a condition of charter approval or renewal or of executing a charter contract, nor may any such condition be implied. (b) A public charter school may, at its discretion, choose to purchase services from its authorizer. In such ev…
(a) The board shall be responsible for overseeing the performance and effectiveness of all authorizers established under this chapter. (b) In accordance with section 302D-7, every authorizer shall submit to the board and the legislature an annual report. The board shall communicate to every authorizer the requirements…
(a) No person may serve on the governing board of a charter school if the person is an employee or former employee of any charter school under the jurisdiction of that governing board, a relative of an employee or former employee of any charter school under the jurisdiction of that governing board, or any vendor or con…
(a) New start-up and conversion charter schools may be established pursuant to this section. (b) Any community, department school, school community council, group of teachers, group of teachers and administrators, or nonprofit organization may establish an applicant governing board and develop a charter application pur…
(a) The authorizer may require an applicant governing board whose charter application is approved by the authorizer pursuant to section 302D-13 to satisfactorily meet pre-contracting criteria set by the authorizer before being allowed to enter into a charter contract. (b) An approved applicant governing board that fail…
(a) The board shall have the power to decide appeals of decisions by an authorizer to deny the approval of a charter application, deny renewal of a charter contract, or revoke a charter school's charter contract. An appeal shall be filed with the board within twenty-one calendar days of the receipt of the notification…
(a) The performance provisions within the charter contract shall be based on a performance framework that clearly sets forth the academic, financial, organizational, and operational performance indicators, measures, and metrics that will guide the authorizer's evaluations of each public charter school. The performance…
(a) An authorizer shall continually monitor the performance and legal compliance of the public charter schools it oversees, including collecting and analyzing data to support ongoing evaluation according to the charter contract. Every authorizer shall have the authority to conduct or require oversight activities that e…
(a) A charter contract may be renewed for successive five-year terms of duration, although an authorizer may vary the terms based on performance, demonstrated capacities, and particular circumstances of each charter school. An authorizer may grant a renewal of a charter contract with specific conditions for necessary i…
(a) Prior to any public charter school closure decision, an authorizer shall have developed a public charter school closure protocol to ensure timely notification to parents, orderly transition of students and student records to new schools, and proper disposition of school funds, property, and assets in accordance wi…
(a) Transfer of a charter contract, and of oversight of that public charter school, from one authorizer to another before the expiration of the charter term shall not be permitted except by special petition to the board by a public charter school or its authorizer. The board shall review such petitions on a case-by-cas…
No later than the opening day of each regular session of the legislature, the board shall issue to the governor, the legislature, and the public, an annual report on the State's public charter schools, drawing from the annual reports submitted by every authorizer, as well as any additional relevant data compiled by the…
The board shall establish educational reporting standards that shall include minimum standards for reporting fiscal, personnel, and student data, by means of electronic transfer of data files from charter schools to the department. The minimum standards established by the board shall include but not be limited to data…
(a) When the department considers whether to close any particular department school, the department shall submit a notice of possible availability of a department school or notice of vacancy of a department school to the board pursuant to section 302A‑1151.5(b); provided that the department has not elected to use the d…
(a) Charter schools shall be exempt from chapters 91 and 92 and all other state laws in conflict with this chapter, except those regarding: (1) Collective bargaining under chapter 89; provided that: (A) The exclusive representatives as defined in chapter 89 and the governing board of the charter school may enter into s…