1 Colo. Code Regs. § 302-1-3.00
Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 1, January 10, 2025
Section 1 CCR 302-1-3.00 - Institute Charter School application procedures1) Deadline. An Institute Charter School application shall be submitted to the Institute Board by a date determined by the Institute annually and reasonably publicized to interested Parties. a) The deadline for filing an application may be extended in the discretion of the Institute upon written request by the applicant.b) Prior to any change in the application deadline, the Charter School Institute shall notify each known Institute Charter School applicant of the proposed change by certified letter.2) An application may be submitted by one or more individuals (e.g., a Partnership); by a non-profit, governmental, or other entity or organization; or by an existing school.3) An application for an Institute Charter School may not be submitted if the school district within which the Institute Charter School is to be located has retained exclusive authority to authorize Charter Schools pursuant to Part 5, Article 30.5, Title 22, CRS, unless the Board of Education of such school district has approved, by resolution, the establishment of one or more Institute Charter Schools within its geographic boundaries, has submitted the resolution to the State Board, and has not rescinded the resolution.4) Applications from an existing school. a) Timeline: existing schools wishing to convert to the Charter School Institute must submit an application in the year before the desired conversion according to a timeline that the Institute will promulgate annually with sufficient notice to any interested schools.b) If the existing school is a Charter School approved by a school district: i) the existing school must have consent from its authorizing school district if it is seeking to convert to the Charter School Institute before the end of its current charter contract unless it is in the last year of the current charter contract.ii) the existing school does not need to be non-renewed by its authorizing school district to apply to the Charter School Institute.iii) the existing school may submit a renewal application to the current school district at the same time it submits an application to the Charter School Institute.iv) the existing school is not required to seek consent if its authorizing district does not have exclusive authorization.5) An application may be withdrawn at any time by filing a written request for withdrawal signed by the applicant(s) or authorized representatives of the applicant(s). The withdrawal shall be effective on the date the notice of withdrawal is received by the Institute.6) On or before the date the application is submitted to the Institute Board, the applicant shall provide proof that it has given written notice of the application and provided a complete copy of the application to the Board of Education and the Accountability Committee of the school district in which the proposed Institute Charter School is to be located. If the application is supplemented or amended (including responses to questions raised at any interview of the applicant), on or before the date the amendment or supplement is submitted to the Institute Board, the applicant shall provide proof that a complete copy of the amendment or supplement has been provided to the Board of Education and the Accountability Committee of the School District in which the proposed Institute Charter School is to be located. The Board of Education and the Accountability Committee may each comment on the application to the Institute Board, in writing, within 30 days of receiving notice of the application or of any supplement or amendment.7) Applications for an Institute Charter School shall be in both electronic form and hard copy and in a format published by the Institute.38 CR 01, January 10, 2015, effective 1/31/201538 CR 21, November 10, 2015, effective 11/30/201539 CR 03, February 10, 2016, effective 3/1/2016