§ 22-44-305 — Waivers of state statute - reporting

(1) (a) Commencing July 1,
2017, and on a continuing basis thereafter, each school district and charter school
shall post, in a location and format that can be easily accessed and downloaded, for
free public access on its website maintained pursuant to this part 3 a list of the
statutes for which the school district or charter school has received a waiver from
the state board of education and, for each waiver that is not an automatic waiver, a
copy of the plan that explains the manner in which the school district or charter
school will meet the intent of the waived statute.

(b) Commencing July 1, 2018, each charter school shall post, in a location and
format that can be easily accessed and downloaded, for free public access on its
website the standardized description and rationale created pursuant to subsection
(2) of this section for each of the automatic waivers that it invokes. Each charter
school shall post with the list of automatic waivers the name of and contact
information for a person employed by the charter school and available during
regular school hours who can provide additional information concerning the charter
school's automatic waivers.

(c) In listing its waivers, a school district shall include waivers granted to the
school district as a whole and waivers granted to one or more schools of the school
district, other than a charter school. The school district shall list separately each
waiver granted to an innovation school or to schools in an innovation school zone, as
defined in section 22-32.5-103.

(2) By July 1, 2018, the department and the institute, working with a
statewide association that represents charter schools, shall develop a standardized
description for each statute that the state board of education includes in the list of
automatic waivers for charter schools pursuant to section 22-30.5-104 (6) and the
rationale for including the statute on the list of automatic waivers.

(3) Each school district and charter school shall update the information
provided pursuant to subsection (1) of this section within thirty days after a waiver is
revoked or a new waiver is granted.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2017: Entire section added, (HB 17-1375), ch. 287, p. 1595, � 5, effective June 2.