RS 17:3998 Reports - Louisiana Statutes

§3998.  Reports

A.(1)  Each chartering authority shall report to the state board on the number of schools chartered, the status of those schools, and any recommendations by July first of each year.

(2)  Each charter school shall provide a comprehensive report to its chartering authority at the end of the third year.  If the charter school is achieving its stated goals and objectives pursuant to its approved charter, then the chartering authority shall extend the duration of the charter for the additional two-year period as provided in R.S. 17:3992(A)(1).

B.  The state board shall review information regarding the laws, regulations, and policies from which charter schools were exempt pursuant to this Chapter to determine if the exemptions assisted or impeded the charter schools in meeting their stated goals and objectives.

C.  The state board shall report to the governor and to the Senate and House Committees on Education no later than January 1, 2001, on its initial findings including recommendations to modify, expand, or terminate the approach.

D.  In preparing the report required by this Section, the state board shall compare to the extent statistically possible the performance of charter school pupils with the performance of ethnically and economically comparable groups of pupils in other schools who are enrolled in academically comparable courses, including a fiscal and programmatic analysis based on the total per pupil funding in each charter school in relation to the total per pupil funding in the respective local public school system that has been invested in instruction.

Acts 1997, No. 477, §1, eff. June 30, 1997; Acts 1999, No. 757, §1, eff. July 2, 1999.