HB347 Alabama 2020 Session

Under existing law, the Alabama School Choice and Student Opportunity Act provides for the establishment of public charter schools in the state

This bill would provide further for the membership of the Alabama Public Charter School Commission, would authorize the commission to employ staff, and would allow an applicant to apply directly to the commission to open a public charter school under certain conditions

This bill would also provide further for the funding of public charter schools based on projected enrollment initially and then on current enrollment, would require the disbursement of funds to a public charter school on a monthly, rather than quarterly, basis, and would provide for the treatment of certain local revenues and local tax allocations

To amend Sections 16-6F-6, 16-6F-7, 16-6F-9, and 16-6F-10, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the Alabama School Choice and Student Opportunity Act; to provide further for the membership and staff of the Alabama Public Charter School Commission; to allow an applicant for opening a public charter school to apply directly to the commission under certain conditions; to provide further for the funding of public charter schools based on projected enrollment initially and then on current enrollment; to require the disbursement of funds to a public charter school on a monthly, rather than quarterly, basis; and to provide further for the treatment of certain local revenues and local tax allocations.