Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 691-2-.01 - Definitions
The following definitions shall apply to all rules and regulations of the State Charter Schools Commission:
(a)
Admission lottery - a random
selection process to ensure that all applicants that do not have an enrollment
preference have an equal chance of being admitted if the number of applications
exceeds the capacity of a state charter school program, class, grade level, or
building.
(b)
Attendance
zone - the geographical area from which a state charter school may
enroll students.
(c)
Charter - a performance-based contract between the charter
authorizer(s) and a charter petitioner. By entering into a charter, a charter
petitioner and the charter authorizer(s) shall be deemed to have agreed to be
bound to all the provisions of the Charter Schools Act, O.C.G.A. §
20-2-2060et. seq., and all State Board of Education and State Charter School
Commission of Georgia rules and guidelines implementing the Charter Schools Act
as if such terms were set forth in the charter.
(d)
Charter petition - a
proposal or application to establish a charter school.
(e)
Charter petitioner - the
entity that submits a petition for a charter. The term "charter petitioner"
does not include home study programs or schools, sectarian schools, religious
schools, private for profit schools, private educational institutions not
established, operated, or governed by the State of Georgia, or existing private
schools.
(f)
Governing
board - the governing board of the nonprofit organization which is the
charter petitioner for a state charter school and which is the same as the
governing board of the state charter school which is involved in school-level
governance of the state charter school.
(g)
Local board of education - a
county or independent board of education exercising control and management of a
local school system pursuant to Article VIII, Section V, Paragraph II of the
Georgia Constitution.
(h)
Local Education Agency - a local school system, school district,
or state charter school.
(i)
State Board of Education (SBOE) - the authority which defines
education policy for the public K-12 education agencies in Georgia.
(j)
State charter school - a
school authorized by the State Charter Schools Commission pursuant to this
article whose creation is authorized as a special school pursuant to Article
VIII, Section V, Paragraph VII of the Constitution. A state charter school
shall be a public school.
(k)
State Charter Schools Commission of Georgia - the state-level
charter school authorizer established by O.C.G.A. §
20-2-2082.
(l)
Charter school replication -
the creation of a second (or subsequent) charter school that utilizes the
instructional program and/or academic model of an existing charter school but
operates under a separate and independent charter contract.
(m)
Charter school expansion -
growth of an existing state charter school by significantly increasing student
enrollment above the enrollment limit in the charter through the addition of
grades, classes, or campuses/sites. Expansion shall occur by amendment of an
existing charter contract.
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