Oversight of public charter school authorizers
HRS §302D-11
in effect302D-11. Oversight of public charter school authorizers
(a) The board shall be responsible for overseeing the performance and effectiveness of all authorizers established under this chapter.
(b) In accordance with section 302D-7, every
authorizer shall submit to the board and the legislature an annual report. The
board shall communicate to every authorizer the requirements for the format,
content, and submission of the annual report.
(c) Persistently unsatisfactory performance of
an authorizer's portfolio of public charter schools, a pattern of well-founded
complaints about the authorizer or its public charter schools, or other
objective circumstances may trigger a special review by the board. In
reviewing or evaluating the performance of authorizers the board shall apply
nationally recognized principles and standards for quality charter
authorizing. If at any time the board finds that an authorizer is not in
compliance with an existing charter contract, its authorizing contract with the
board, or the requirements of all authorizers under this chapter, the board
shall notify the authorizer in writing of the identified problems, and the
authorizer shall have reasonable opportunity to respond to and remedy the
problems.
(d) If an authorizer persists, after due
notice from the board, in violating a material provision of a charter contract
or its authorizing contract with the board, or fails to remedy other identified
authorizing problems, the board shall notify the authorizer, within a
reasonable amount of time under the circumstances, that it intends to revoke
the authorizer's chartering authority unless the authorizer demonstrates a
timely and satisfactory remedy for the violation or deficiencies.
(e) In the event of revocation of any
authorizer's chartering authority, the board shall manage the timely and
orderly transfer of each charter contract held by that authorizer to another
authorizer in the State, with the mutual agreement of each affected public
charter school and proposed new authorizer. The new authorizer shall enter
into a new charter contract with the charter school for the remainder of the
charter term.
[L 2012, c 130 pt of §2]
Source: Hawaii State Legislature (capitol.hawaii.gov), via Internet Archive capturesURL: http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol05_Ch0261-0319/HRS0302D/HRS_0302D-0011.htmFetched: 11/10/2026