Public schools; regional charter school divisions.

Public schools; regional charter school divisions. Authorizes the Board of Education (the Board) to establish regionalcharter school divisions consisting of at least two but not morethan three existing school divisions in regions in which each underlyingschool division has (i) an enrollment of more than 3,000 studentsand (ii) one or more schools that have accreditation denied statusfor two out of the past three years. The bill requires such regional charter school divisions to be supervised by a school board thatconsists of eight members appointed by the Board and one member appointedby the localities of each of the underlying divisions. The bill authorizesthe school board, after a review by the Board, to review and approvepublic charter school applications in the regional charter schooldivisions and to contract with the applicant. The bill requires thatthe state share of Standards of Quality per pupil funding of theunderlying school district in which the student resides be transferredto such school.