1. a. An approved charter school or innovation zone school application shall constitute an agreement, the terms of which shall, at a minimum, be the terms of a four-year enforceable, renewable contract between a school board, or the boards participating in an innovation zone consortium, and the state board. The contract shall include an operating agreement for the operation of the charter school or innovation zone school. The terms of the contract may be revised at any time with the approval of both the state board and the school board or the boards participating in the innovation zone consortium, whether or not the stated provisions of the contract are being fulfilled.

 b. A contract may be renewed by agreement of the school board or the boards participating in an innovation zone consortium, as applicable, and the state board.
 c. The charter school or innovation zone consortium shall provide parents and guardians of students enrolled in the charter school or innovation zone school with a copy of the charter school or innovation zone school application approved pursuant to section 256F.5.

Terms Used In Iowa Code 256F.6

  • Charter school: means a charter school established in accordance with this chapter. See Iowa Code 256F.2
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Innovation zone consortium: means a consortium of two or more school districts and an area education agency in which one or more of the school districts are located, that receives approval to establish an innovation zone school pursuant to this chapter. See Iowa Code 256F.2
  • Innovation zone school: means a public school administered by a principal that is, pursuant to an innovation zone school contract entered into by an innovation zone consortium pursuant to section 256F. See Iowa Code 256F.2
  • Rule: includes "regulation". See Iowa Code 4.1
  • School: means an agency of the state or political subdivision of the state, individual, partnership, company, firm, society, trust, association, corporation, or any combination which meets any of the following criteria:
     a. See Iowa Code 261B.2
  • School board: means a board of directors regularly elected by the registered voters of a school district. See Iowa Code 256F.2
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the said district and territories. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • State board: means the state board of education. See Iowa Code 256F.2
 2. The contract shall outline the reasons for revocation or nonrenewal of the contract.
 3. The state board of education shall provide by rule for the ongoing review of each party’s compliance with a contract entered into in accordance with this chapter.
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