(a) The performance provisions within the charter contract shall be based on a performance framework that clearly sets forth the academic, financial, organizational, and operational performance indicators, measures, and metrics that will guide the authorizer‘s evaluations of each public charter school. The performance framework, as established by the authorizer, shall include indicators, measures, and metrics for, at a minimum:

Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 302D-16

  • Authorizer: means an entity established under this chapter with chartering authority to review charter applications, decide whether to approve or deny charter applications, enter into charter contracts with applicants, oversee public charter schools, and decide whether to authorize, renew, deny renewal of, or revoke charter contracts. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 302D-1
  • Board: means the board of education. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 302D-1
  • charter: means a fixed-term, bilateral, renewable contract between a public charter school and an authorizer that outlines the roles, powers, responsibilities, and performance expectations for each party to the contract. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 302D-1
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Organizational viability: means that a charter school:

    (1) Has been duly constituted and operates in accordance with its charter;

    (2) Has a governing board established in accordance with law and the charter school's charter;

    (3) Employs sufficient faculty and staff to provide the necessary educational program and support services to operate the facility in accordance with its charter;

    (4) Maintains accurate and comprehensive records regarding students and employees as determined by its authorizer;

    (5) Meets appropriate standards of student achievement as defined by the board pursuant to its duties under article X, section 3, of the Constitution of the State of Hawaii;

    (6) Cooperates with board and authorizer requirements in conducting its functions;

    (7) Complies with applicable federal, state, and county laws and requirements;

    (8) In accordance with authorizer guidelines and procedures, is financially sound and fiscally responsible in its use of public funds, maintains accurate and comprehensive financial records, operates in accordance with generally accepted accounting practices, and maintains a sound financial plan;

    (9) Operates within the scope of its charter contract and fulfills obligations and commitments of its charter;

    (10) Complies with all health and safety laws and requirements;

    (11) Complies with all authorizer directives, policies, and procedures; and

    (12) Complies with all board policies deemed applicable to charter schools by the board. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 302D-1

  • public charter school: refers to those public schools and their respective governing boards, as defined in this section, that are holding current charter contracts to operate as charter schools under this chapter, including start-up and conversion charter schools, and that have the flexibility and independent authority to implement alternative frameworks with regard to curriculum, facilities management, instructional approach, virtual education, length of the school day, week, or year, and personnel management. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 302D-1
(1) Student academic proficiency;
(2) Student academic growth;
(3) Achievement gaps in proficiency and growth between major student subgroups;
(4) Attendance;
(5) Enrollment variance;
(6) Postsecondary readiness, as applicable for high schools;
(7) Financial performance and sustainability;
(8) Performance and stewardship, including compliance with all applicable laws, rules, and terms of the charter contract; and
(9) Organizational viability.
(b) Annual academic performance targets shall be set by each public charter school in conjunction with its authorizer, and shall be designed to track each school in meeting applicable federal, state, and authorizer expectations.
(c) The performance framework shall allow the inclusion of additional rigorous, valid, and reliable indicators proposed by a public charter school to augment external evaluations of its performance; provided that the authorizer approves the quality and rigor of such school-proposed indicators, and the indicators are consistent with the purposes of this chapter and the charter contract.
(d) The performance framework shall require the disaggregation of all student performance data by major student subgroups.
(e) For each public charter school it oversees, the authorizer shall be responsible for verifying and either maintaining or having access to all charter school data upon which the performance framework relies.
(f) Multiple schools overseen by a single governing board shall be required to report their performance as separate, individual charter schools, and each charter school shall be held independently accountable for its performance.

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