An application to the state board for the approval of a charter school or innovation zone school shall include but shall not be limited to a description of the following:
 1. The method for admission to the charter school or innovation zone school.

Terms Used In Iowa Code 256F.5

  • Advisory council: means a council appointed by the school board of directors of a charter school or an innovation zone consortium pursuant to section 256F. See Iowa Code 256F.2
  • Baseline: Projection of the receipts, outlays, and other budget amounts that would ensue in the future without any change in existing policy. Baseline projections are used to gauge the extent to which proposed legislation, if enacted into law, would alter current spending and revenue levels.
  • 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.
  • following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute mean the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • 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
  • 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 board: means the state board of education. See Iowa Code 256F.2
  • Student: means a person who enrolls in or seeks to enroll in a course of instruction offered or conducted by a school. See Iowa Code 261B.2
 2. The mission, purpose, innovation, and specialized focus of the charter school or innovation zone school.
 3. Performance goals and objectives in addition to those required under section 256.7, subsection 21, by which the school’s student achievement shall be judged, the measures to be used to assess progress, and the current baseline status with respect to the goals.
 4. The method for appointing or forming an advisory council for the charter school or innovation zone school. The membership of an advisory council appointed or formed in accordance with this chapter shall not include more than one member of a participating school board.
 5. Procedures for teacher evaluation and professional development for teachers and administrators.
 6. The charter school or innovation zone school governance and bylaws.
 7. The financial plan for the operation of the charter school or innovation zone school including, at a minimum, a listing of the support services the school district or innovation zone consortium will provide, and the charter school or innovation zone school’s revenues, budgets, and expenditures.
 8. The educational program and curriculum, instructional methodology, and services to be offered to students.
 9. The number and qualifications of teachers and administrators to be employed.
 10. The organization of the charter school or innovation zone school in terms of ages of students or grades to be taught along with an estimate of the total enrollment of the charter school or innovation zone school.
 11. The provision of school facilities.
 12. A statement indicating how the charter school or innovation zone school will meet the requirements of section 256F.1, as applicable; section 256F.4, subsection 2, paragraph “a”; and section 256F.4, subsection 3.
 13. Assurance of the assumption of liability by the charter school or the innovation zone consortium for the innovation zone school.
 14. The types and amounts of insurance coverage to be obtained by the charter school or innovation zone consortium for the innovation zone school.
 15. A plan of operation to be implemented if the charter school or innovation zone consortium revokes or fails to renew its contract.
 16. The means, costs, and plan for providing transportation for students enrolled in the charter school or innovation zone school.
 17. The specific statutes, administrative rules, and school board policies with which the charter school or innovation zone school does not intend to comply.
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