160.1590 Definitions for KRS 160.1590 to 160.1599.
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As used in KRS 160.1590 to 160.1599:
(1)"Achievement gap" means the difference between performance goals and actual
performance on state standardized examinations and other academic performance
measures for subgroups of students, especially groups defined by socioeconomic
status, race, and ethnicity;
(2)"Applicant" means an eligible person or persons, organization, or entity that seeks
approval from a charter school authorizer to establish a public charter school;
(3)"Charter application" means a proposal from an applicant to an authorizer to enter
into a charter contract whereby the proposed school obtains public charter school
status;
(4)"Charter contract" or "contract" means a fixed-term, renewable contract between a
charter school and an authorizer that identifies the roles, powers, responsibilities,
and performance expectations for each party to the contract pursuant to KRS
160.1596;
(5)"Charter school board of directors" means the independent board of a public charter
school that is party to the charter contract with the authorizer and whose members
have been elected or selected pursuant to the school's application;
(6)"Conversion public charter school" means a public charter school that existed as a
noncharter public school prior to becoming a public charter school;
(7)"District of location" means the public school district in which a public charter
school is physically located;
(8)"Education service provider" means an education management organization, school
design provider, or any other partner entity with which a public charter school
contracts for educational design, implementation, or comprehensive management;
(9)"Local school board" or "local board" means a school board exercising management
and control of a local school district;
(10)"Local school district" means a county or independent school district as identified in
KRS 160.010 and 160.020;
(11)"Parent" means a parent, guardian, or other person or entity having legal custody of
a child;
(12)"Proportionate per pupil basis" means multiplying an amount of funds by a fraction,
with the numerator being the average daily attendance of the public charter school,
and the denominator being the average daily attendance of the school district of
location;
(13)"Proportionate per pupil transported basis" means multiplying an amount of funds
by a fraction, with the numerator being the aggregate daily attendance of students
transported by a public charter school, and the denominator being the aggregate
daily attendance of students transported by the school district of location;
(14)"Public charter school" means a public school that:
(a)Is a public body corporate and politic, exercising public power, including the
power in name to contract and be contracted with, sue and be sued, and adopt
bylaws not inconsistent with this section;
(b)Has autonomy over decisions, including but not limited to matters concerning
finance, personnel, scheduling, curriculum, and instruction;
(c)Is governed by an independent board of directors;
(d)Is established and operating under the terms of a charter contract between the
public charter school's board of directors and its authorizer;
(e)Is a public school to which parents choose to send their children;
(f)Is a public school that admits students on the basis of a random and open
lottery if more students apply for admission than can be accommodated;
(g)Offers a comprehensive instructional program to enrolled students;
(h)Operates in pursuit of a specific set of educational objectives as defined in its
charter contract; and
(i)Operates under the oversight of its authorizer in accordance with its charter
contract;
(15)"Public charter school authorizer" or "authorizer" means an entity or body that
reviews, approves, or denies charter applications, enters into charter contracts with
applicants, oversees public charter schools, and renews, does not renew, or revokes
charter contracts. Authorizers shall include:
(a)A local school board of a local school district, which shall only have authority
to approve charter applications within the boundaries of its district;
(b)A collaborative among local school boards that forms to set up a regional
public charter school to be located within the area managed and controlled by
those local school boards;
(c)The mayor of a consolidated local government, who shall be considered an
authorizer governing board for the purposes of KRS 160.1590 to 160.1599
and who may only authorize public charter schools to be physically located
within the county in which the city is located and who has submitted a written
notice to the state board that he or she intends to serve as an authorizer; and
(d)The chief executive officer of an urban-county government, who shall be
considered an authorizer governing board for the purposes of KRS 160.1590
to 160.1599 and who may only authorize public charter schools to be
physically located within the county in which the city is located and who has
submitted a written notice to the state board that he or she intends to serve as
an authorizer;
(16)"Qualified teacher" means a person certified by the Education Professional
Standards Board pursuant to KRS 161.028, 161.030, 161.046, or 161.048;
(17)"State board" means the Kentucky Board of Education;
(18)"Student" means any child who is eligible for attendance in a public school in
Kentucky;
(19)"Urban academy" means a public charter school that includes an enrollment
preference for students who live in close proximity to the school as defined in the
charter contract; and
(20)"Virtual public charter school" means a public charter school that offers educational
services primarily or completely through an online program.