2012 House Bill 5559

Revise charter school detail

Introduced in the House

April 24, 2012

Introduced by Rep. Kurt Heise (R-20)

To allow a charter school located in the jurisdiction of a school district labeled by the bill as an “urban opportunity academy zone,” whose authorizing charter includes among the school’s purposes “fostering population density and neighborhood economic stabilization,” to give enrollment priority to children who live in the “opportunity zone,” if the school also allocates at least 10 percent of its openings through a random enrollment process.

Referred to the Committee on Education