Authorization of voluntary transfer or assignment upon petition
Arkansas Code § 6-11-105; Arkansas Code § 6-23-309
- (a) The authorizer may allow the voluntary transfer or assignment of an open-enrollment charter school upon petition by the public charter school to the authorizer.
- (b) If the authorizer transfers or assigns the charter of an open-enrollment charter school to an eligible entity, the authorizer shall not hold the applicant responsible for any activity that occurred before the transfer or assignment, which includes without limitation any disciplinary action taken by the authorizer.
(c) After the authorizer transfers or assigns a charter to an eligible entity, the authorizer shall direct the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education:
- (1) To issue a new local education agency number as required under Arkansas Code § 25-6-107; and
- (2) Not to issue an annual report as required under Arkansas Code § 6-15-2101 until the eligible entity to which the charter was transferred has completed at least one (1) school year.