- (1) “District charter schools” means schools created by existing public schools, groups of public school personnel, public school districts, or a group of school districts.
- (2) “Independent charter schools” means schools created by: (I) Rhode Island nonprofit organizations provided that these nonprofit organizations shall have existed for at least two (2) years and must exist for a substantial reason other than to operate a school; or (ii) Colleges or universities within the State of Rhode Island.
- (3) “Mayoral academies” means schools created by a mayor of any city or town within the State of Rhode Island, acting by or through a nonprofit organization (regardless of the time said nonprofit organization is in existence) to establish a mayoral academy as hereinafter described in chapter 16-77.4 (“Mayoral Academies”). For purposes of this chapter the term “mayor” shall include any elected town administrator.
- (4) “Charter public schools” means district charter schools, independent charter schools, or mayoral academies.
- (5) “Board of regents” means the Rhode Island board of regents for elementary and secondary education.
- (6) “Commissioner” means the Rhode Island commissioner of elementary and secondary education.
- (7) “Sending school district” means the district where the student attending or planning to attend a charter public school resides.
As used in this chapter, the following words shall have the following meanings:
History of Section.
P.L. 2010, ch. 84, § 3; P.L. 2010, ch. 107, § 3.