1. (1) This rule is authorized by:

   1. (a) Utah Constitution Article X, Section 3, which vests general control and supervision over public education in the Board;
   2. (b) Subsection 53E-3-401(4), which allows the Board to adopt rules in accordance with its responsibilities;
   3. (c) Subsection 53G-6-504(5), which requires the Board to make rules regarding a charter school expansion or satellite campus;
   4. (d) Sections 53G-5-304 through 53G-5-306, which require the Board to make a rule providing a timeline for the opening of a charter school;
   5. (e) Section 53F-2-702, which directs the Board to distribute funds for charter school students directly to the charter school;
   6. (f) the Charter School Expansion Act of 1998, 20 U.S.C. Sec. 8063, which directs the Board to submit specific information before a charter school's receipt of federal funds; and
   7. (g) Subsection 53G-5-205(5), which requires the Board to make rules establishing minimum standards that an authorizer is required to apply in authorizing and monitoring charter schools.

2. (2) The purpose of this rule is to:

   1. (a) establish procedures for timelines and approval processes for new charter schools; and
   2. (b) provide criteria and standards for consideration of high performing charter schools to expand and request new schools that are satellite schools.

KEY: training, timelines, expansion, satellite

Date of Last Change: November 7, 2023

Notice of Continuation: July 13, 2023

Authorizing, and Implemented or Interpreted Law: Art X Sec 3; 53E-3-401; 53G-5-205; 53F-2-702; 53G-6-503