§ 12101 Short Title
§ 12102 Purpose
§ 12103 Definitions
§ 12104 Process for Filing Charter Petitions
§ 12105 Contents of Petition
§ 12106 Process for Approving or Denying Charter School\r\nPetitions
§ 12107 Duties and Powers, and other Requirements, of\r\nCharter Schools
§ 12108 Board of Trustees of a Charter School
§ 12109 Academy Charter Schools; Admission Requirements
§ 12110 Employees
§ 12111 Guam Academy Charter Schools Council; Membership; Terms; Compensation
§ 12112 Powers and Duties of the Guam Academy Charter\r\nSchool Council
§ 12113 Academy Charter School Initial Term and Renewal
§ 12114 Basis and Procedures for Academy Charter School\r\nProbation or Revocation
§ 12115 Appeal Process
§ 12116 Funding
§ 12117 Transportation
§ 12118 Academic Credits; Transfer
§ 12119 Guam Academy Charter School Fund
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Terms Used In Guam Code > Title 17 > Chapter 12 - Guam Academy Charter Schools Act of 2009

  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Tort: A civil wrong or breach of a duty to another person, as outlined by law. A very common tort is negligent operation of a motor vehicle that results in property damage and personal injury in an automobile accident.