Hawaii Revised Statutes 302D-5 – Authorizer powers, duties, and liabilities
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Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 302D-5
- Applicant governing board: means the initial governing board that is:
(1) Established by an eligible group or entity to submit a charter application pursuant to section 302D-13; and
(2) Not subject to section 302D-12. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 302D-1
- Authorizer: means an entity established under this chapter with chartering authority to review charter applications, decide whether to approve or deny charter applications, enter into charter contracts with applicants, oversee public charter schools, and decide whether to authorize, renew, deny renewal of, or revoke charter contracts. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 302D-1
- Board: means the board of education. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 302D-1
- charter: means a fixed-term, bilateral, renewable contract between a public charter school and an authorizer that outlines the roles, powers, responsibilities, and performance expectations for each party to the contract. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 302D-1
- Charter application: means a proposal from an applicant to an authorizer to enter into a charter contract whereby the proposed school obtains public charter school status. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 302D-1
- Commission: means the state public charter school commission established pursuant to [section] 302D-3 as a statewide authorizer. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 302D-1
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Department: means the department of education. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 302D-1
- Indemnification: In general, a collateral contract or assurance under which one person agrees to secure another person against either anticipated financial losses or potential adverse legal consequences. Source: FDIC
- public charter school: refers to those public schools and their respective governing boards, as defined in this section, that are holding current charter contracts to operate as charter schools under this chapter, including start-up and conversion charter schools, and that have the flexibility and independent authority to implement alternative frameworks with regard to curriculum, facilities management, instructional approach, virtual education, length of the school day, week, or year, and personnel management. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 302D-1