RELATING TO NEW CENTURY CHARTER SCHOOLS.

Specifies that the Auditor shall consider allocations made by the DOE to schools in the current fiscal year in determining the amounts to be allocated to charter schools in the same fiscal year. Authorizes the BOE to revoke charters if schools are found to be in violation of applicable laws, after the submission of a compliance plan and the expiration of a period to achieve compliance as determined by the BOE.

RELATING TO NEW CENTURY CHARTER SCHOOLS.

Exempts existing public schools (i.e., conversion schools) from the twenty-five-school limit on the number of schools that may be established as new century charter schools.

RELATING TO CHARTER SCHOOLS.

Authorizes all of the public schools within a school complex to convert to new century charter school status under the management and operation of a nonprofit organization under specified conditions.

RELATING TO CHARTER SCHOOLS.

Authorizes the establishment of charter schools with a vocational-technical orientation.

RELATING TO CHARTER SCHOOLS.

Permits establishment of charter schools for any students with mental or physical handicaps. Attendance to be strictly voluntary and subject to approval by DOE.

RELATING TO NEW CENTURY CONVERSION CHARTER SCHOOLS.

Allows a nonprofit organization to manage and operate a new century conversion charter school as a division of the nonprofit organization, in which the charter school's local school board would consist of the board of directors of the nonprofit organization.