§ 6-23-301 - Application forms and procedures for open-enrollment public charter schools.
               	 		
6-23-301.    Application forms and procedures for open-enrollment public charter schools.
    (a)  The State Board of Education shall adopt:
      (1)  An  application form, a schedule, and a procedure that must be used to  apply for a charter for an open-enrollment public charter school; and
      (2)  Criteria to use in selecting a program for which a charter may be granted.
(b)  The  application form must provide space for including all information  required under this chapter to be contained in the charter.
(c)  As  part of the application procedure, the state board may require a  petition supporting a charter for an open-enrollment public charter  school signed by a specified number of parents or guardians of  school-age children residing in the area in which an open-enrollment  public charter school is proposed, or it may hold a public hearing to  determine parental support for the school.