LAC 28:CXXXIX.517. Consideration of Charter Applications and Awarding of Charters by BESE

A. BESE shall consider each type 2 and type 4 charter school application and vote to approve or deny the application. B. BESE shall consider each type 5 charter school application that is recommended by the state superintendent of education, based on a recommendation by the Department of Education, and may vote to approve or deny the recommended application. C. BESE shall carefully review each type 2, type 4, and type 5 charter school application it receives and may approve a charter application only after it has made a specific determination that the proposed school will be operated in compliance with all applicable state and federal laws, rules, and regulations; that the accounting and financial practices to be used are sound and in accordance with generally accepted standards for similar entities; and that the educational program to be offered will comply with all requirements of the charter school law and be based on generally accepted education research findings applicable to the pupils to be served, including but not limited to school discipline practices and policies that incorporate positive behavior interventions and supports, restorative justice, and other research-based discipline practices and classroom management strategies and otherwise conform to the other model master discipline plan required in accordance with R.S. 17:252. D. Approval of type 2, type 4, and type 5 charter schools shall require an affirmative vote of at least six board members.