HB 1525 -- Waiver School Districts

Co-Sponsors:  Shields, Patek, Scott, Gibbons, Tudor, Naeger,
Klindt

This bill creates a procedure by which a fully accredited school
district may declare itself a waiver district for the following
school year, during which it will operate under charter school
laws instead of standard school law, acting as applicant and
sponsor by applying to the State Board of Education for charter
approval.  Waiver districts would not follow charter schools
admissions policies and would continue to receive funding in the
manner of all districts and have the power to acquire property
by eminent domain.  The bill also makes technical changes to the
charter laws to accommodate waiver districts.