2013 Mississippi Code
Title 37 - EDUCATION
Chapter 165 - CONVERSION CHARTER SCHOOL ACT OF 2010
§ 37-165-11 - Time line for accepting conversion petitions; approval or denial of petition; written notification to sponsors of reasons for rejection of petition; resubmission after correction of deficiencies [Repealed effective July 1, 2016]

(1) The State Board of Education shall establish a time line for accepting petitions requesting the conversion of a public school to conversion charter school status. The board and the Commission on School Accreditation shall review and rate all petitions for a conversion charter school.

(2) After initial review and rating, the board, with the advice of the Commission on School Accreditation, may approve or deny a petition based on criteria adopted by the board, which shall include criteria relating to improving student performance and encouraging new and innovative programs. The board must provide a written response to each sponsor submitting a petition in writing within forty-five (45) days after the closing date for receiving petitions in the form of an approval or rejection. The response to rejected petitions shall include notification to the sponsors of the reasons for rejection.

(3) The board shall allow each sponsor, who submits a petition for a conversion charter school within thirty (30) days before the closing date for receiving petitions to resubmit the petition, if the original petition was found to be deficient by the board, after the sponsor has corrected any deficiencies.

(4) If a public school has been designated as a chronically failing school for three (3) consecutive years, as determined by the State Department of Education, and the petition for conversion to conversion charter school status is rejected by the State Board of Education, the board, on its own motion, may initiate the procedure to transform the failing school into a new start school under the New Start School Program authorized under Section 37-167-1.