2013 Mississippi Code
Title 37 - EDUCATION
Chapter 165 - CONVERSION CHARTER SCHOOL ACT OF 2010
§ 37-165-15 - Term of contract for conversion charter school; removal from conversion charter school status [Repealed effective July 1, 2016]
(1) The initial contract issued by the State Board of Education for a public school converted to conversion charter school status shall be for a minimum term of three (3) years. Thereafter, the State Board of Education may renew the contract for a conversion charter school on a one-year or multiyear basis, not to exceed three (3) years, if all parties to the original contract approve the renewal with a vote of a majority of the parents or guardians of students enrolled in the conversion charter school.
(2) After a school has been in conversion charter school status for three (3) years, the parents or guardians of students enrolled in the conversion charter school may request removal from conversion charter school status upon the submission of a petition of more than fifty percent (50%) of those parents or guardians to the State Board of Education.
(3) The State Board of Education shall prescribe the circumstances under which a conversion charter school shall cease to be designated a conversion charter school subject to the rules and regulations of the State Board of Education relating to conversion charter schools.
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