SENATE
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
COMMITTEE:
Education
TIME & DATE:
9:00 AM, Monday, March 22, 2010
PLACE:
E1.028 (Hearing Room)
CHAIR:
Senator Florence Shapiro
The Committee will hear invited and public testimony on the following
charge:
Senate Interim Charge 1:
Review the performance and accountability of the state's charter schools.
Specifically, study the following:
-Options for increasing the number of outstanding charter schools;
-Best practices employed by high performing charter schools and make
recommendations for ways to implement these strategies in other charter
and public schools;
-Charter school initiatives in other states, specifically including
incentives for public education campuses to become charter schools;
-Options for development and funding of a charter schools facilities
program.
 
(NOTE:  Special education charters will be taken up on a date to be
determined)
 
Public testimony will be limited to 3 minutes per person.