Common use of Establishment and Operation Clause in Contracts

Establishment and Operation. No public charter school shall discriminate against any individual on the basis of actual or perceived disability, race, creed, color, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, national origin, religion, ancestry, age, genetic information or need for special education services or any other unlawful basis. No public charter school shall discriminate against any student on the basis of limited proficiency in English, and each public charter school shall provide students who have limited proficiency in English with appropriate services designed to teach such students English and the general curriculum, consistent with federal civil rights laws. No public charter school shall engage in any sectarian practices in its educational program, admissions or employment policies, or operations. Charter schools must comply with the Standards of Quality, including the Standards of Learning and Standards of Accreditation. 1. Enrollment shall be open to any child who is deemed to reside within the Loudoun County School Division, through a lottery process on a space-available basis except that in the case of the conversion of an existing public school, students who attend the school and their siblings shall be given the opportunity to enroll in advance of the lottery process. A waiting list shall be established if adequate space is not available to accommodate all students whose parents have requested to be entered in the lottery process. Such waiting list shall also be prioritized through a lottery process and parents shall be informed of their child’s position on the list. A public charter school shall not charge tuition. 2. A charter school shall be administered and operated by a management committee in the manner agreed to by the charter school applicant and the Loudoun County School Board, as reflected in the charter contract. The management committee shall be composed of parents of students enrolled in the school, teachers and administrators working in the school, and representatives of any community sponsors. 3. Pursuant to an approved charter agreement, a charter school shall be responsible for its own operations, including, but not limited to, budget preparation, contracts for services, and personnel matters. A charter school may negotiate and contract with the School Board, or any third party, for the provision of necessary services, the use of school buildings or grounds and the operation and maintenance thereof and any activity or undertaking it is required to perform in order to carry out its educational program. Any services for which a charter school contracts with the Loudoun County School Division shall not exceed the division’s costs to provide such services. 4. The Loudoun County School Division may allow, in its sole discretion, a public charter school to use vacant or unused properties or real estate, if any, owned by the School Board. A charter school shall not be required to pay rent for space deemed by the School Division to be available, as negotiated by contract, within the Loudoun County School Division. All other costs for the operation and management of the facilities used by the charter school shall be subject to negotiation between the charter school and the School Division.

Establishment and Operation. 77 No public charter school shall discriminate against any individual on the basis of actual or 78 perceived disability, race, creed, color, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, marital 79 status, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, national origin, religion, 80 ancestry, age, genetic information or need for special education services or any other 81 unlawful basis. No public charter school shall discriminate against any student on the basis 82 of limited proficiency in English, and each public charter school shall provide students who 83 have limited proficiency in English with appropriate services designed to teach such 84 students English and the general curriculum, consistent with federal civil rights laws. No 85 public charter school shall engage in any sectarian practices in its educational program, 86 admissions or employment policies, or operations. 87 Charter schools must comply with the Standards of Quality, including the Standards of 88 Learning and Standards of Accreditation. 90 1. Enrollment shall be open to any child who is deemed to reside within the 91 Loudoun County School Division, through a lottery process on a space-available basis 92 except that in the case of the conversion of an existing public school, students who attend 93 the school and their siblings shall be given the opportunity to enroll in advance of the lottery 94 process. A waiting list shall be established if adequate space is not available to 95 accommodate all students whose parents have requested to be entered in the lottery 96 process. Such waiting list shall also be prioritized through a lottery process and parents 97 shall be informed of their child’s position on the list. A public charter school shall not 98 charge tuition. 100 2. A charter school shall be administered and operated by a management 101 committee in the manner agreed to by the charter school applicant and the Loudoun 102 County School Board, as reflected in the charter contract. The management committee 103 shall be composed of parents of students enrolled in the school, teachers and 104 administrators working in the school, and representatives of any community sponsors.. 105 106 3. Pursuant to an approved charter agreement, a charter school shall be 107 responsible for its own operations, including, but not limited to, budget preparation, 108 contracts for services, and personnel matters. A charter school may negotiate and contract 109 with the School Board, or any third party, for the provision of necessary services, the use of 110 school buildings or grounds and the operation and maintenance thereof and any activity or 111 undertaking it is required to perform in order to carry out its educational program. Any 112 services for which a charter school contracts with the Loudoun County School Division shall 113 not exceed the division’s costs to provide such services. 115 4. The Loudoun County School Division may allow, in its sole discretion, a public 116 charter school to use vacant or unused properties or real estate, if any, owned by the 117 School Board. A charter school shall not be required to pay rent for space deemed by the 118 School Division to be available, as negotiated by contract, within the Loudoun County 119 School Division. All other costs for the operation and management of the facilities used by 120 the charter school shall be subject to negotiation between the charter school and the 121 School Division.. 122