                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL RESTRICTIONS (§ 22.1-212.11)

A. Local school boards may establish public charter schools within the school
division. Priority shall be given to public charter school applications designed
to increase the educational opportunities of at-risk students, and at least
one-half of the public charter schools per division shall be designed for
at-risk students; however, the one-half requirement shall not apply in cases in
which an existing public school is converted into a public charter school that
serves the same community as the existing public school, nor shall such public
charter school conversions be counted in the determination of school division
compliance with the one-half requirement.

B. Local school boards shall report the grant or denial of public charter school
applications to the Board and shall specify the maximum number of charters that
may be authorized, if any; the number of charters granted or denied; and whether
a public charter school is designed to increase the educational opportunities of
at-risk students.

C. Nothing in this article shall be construed to prevent a school that is the
only school in the division from applying to become a public charter school.

HISTORY: 1998, cc. 748, 890; 2000, cc. 631, 1028; 2002, cc. 851, 874; 2004, c.
530; 2009, c. 441; 2014, cc. 645, 693.