This bill establishes a charter school base funding study and creates a charter school educational service agency.
This bill:
- requires a study of charter school administrative costs and funding options;
- establishes a charter school base funding study group with specific membership;
- requires the study group to examine charter school administrative costs and funding options;
- directs the State Board of Education to report to the Legislature by December 1, 2026;
- creates charter school educational service agencies to provide economies of scale for charter schools;
- allows charter schools to form a service agency through a memorandum of understanding; and
- makes technical changes.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 53F-2-706