As used in this section and sections 10-66bb to 10-66uu, inclusive:

(1) “Charter school” means a public, nonsectarian school which is (A) established under a charter granted pursuant to section 10-66bb, (B) organized as a nonprofit entity under state law, (C) a public agency for the purposes of the Freedom of Information Act, as defined in section 1-200, and (D) operated independently of any local or regional board of education in accordance with the terms of its charter and the provisions of this section and sections 10-66bb to 10-66uu, inclusive, provided no member or employee of a governing council of a charter school shall have a personal or financial interest in the assets, real or personal, of the school;

(2) “Local charter school” means a public school or part of a public school that is converted into a charter school and is approved by the local or regional board of education of the school district in which it is located and by the State Board of Education pursuant to subsection (e) of section 10-66bb;

(3) “State charter school” means a new public school approved by the State Board of Education pursuant to subsection (f) of section 10-66bb;

(4) “Charter management organization” means any not-for-profit organization that (A) is exempt from taxation under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any subsequent corresponding internal revenue code of the United States, as amended from time to time, and (B) contracts with a charter school for educational design, implementation or whole school management services;

(5) “Whole school management services” means the financial, business, operational and administrative functions for a school; and

(6) “Charter” means a charter for a local or state charter school granted by the State Board of Education on or before June 30, 2015, and with respect to a charter granted or renewed on or after July 1, 2015, a contract between the governing council of a charter school and the State Board of Education that sets forth the roles, powers, responsibilities and performance expectations of each party to the contract.

(P.A. 96-214, S. 1; P.A. 97-47, S. 29; P.A. 99-289, S. 4, 11; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-1, S. 26, 54; P.A. 08-50, S. 3; P.A. 10-111, S. 11; P.A. 15-239, S. 1.)

History: P.A. 97-47 amended Subdiv. (1) by substituting reference to the Freedom of Information Act for reference to Ch. 3; P.A. 99-289 amended Subdiv. (1) to add prohibition against member or employee having a personal or financial interest in the assets of the school, effective July 1, 1999; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-1 applied definitions to Sec. 10-66hh, effective July 1, 2001; P.A. 08-50 replaced “section 10-66hh” with “sections 10-66hh to 10-66kk, inclusive”, effective July 1, 2008; P.A. 10-111 added Subdivs. (4) and (5) defining “charter management organization” and “whole school management services”, effective July 1, 2010; P.A. 15-239 replaced references to Secs. 10-66aa to 10-66ff and Secs. 10-66hh to 10-66kk with references to “this section” and Secs. 10-66bb to 10-66uu, amended Subdiv. (4) by redefining “charter management organization”, added Subdiv. (6) defining “charter”, and made technical changes, effective July 1, 2015.