Kentucky Revised Statutes Title XIII. Education § 160.1595.Request for technical assistance; appeal of approval or denial to state board; judicial review; joint oversight

1. Within forty-five (45) days after receipt of the notice of appeal and after reasonable public notice, the state board, at a public hearing which may be held in the school district in which the proposed public charter school has applied for a charter or where the public charter school exists, shall review the decision of the authorizer and make its findings;

2. The state board shall determine:

3. If the state board finds that the authorizer's decision was contrary to the best interest of the students or community and the application satisfies the statutory requirements, the state board shall remand such final decision to the authorizer with instructions to approve the charter application or amendment, or to renew or reinstate the charter, or to approve or disapprove conditions imposed. The decision of the state board shall be a final action subject to judicial review in the Circuit Court encompassing the school district in which the public charter school is located; and

4. Charters granted to applicants by authorizers after a successful appeal to the state board, as outlined in subparagraph 3. of this paragraph, shall be provided joint oversight by the authorizer and the state board for, at a minimum, the first five (5) years of the school's operation, and until the authorizer, state board, and public charter school agree that charter oversight may be provided solely by the authorizer. The state board shall be a formal participant in all authorizing decision making concerning the public charter school during that period, and shall be included in all communication between the public charter school and the authorizer.