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File #: 110799    Version:
Type: Motion Status: Passed
File created: 10/11/2011 In control: STEERING & RULES COMMITTEE
On agenda: Final action: 11/2/2011
Effective date:    
Title: Substitute motion authorizing the Rocketship Charter School to operate a Milwaukee Common Council charter school.
Sponsors: THE CHAIR
Indexes: CHARTER SCHOOLS
Attachments: 1. Executed Contract, 2. Letter to State Superintendent of Public Instruction Dated 1-18-13, 3. Cover Letter, 4. Rocketship Application, 5. Hearing Notice List, 6. Letter to State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Date Ver.Action ByActionResultTallyAction DetailsMeeting DetailsVideo
11/2/20110 COMMON COUNCIL ASSIGNED TOFail5:10 Action details Meeting details Not available
11/2/20110 COMMON COUNCIL APPROVEDPass14:1 Action details Meeting details Not available
10/18/20110 STEERING & RULES COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL

Minutes note: Individuals appearing: Kevin Ingram, Chair, Charter School Review Committee John Danner, CEO and Co-Founder, Rocketship Schools Kristoffer Haines, Director of National Expansion, Rocketship Schools Tim Sheehy, President, Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce and Chair, Rocketship Schools of Milwaukee		Pass5:1 Action details Meeting details Not available
10/17/20110 STEERING & RULES COMMITTEE HEARING NOTICES SENT   Action details Meeting details Not available
10/11/20110 COMMON COUNCIL ASSIGNED TO   Action details Meeting details Not available
Number
110799
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
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Sponsor
THE CHAIR
Title
Substitute motion authorizing the Rocketship Charter School to operate a Milwaukee Common Council charter school.
Analysis
This motion authorizes the Rocketship Charter School to operate a Milwaukee Common Council charter school, as recommended by the Charter School Review Committee.  
Body
Whereas, The state charter school statute, s. 118.40, Wis. Stats., and the charter school ordinance, ch. 330, Code of Ordinances, authorize the Common Council to grant authority to operate a Milwaukee Common Council charter school to applicants who meet the requirements of the statute and ordinance; and
 
Whereas, Rocketship Charter School has applied to operate a Milwaukee Common Council charter school as authorized under the Milwaukee charter school ordinance, ch. 330, Code of Ordinances, and the Wisconsin charter school statute, s. 118.40, Wis. Stats.; and
 
Whereas, The Charter School Review Committee has made a written positive finding for the applicant for all factors described under s. 330-15, Code of Ordinances, and has recommended that the Common Council grant the application to operate a Milwaukee Common Council charter school; and; now, therefore
 
It is moved, By the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee, that the Common Council approves the Charter School Review Committee's recommendation and authorizes the Rocketship Charter School to operate a Milwaukee Common Council charter school beginning with the 2013-2014 school year.
 
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10/28/11