Minn. Stat. § 124E.02
DEFINITIONS.
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Current — January 1, 2024
As of January 1, 2015
(a) For purposes of this chapter, the terms defined in this paragraph have the meanings given them.
(a) For purposes of this chapter, the terms defined in this section have the meanings given them.
(b) "Affidavit" means a written statement the authorizer submits to the commissioner for approval to establish a charter school under section 124E.06 , subdivision 4, attesting to its review and approval process before chartering a school.
"Application" under section 124E.06 means the charter school business plan a school developer submits to an authorizer for approval to establish a charter school that documents the school developer's mission statement, school purposes, program design, financial plan, governance and management structure, and background and experience, plus any other information the authorizer requests. The application also shall include a "statement of assurances" of legal compliance prescribed by the commissioner.
"Affidavit" means a written statement the authorizer submits to the commissioner for approval to establish a charter school under section 124E.06 attesting to its review and approval process before chartering a school.
(b) For purposes of this chapter:
(1) "related party" means an affiliate or immediate relative of the other party in question, an affiliate of an immediate relative, or an immediate relative of an affiliate;
(2) "affiliate" means a person that directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with another person;
(3) "immediate family" means an individual whose relationship by blood, marriage, adoption, or partnering is no more remote than first cousin;
(4) "person" means an individual or entity of any kind; and
(5) "control" means the ability to affect the management, operations, or policy actions or decisions of a person, whether through ownership of voting securities, by contract, or otherwise.
(c) "Affiliate" means a person that directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with another person.
(d) "Charter management organization" or "CMO" means a nonprofit entity or organization that operates or manages a charter school or a network of charter schools or can control all or substantially all of a school's education program or a school's administrative, financial, business, or operational functions.
(e) "Control" means the ability to affect the management, operations, or policy actions or decisions of a person, whether by owning voting securities, by contract, or otherwise.
(f) "Educational management organization" or "EMO" means a for-profit entity or organization that operates or manages a charter school or a network of charter schools or can control all or substantially all of a school's education program, or a school's administrative, financial, business, or operational functions.
(g) "Immediate family member" means any relationship by blood, marriage, adoption, or partnership of spouses, parents, grandparents, siblings, children, first cousins, aunts, uncles, grandchildren, nieces, and nephews.
(h) "Market need and demand study" means a study that includes the following for the proposed locations of the school or additional site:
(1) current and projected demographic information;
(2) student enrollment patterns;
(3) information on existing schools and types of educational programs currently available;
(4) characteristics of proposed students and families;
(5) availability of properly zoned and classified facilities; and
(6) quantification of existing demand for the school or site.
(i) "Person" means an individual or entity of any kind.
(j) "Related party" means an affiliate or immediate family member of the other interested party, an affiliate of an immediate family member who is the other interested party, or an immediate family member of an affiliate who is the other interested party.
(k) For purposes of this chapter, the terms defined in section 120A.05 have the same meanings.
Official source: Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Minnesota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.