On what basis might a local governing board deny a charter?
The law specifies that the chartering authority should be guided by legislative intent, which encourages the establishment of charter schools. A school district governing board may not deny a charter unless it makes written factual findings, specific to the particular petition, that: (1) the charter school presents an unsound educational program; (2) the petitioners are demonstrably unlikely to successfully implement the program set forth in the petition; (3) the petition does not contain the required number of signatures; (4) the petition does not contain an affirmation of each of the conditions described in Education Code Section 47605(d); or (5) the petition does not contain reasonably comprehensive descriptions of all of the 15 required elements of the petition. [Ref.
