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<br />Minnesota Charter School Resource Center (MCSRC) Handbook <br /> <br />http://www.hhh.urnn.edu/centers/school-change!handhooklcontract.htrn <br /> <br />Uz <br /> <br />enough specifics to satisfy the sponsor and MDE, without over promising or committing to outcomes <br />are not relevant to their student population. This often repeated phrase is good advice: better to under <br />promise and over deliver than to over promise and under deliver. (For more guidance regarding <br />assessment and accountability, see What Should We Do: A Guide to Assessment and Accountabilitv. <br />(Center for School Change), which includes examples of specific academic goals and ways ofmeasw <br />progress, and the appropriate section of this handbook.) <br /> <br />A signed contract must be submitted to MDE within 90 days of charter approval. In practice, charter <br />developers usuaJly submit a final "draft" for MDE's review before the 90-day deadline. MDE staff the <br />review the contract to make sure it includes all required elements. After receiving comments from MI <br />the school and sponsor make any necessary revisions, sign the contract and send a copy to MDE, toge <br />with the following five (5) attachments: <br /> <br />I. Documentation of the school's organizational structure, identifying the school as a nonpr, <br />corporation (i.e., articles of incorporation) or a cooperative; <br /> <br />2. Documentation providing evidence of the Commissioner of Education's action approvin~ <br />charter school (you will receive a letter trom MDE to this effect); <br /> <br />3. The sponsor's Letter ofIntent to Form a Charter School (discussed above); <br /> <br />4. The school's By-Laws; and <br /> <br />5. A certificate of insurance or equivalent document providing evidence that the school has <br />liability insurance meeting the minimum requirements and liability amounts of M.S. chal <br />466. <br /> <br />RESOURCES <br />What Should We Do: A Guidebook to Assessment and Accountabilitv (Center for School Change), <br />available to download for tree <br /> <br />[Too of OH!!e) <br /> <br />@2000 by the Regents of the University of Minnesota. HHHI. Center for School Change - New Twin Cities Charter School Projact. <br />All Rights Reserved. Do not copy or reproduce without permission. <br />Contact Center for School Chanoe. <br />The University of Minnesota is an equal opportunity educator and employer. <br />Comment to the HHHI Web Coordinator. <br /> <br />3 on <br /> <br />9/29/046:12 PM <br />