the same manner in which data is gathered in the case of school
districts and individual schools within school districts.
Nothing in this paragraph shall alter the manner in which
charter school performance on assessments is measured as
required under the Every Student Succeeds Act (Public Law 114-
95, 129 Stat. 1802), or its successor Federal statute.
(2) Add existing charter schools to its organization by
obtaining the approval of the department and of the local board
of school directors that granted the initial charter of each
charter school proposed to be added under sub section (a)(1).
(3) Allow students enrolled in an individual charter school
to matriculate to another individual charter school under its
oversight so as to complete a course of instruction in an
educational institution from kindergarten through grade twelve
or otherwise in the best interests of the student.
(e) A multiple charter school organization shall be regarded
as the holder of the charter of each individual charter school
under its oversight and each previously or subsequently awarded
charter shall be subject to nonrenewal or revocation by the
local board of school directors that granted the initial charter
in accordance with this act . The nonrenewal or revocation of the
charter of an individual charter school under the oversight of a
multiple charter school organization shall not affect the status
of a charter awarded for any other individual charter school
under the oversight of the multiple charter school organization.
(f) Appeals shall be as follows:
(1) The appeal board shall have the exclusive review of an
appeal by an applicant for consolidation, with respect to the
rejection of a proposed consolidation by either the department
or a school district.
(2) In considering an appeal under this section , the appeal
board shall:
(i) Review the decision made by either the department or the
school district on the record as certified by the entity that
made the decision being appealed, provided that the appeal board
may allow the department, a school district or the applicant for
consolidation to supplement the record if the supplemental
information was previously unavailable.
(ii) Meet to officially review the certified record no later
than thirty (30) days after the date of filing the appeal.
(iii) Issue a written decision affirming or denying the
appeal no later than sixty (60) days following its review of the
certified record.
(iv) Make its decision based on whether the proposed
consolidation satisfies the requirements of sub section s (b) and
(c).
(3) The secretary shall recuse himself from all appeals of
decisions by the department and shall not participate in a
hearing, deliberation or vote on any appeal of a decision made
by the department.
(4) All decisions of the appeal board shall be subject to
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