(2)__Register the charters granted by all chartering authorities on a chronological basis.__By December 10th of each year, chartering authorities shall inform the state board of charters they have granted that calendar year.__Once the cap of 20 charters per year is reached, the state board may not consider further registrations.

§2414.__Charter school students; eligibility; application

1.__Eligibility.__Any student residing in this State is eligible to apply to a charter school.__The school shall enroll an applicant who submits an application prior to deadline, unless the number of applications exceeds the capacity of a program, grade level or building. In that case, applicants must be chosen through a lottery that ensures random selection.

2.__Application.__Each charter school shall adopt an application process in accordance with this subsection.

A.__The application process may not include requirements regarding previous academic achievement, intellectual aptitude, sexual orientation or curricular or extracurricular ability.__Existing noncharter public schools that convert to charter schools may give preference to previously enrolled students.

B.__Applicant selection may give preference to siblings of students already enrolled in the charter school, to children of the organizers, staff and teachers of the newly formed charter school and to children of employees of the companies that sponsor work site charter schools, except that the number of students enrolled under preferences allowed by this paragraph may not exceed 20% of the total number of students.

iii.C.__Applicants may not be denied admission on the basis of any physical or mental disability, handicap or condition.

D.__A local school board acting as a chartering authority may require a charter school that it approves to give admission preference to children of residents in that school administrative unit.__Postsecondary chartering authorities may approve a geographic preference if the preference is proposed in the charter application and the charter states that no more than 50% of the students may be enrolled under the geographical preference provision.