Amend the bill by inserting after the enacting clause the following:

Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or section number to read consecutively.

summary

This amendment is the majority report of the Joint Standing Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs. The bill requires that public charter schools and virtual public charter schools established in this State be operated as nonprofit organizations. The amendment retains these provisions and revises the definition of "education service provider" to provide that an education service provider must be a nonprofit, nonreligious organization.