H.R. 6204: Charter School Good Governance and Transparency Act

111th Congress · introduced 2010-09-23 · Education · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.

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Where it came from: introduced 2010-09-23 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-32] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

Charter School Good Governance and Transparency Act

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Charter School Good Governance and Transparency Act - Requires states to provide each charter school in the state that receives funds under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 with a list of licensed, independent auditors that perform governmental audits. Requires states to develop and implement policies requiring such charter schools to: (1) maintain their financial records in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and applicable state and federal requirements; (2) be audited annually by a licensed, independent auditor, with the findings made public and filed with their authorized public chartering agency and state; and (3) address all audit findings and report to their authorized public chartering agency on actions taken to do so. Directs states to: (1) require such chartering agencies to report significant audit findings and the measures schools take to address them; and (2) submit overall summary analyses of the annual audits to the Secretary of Education.

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Charter School Good Governance and Transparency Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Sponsor: Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-32] · 0 cosponsors

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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-111hr6204.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/111/hr>

Record fed-us-cong111-hr6204 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong111 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong111