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 PUBLIC LAW 104-208—SEPT. 30, 1996 110 STAT. 3009 -506 "(iii) with respect to which the Board of Education has transferred jurisdiction to the Mayor. "(2) CURRENT PUBLIC SCHOOL PROPERTY.— "(A) IN GENERAL. —Notwithstanding any other provision of law relating to the disposition of a facility or property described in subparagraph (B), the Mayor and the District of Columbia Government shall give preference to an eligible applicant whose petition to establish a public charter school has been conditionally approved under section 2203(d)(2), or a Board of Trustees, in leasing, or otherwise contracting for the use of, a facility or property described in subparagraph (B). "(B) PROPERTY DESCRIBED.— ^A facility or property referred to in subparagraph (A) is a facility, real property, or a designated area of a facility or real property, that— "(i) is under the jurisdiction of the Board of Education; and "(ii) is available for use because the Board of Education is not using, for educational, administrative, or other purposes, the facility, real property, or designated area.", (e) CHARTER RENEWAL.—Section 2212 of the District of Columbia School Reform Act of 1995 (110 Stat. 1321-129) is amended— (1) by amending subsection (a) to read as follows: "(a) TERMS. — "(1) INITIAL TERM.—^A charter granted to a public charter school shall remain in force for a 15-year period. "(2) RENEWALS. —A charter may be renewed for an unlimited number of times, each time for a 15-year period. "(3) REVIEW. — An eligible chartering authority that grants or renews a charter pursuant to paragraph (1) or (2) shall review the charter— "(A) at least once every 5 years to determine whether the charter should be revoked for the reasons described in subsection (a)(1)(A) or (b) of section 2213 in accordance with the procedures for such revocation established under section 2213(c); and "(B) once every 5 years, beginning on the date that is 5 years after the date on which the charter is granted or renewed, to determine whether the charter should be revoked for the reasons described in section 2213(a)(1)(B) in accordance with the procedures for such revocation established under section 2213(c)."; and (2) by amending subsection (d)(6) to read as follows: "(6) JUDICIAL REVIEW.— ^A decision by an eligible chartering authority to deny an application to renew a charter shall be subject to judicial review by an appropriate court of the District of Columbia.". (0 CHARTER REVOCATION.—Section 2213(a) of the District of Columbia School Reform Act of 1995 (110 Stat. 1321-130) is amended to read as follows: " (a) CHARTER OR LAW VIOLATIONS; FAILURE TO MEET GOALS.— "(1) IN GENERAL.— Subject to paragraph (2), an eligible chartering authority that has granted a charter to a public charter school may revoke the charter if the eligible chartering authority determines that the school—

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