Definitions

(a)“Board” means the Guam Education Policy Board;

(b)“Academy Charter School” means schools acknowledged as Charter schools by the Guam Academy Charter Schools Council under Chapter 12 of Title 17 GCA;

(c)“Chamorro Language Immersion Program” is a method of teaching the Chamorro language. Using the Chamorro language as the teaching tool, surrounding or immersing students in the Chamorro language in class activities such as math, science, social studies, history, and other class subjects.

(d)“Council” means the authorizing chartering entity known as the Guam Academy Charter Schools Council.

(e)“Eligible applicant” means an individual, a group of individuals, teachers, parents, guardians or a non-profit organization authorized under the laws of Guam to do business; and

(f)“Trustees” means the Board of Trustees, the governing structure of an Academy Charter School as set forth in the Academy’s Charter.

(g)“Appeals Board” means the ad hoc Appeals Board composed of the Public Auditor, the Attorney General, the Director of the Department of Administration, the Director of the Department of Revenue and Taxation, or their respective designees, and one

(1)member of the general public appointed by and to serve at the pleasure of I Maga’hågan/Maga’låhen Guåhan, with a Bachelor’s degree or higher and a background in the education field for a minimum of fifteen

(15)years.