[§302D-20]  Charter transfers.  (a)  Transfer of a charter contract, and of oversight of that public charter school, from one authorizer to another before the expiration of the charter term shall not be permitted except by special petition to the board by a public charter school or its authorizer. The board shall review such petitions on a case-by-case basis and may grant transfer requests in response to special circumstances and evidence that such a transfer would serve the best interests of the public charter school's students.

     (b)  The board may adopt rules pursuant to chapter 91 to carry out the purposes of this section. [L 2012, c 130, pt of §2]