Senate committee substitute makes the following changes to the 1st edition.

Provides that the State Treasurer and the Lieutenant Governor may fill their seats on the 11-member Charter Board with their designees.

Permits the removal of any appointed member of the Charter Board by a vote of at least two-thirds of the board members.Deletes the exception for the Lieutenant Governor and the Superintendent of Public Instruction.

Makes a clarifying change to GS 115C-238.29E to provide that a charter school operates under the written charter signed by the Charter Board and the applicant (was, operates undera written charter signed by the charter school and the entity to which the charter school is accountable).

Amends GS 115C-238.29F to reinstate provision that the State Board of Education (SBE) provides funds to charter schools.

Provides in GS 115C-238.29H(d) that the court is to award reasonable attorneys' fees and costs to the prevailing party in an action to enforce the provisions that require the local administrative unit (LEA) in which the child resides to transfer to the charter school that the child attends an amount equal to the per pupil share of the local current expense fund of that LEA. Deletes provision that directs that the above provision applies to any final judgment entered from and after the effective date of the above provision. Makes organizational changes, re-labeling the subsections. Provides that GS 115C-238.29H(d) applies to proceedings begun on or after the effective date of this act.

Makes conforming changes to GS GS 135-5.3(b) and GS 135-48.45(b) to incorporate reference to the Charter Schools Board established in this act.

Provides that initial appointments to the Charter Board are to be made by the Governor and General Assembly no later than August 1, 2013 (was, April 1, 2013).