28A.710.140 – Charter applications—Submission—Approval or denial.
RCW 28A.710.140 Charter applications—Submission—Approval or denial. (1) The state board of education must establish an annual statewide timeline for charter application submission and approval or denial that must be followed by all authorizers. (2) In reviewing and evaluating charter applications, authorizers shall employ procedures, practices, and criteria consistent with nationally recognized principles and standards for […]
28A.710.150 – Maximum number of charter public schools—Process—Certification—Lottery—Notice.
RCW 28A.710.150 Maximum number of charter public schools—Process—Certification—Lottery—Notice. (1) A maximum of forty charter public schools may be established under this chapter over the five-year period commencing with April 3, 2016. No more than eight charter schools may be established in any year during the five-year period, except that if in any year fewer than […]
28A.710.160 – Charter contracts.
RCW 28A.710.160 Charter contracts. (1) The purposes of the charter application submitted under RCW 28A.710.130 are to present the proposed charter school’s academic and operational vision and plans, and to demonstrate and provide the authorizer with a clear basis for evaluating the applicant’s capacities to execute the proposed vision and plans. An approved charter application […]
28A.710.170 – Charter contracts—Performance framework.
RCW 28A.710.170 Charter contracts—Performance framework. (1) The performance provisions within a charter contract must be based on a performance framework that clearly sets forth the academic and operational performance indicators, measures, and metrics that will guide an authorizer’s evaluations of a charter school within its jurisdiction. (2) At a minimum, the performance framework must include […]
28A.710.180 – Charter schools—Oversight—Corrective action.
RCW 28A.710.180 Charter schools—Oversight—Corrective action. (1) Each authorizer must continually monitor the performance and legal compliance of the charter schools under its jurisdiction, including collecting and analyzing data to support ongoing evaluation according to the performance framework in the charter contract. (2) An authorizer may conduct or require oversight activities that enable the authorizer to […]
28A.710.190 – Charter contracts—Renewal.
RCW 28A.710.190 Charter contracts—Renewal. (1) A charter contract may be renewed by the authorizer, at the request of the charter school, for successive five-year terms. The authorizer, however, may vary the term based on the performance, demonstrated capacities, and particular circumstances of a charter school, and may grant renewal with specific conditions for necessary improvements […]
28A.710.200 – Charter contracts—Revocation or refusal to renew.
RCW 28A.710.200 Charter contracts—Revocation or refusal to renew. (1) An authorizer may revoke a charter contract at any time, or may refuse to renew it, if the authorizer determines that the charter school did any of the following or otherwise failed to comply with the provisions of this chapter: (a) Committed a material and substantial […]
28A.710.210 – Charter school termination protocol—Dissolution of nonprofit corporation applicant—Transfer of charter contract.
RCW 28A.710.210 Charter school termination protocol—Dissolution of nonprofit corporation applicant—Transfer of charter contract. (1) Before making a decision to not renew or to revoke a charter contract, an authorizer must develop a charter school termination protocol to ensure timely notification to parents, orderly transition of students and student records to new schools, as necessary, and […]
28A.710.110 – Authorizer oversight fee—Establishment—Use.
RCW 28A.710.110 Authorizer oversight fee—Establishment—Use. (1) The state board of education shall establish a statewide formula for an authorizer oversight fee, which must be calculated as a percentage of the state operating funding distributed to charter schools under RCW 28A.710.220 to each charter school under the jurisdiction of an authorizer, but may not exceed four […]
28A.710.020 – Charter schools—Parameters.
RCW 28A.710.020 Charter schools—Parameters. A charter school established under this chapter: (1) Is a public school that is: (a) Open to all children free of charge and by choice; and (b) Operated separately from the common school system as an alternative to traditional common schools; (2) May offer any program or course of study that […]