Charter Commission Meeting, Part Two
I ended Part One explaining that there had been two large issues that arose during the meeting. One is the rabbit hole I mentioned and the other is the funding of the Commission's work.
Here's the rabbit hole explained.
To get a charter from the state two things have to happen. A charter applicant has to apply to just one authorizer and, after getting the authorizer's approval, then that approved application has to get to the State Board of Education for certification.
However, as you may recall, 1240 is quite vague on the timing of turning in approved charters to the State Board of Education. Many of us who opposed this measure called this section out, asking "what does this mean?" It's actually much worse than I thought. Here's the original text:
3) Upon the receipt of notice from an authorizer that a charter school has been approved,
the state board of education shall certify whether the approval is in compliance with the limits on the maximum
Here's the rabbit hole explained.
To get a charter from the state two things have to happen. A charter applicant has to apply to just one authorizer and, after getting the authorizer's approval, then that approved application has to get to the State Board of Education for certification.
However, as you may recall, 1240 is quite vague on the timing of turning in approved charters to the State Board of Education. Many of us who opposed this measure called this section out, asking "what does this mean?" It's actually much worse than I thought. Here's the original text:
3) Upon the receipt of notice from an authorizer that a charter school has been approved,
the state board of education shall certify whether the approval is in compliance with the limits on the maximum
