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Monday, May 6, 2013

Seattle Schools Community Forum: Charter Rules - Public Input

Seattle Schools Community Forum: Charter Rules - Public Input:


Charter Rules - Public Input

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Here are the documents that school districts will use regarding charter school applications.

One is a letter of instructions.
Another is an application (I-V).
Still another is a statement of assurances.  This one had one thing that I hadn't really seen before -  that districts not only have to solicit applications for new charter schools but for conversion ones as well.  To me, any district that says "hey we have this school that we've tried everything with.  Come take it over, send the students in all directions and take our building."  That would be one interesting solicitation.

That was not my reading of the initiative (but, as the AG's rep says, she finds something new every time she reads the law so I'm not alone). 

This document Charter School Authorizer and Approval Process- is lengthy but chockful of good information.

This Wednesday, May 8th, a couple of members of the Charter Commission will go to the State Board of