HB 2415: Charter public schools

Summary

• C Charter public schools are authorized. The applicant must be a public benefit nonprofit corporation or a nonprofit organization that meets the requirements for a public benefit nonprofit corporation. The applicant may not be a sectarian or religious organization. The maximum number of charter public schools is twenty, excluding public schools that converted to chartered public schools.
• C A sponsor of a charter public school may be the school district in which the school will be located, a state or regional university, or The Evergreen State College. A charter public school must enroll all students who submit a timely application;
• priority given to those in the district and siblings.
• C Charter public schools are managed independently of school districts. Charter public schools are exempt from most state laws and rules.
• C The local school board must hold a hearing on the application within 60 days. A sponsor other than the school district is not bound by a school board's decision to deny the application.
• C State funding for charter public schools is provided by general fund apportionment through the local school district except for small school assistance provisions. Funding is on a per student basis. Charter public schools sponsored by a school district are entitled to local levy moneys approved after the effective date of this act.

From the House Bill Report (HB 2415), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗