Washington Administrative Code › Title 180 - Education, State Board of › Chapter 180-19 - Charter schools › Section 180-19-035 - Content of authorizer application

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
(1) A school
			 district must provide sufficient and detailed information regarding all of the
			 following in the authorizer application submitted to the board:
(a)
The district's strategic vision for
			 chartering.
The district must state the purposes that it expects to
			 fulfill in being an authorizer of charter schools, with reference to any
			 district-specific purposes that are a priority for the district; the
			 educational goals it wishes to achieve; how it will give priority to serving
			 at-risk students, as defined in
			 RCW
			    28A.710.010(2), or students
			 from low-performing schools; and how it will respect the autonomy and ensure
			 the accountability of the charter schools it oversees.
(b)
A plan to support the vision
			 presented,
including explanations and evidence of the district's budget
			 and personnel capacity and commitment to execute the responsibilities of
			 quality charter authorizing. "Budget and personnel capacity" means the
			 district's capability of providing sufficient oversight, monitoring, and
			 assistance to ensure that the charter schools it authorizes will meet all
			 fiscal, academic and operational requirements under chapter 28A.710 RCW and
			 comply with all applicable state and federal laws. A district's evidence of
			 budget and personnel capacity shall consist, at a minimum, of a detailed
			 description of the following:
(i) Staff
			 resources to be devoted to charter authorizing and oversight under chapter
			 28A.710 RCW, in full-time equivalent employees, at a level sufficient to
			 fulfill its authorizing responsibilities in accordance with the
NACSA
			 Principles and Standards
and the provisions of chapter 28A.710 RCW;
			 and
(ii) An estimate, supported by
			 verifiable data, of the financial needs of the authorizer and a projection, to
			 the extent feasible, of sufficient financial resources, supported by the
			 authorizer oversight fee under
			 RCW
			    28A.710.110 and any other resources, to carry
			 out its authorizing responsibilities in accordance with the
NACSA
			 Principles and Standards
and the provisions of chapter 28A.710
			 RCW.
(c)
A draft
			 or preliminary outline of the request for proposal
that the district
			 would, if approved as an authorizer, issue to solicit charter school
			 applications. The draft or preliminary outline of the request for proposal(s)
			 shall meet all of the requirements set forth in
			 RCW
			    28A.710.130 (1)(b) and
			 demonstrate that the district will implement a comprehensive charter
			 application process that follows fair procedures and rigorous criteria, and an
			 evaluation and oversight process based on a performance framework meeting the
			 requirements of
			 RCW
			    28A.710.170.
(d)
A draft of the performance
			 framework
that the district would, if approved as an authorizer, use to
			 guide the execution of a charter contract and for ongoing oversight and
			 performance evaluation of charter schools. The draft of the performance
			 framework shall, at a minimum, meet the requirements of
			 RCW
			    28A.710.170(2) including
			 descriptions of each indicator, measure and metric enumerated therein, and
			 shall provide that student academic proficiency, student academic growth,
			 achievement gaps in both proficiency and growth, graduation rates, and
			 postsecondary readiness are measured and reported in conformance with the
			 achievement index developed by the state board of education under
			 RCW
			    28A.657.110.
(e)
A draft of the district's proposed
			 renewal, revocation, non-renewal, and transfer processes for charter
			 schools,
consistent with
			 RCW
			    28A.710.190,
			 28A.710.200, and
			 28A.710.210. The draft provided
			 must, at a minimum, provide for the implementation of transparent and rigorous
			 processes that:
(i) Establish clear standards
			 for renewal, nonrenewal, and revocation of charters it may authorize under
			 RCW
			    28A.710.100;
(ii) Set reasonable and effective timelines
			 for actions that may be taken under
			 RCW
			    28A.710.190 and
			 28A.710.200;
(iii) Describe how academic, financial and
			 operational performance data will be used in making decisions under
			 RCW
			    28A.710.190 and
			 28A.710.200;
(iv) Outline a plan to take appropriate
			 corrective actions, or exercise sanctions short of revocation, in response to
			 identified deficiencies in charter school performance or legal compliance, in
			 accordance with the charter contract and the provisions of
			 RCW
			    28A.710.180;
(v) Outline a plan to ensure timely
			 notification to parents, orderly transition of students and student records to
			 new schools, as necessary, and proper disposition of public school funds,
			 property, and assets, in accordance with
			 RCW
			    28A.710.210.