OLYMPIA, Wash. – At its September 2015 meeting, the State Board of Education discussed the Supreme Court decision in League of Women Voters of Washington et al. v. State of Washington and its effect on charter schools currently operating in the state.

OLYMPIA, Wash.

YAKIMA, Wash. – The State Board of Education (SBE) unanimously voted to approve Spokane School District’s charter authorizer application under the state’s new charter school law at today’s board meeting. Spokane School District (Spokane) is the second largest school district in the state, and the first to apply to be a charter school authorizer.

YAKIMA, Wash. – The Washington State Board of Education (SBE) will vote on Spokane School District’s charter authorizer application and hold a public hearing on proposed charter schools WAC 180-19-210 at the Sept. 11 meeting in Yakima, at the ESD 105 office.

OLYMPIA, Wash. – At the June 19 special meeting in Olympia, the Washington State Board of Education (SBE) will consider the evaluation rubrics for review of charter authorizer applications and the Achievement and Accountability Workgroup’s (AAW) input on the revised Achievement Index.

Board members will discuss the revisions to the charter authorizer evaluation rubric which:

FEDERAL WAY, Wash. –The Washington State Board of Education’s May 7-9 meeting in Federal Way will focus on revising the Washington Achievement Index to include measures of student growth. The meeting will also address standards for approval for charter school authorizers, Annual Measurable Achievement Objectives for English Language Learners, Next Generation Science Standards, and CTE course equivalencies in Science.

OLYMPIA, Wash. –The Washington State Board of Education’s February 26 meeting in Olympia, at the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, will include a public hearing on draft rules pertinent to the state’s first public charter schools.

Those wishing to provide comment on the draft rules may attend the hearing in Olympia, via K-20 video feed in Spokane at the office of ESD 101, or by writing us directly (sbe@k12.wa.us).

TUMWATER, Wash. –The Washington State Board of Education’s January 9-10 meeting in Tumwater, at the office of ESD 113, will include a review and discussion of draft rules pertinent to the state’s first public charter schools.

OLYMPIA, Wash. – The Washington State Board of Education has initiated the process of implementing a framework for the state’s first public charter schools.

The Board’s work with public charter schools began with the apparent passage of Initiative 1240. Though the results are not yet final, the ‘yes’ vote leads by approximately 45,000 votes. The final results may not be official until December 6th, the last day results can be certified by the Secretary of State.