Read testimony DC PCSB has delivered before the DC Council.
Note: To read testimony and answers to questions posed by DC Council to DC PCSB during performance, click here, and budget oversight hearings, click here.
The School Reform Act (or SRA) requires DC PCSB to conduct a charter review of each school at least every five years. We evaluate each school to determine whether it is meeting the charter goals and academic achievement expectations, legal compliance, and fiscal management requirements set forth in the charter agreement.
As part of our oversight efforts, we conduct an Annual Compliance Review to ensure public charter LEAs comply with applicable laws and charter requirements.
DC PCSB announces a new timeline for the 2026 New School Charter Application Cycle. Most importantly, we will shift the cycle to the fall while lengthening the planning year.
DC PCSB approved ASPIRE, our academic accountability system. Read more about it here.
DC PCSB’s Performance Management Framework (or PMF) is used to produce the annual School Quality Report for each public charter school for which it provides oversight. DC PCSB uses the tool to review each school’s academic performance annually. Families can use the individual schools' report to find out how it is performing and use it as a resource when selecting a new school.