Charter School Board Accepting Public Comment on Charter Amendments for Revised Goals and Academic Achievement Policy

Contact: Audrey Williams  202-328-2748
[email protected]

Washington, D.C. — The DC Public Charter School Board (PCSB) is accepting public comment on a proposed policy on Charter Amendments for Revised Goals and Academic Achievement .   The policy covers the following:

PCSB will generally not approve amendments to a school’s education goals or academic achievement expectations unless the following conditions are met:

  • The submission is made more than two years before the expiration of a school’s charter (one year for charters expiring in 2014) and more than one year before a school’s five or ten year review.
  • The revised goals and academic achievement expectations are developed using the same guidelines as are described in Part II of the 15-year Renewal Policy .

As charter schools approach the expiration of their charters, their attention turns to charter renewal.   Renewal decisions are made, in part, on whether a school met the goals and academic achievement expectations as set forth in their charter.

The public comment period opens today, November 20, and will close on Wednesday December 19. A public hearing will be held during the board’s monthly meeting on Monday December 17 at 7:30 p.m. at the DC Public Charter School Board, 3333 14th Street, NW, Washington, DC.

To submit written comments, please email Audrey Williams, [email protected] , or mail them to DC Public Charter School Board, 3333 14th Street, NW, Suite 210, Washington, DC 20010. To sign up to testify at the public hearing, please email [email protected] or call the PCSB office at (202) 328-2660 by 5:00pm by Friday, December 14 to be placed on the witness list.  Testimony will be limited to two minutes. Please bring copies of your testimony to the hearing.

About PCSB: The DC Public Charter School Board (PCSB) is setting a national model for creating quality public school options through its rigorous review of new charter applications and effective oversight of charter school performance that is leading the transformation of public education in Washington, DC. PCSB currently oversees 57 public charter schools 102 campuses serving 35,019 students living in every ward of the city. Learn more at www.dcpcsb.org .