Through its financial framework, the Board communicates its expectations for ensuring that all charter holders in its portfolio are viable organizations with strong fiscal management practices. The financial framework uses six measures to annually evaluate each charter holder’s financial condition.

Federal law and regulations require a “free appropriate public education” (“FAPE”) to each qualified student with a disability, regardless of the nature or severity of the disability. According to the website for the U.S.

The State Treasurer is responsible for the distribution and transfer of funds to various entities, including charter schools. After the charter contract has been executed, the authorized charter representative must complete and submit the State Treasurer's Distribution Recipient Banking Form to ensure there is no delay in the charter holder receiving its first state equalization payment in August.

Through its application processes, the Board grants three types of charter contracts to qualifying applicants and charter holders – New, Transfer and Renewal.

The Board oversees more than 500 charter schools throughout Arizona. To find a particular school or to identify charter schools in your area, please visit ASBCS Online.  The School Search in ASBCS Online allows you to search for a school by grade levels served, name, city, or zip code. The search results include the address, phone number and grade levels served for the school or schools that meet the search criteria.

The purpose of the replication application is to streamline the application process for existing charters that have consistently demonstrated quality academic and operational performance and financial viability, as set by the Board’s performance framework. The replication application is based on the premise that the new charter will reflect the implementation of the existing educational program, corporate and governance structure, and financial and operational processes that have been successfully demonstrated in the school being replicated.

In an effort to ensure all of its charter schools provide quality educational choices for parents and families, the Board has established academic performance expectations for each of its charter schools. Through its website, the Board has made publicly available each charter school’s academic performance, which is represented in a dashboard format. The documents below provide information on how to access a charter school’s academic performance dashboard and information on interpreting the results found on the dashboard.