General Information
Welcome to the Public Comment Forum!
Through this forum, the charter community and other stakeholders have an opportunity to voice their position on a potential rule or policy and provide valuable information on how it may impact you and your community. Your feedback will assist the Arizona State Board for Charter Schools (Board) and improve its services to the charter community.
We appreciate you taking the time to participate in this forum and look forward to hearing from you.
1st Opportunity for Public Comment – New Charter Application Updates
Public Comment Sought on Drafted Changes to the Application for a New Charter
The proposed changes to the Board’s Application for a New Charter have been drafted to bring the application up to date with current educational trends; to better represent the Board’s expectations, as outlined in its adopted frameworks; and to better align with how schools develop. The changes are based in lessons learned in recent new charter application cycles, learning staff has engaged in on a national level, and feedback from recent cohorts of Technical Review Panel Members.
These changes are primarily substantive in nature, but additional technical changes have been made to better clarify criteria and expectations, make submission of certain information more streamlined for applicants, and create more consistency between documentation being reviewed across application packages. All proposed changes will also be made to the Application for a New Charter with an Online Instruction Component (AOI Application).
Prior to the Board’s consideration of these draft changes, Board staff is soliciting stakeholder feedback and public comment.
The draft Application for a New Charter document includes a tracked changes copy of the proposed changes, and a clean copy of the proposed application. It should be noted that changes are still required for formatting consistency, and forms and templates may undergo additional technical changes to maintain consistency with the proposed changes to the application, the Online System, and other documentation.
The window for the first opportunity for public comment will be open January 10, 2025 – January 29, 2025.
All stakeholder feedback submitted by January 29, 2025 using this Google Form will be considered by the Board at an upcoming meeting. Members of the public will have an additional opportunity to provide comments to the Board at the meeting.
The Board and Board staff would greatly appreciate your feedback. If you have any questions, please contact Rachel Hannah at [email protected].