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 – Amendment Revisions
Public Comment Sought on Drafted Changes to Amendment Request Requirements
Many of the changes proposed decrease the requirements for amendments by removing narrative prompts or decreasing documentation submissions. Overall, the proposed changes to the Board’s Amendment Requests have been drafted to provide charter holders requirements and instructions that directly point them to the key information required to submit an amendment request that provides complete plans to make contractual changes.
In drafting changes, Board staff considered feedback from charter stakeholders, internal data regarding common reasons amendments are deemed incomplete, and questions Board members ask of Board staff and charter holders when considering amendments for approval.
Prior to the Board’s consideration of these draft changes, Board staff is soliciting stakeholder feedback and public comment.
The posted materials include a tracked changes copy of the proposed change to each amendment so that the changes from the currently approved amendment instructions are fully transparent. A clean copy of the proposed changes to each amendment are also included. It should be noted that changes are still required for formatting consistency and better alignment to the look and feel of the new ASBCS Online.
The window for the first opportunity for public comment will be open April 8, 2025 – April 28, 2025.
All stakeholder feedback submitted by April 28, 2025 using this Google Form will be considered by the Board at a regular Board 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].