Title 28A, COMMON SCHOOL PROVISIONS

(1) The state board of education must establish an annual statewide timeline for charter application submission and approval or denial that must be followed by all authorizers. (2) In reviewing and evaluating charter applications, authorizers shall employ procedures, practices, a…

(1) A maximum of forty charter public schools may be established under this chapter over the five-year period commencing with April 3, 2016. No more than eight charter schools may be established in any year during the five-year period, except that if in any year fewer than eight …

(1) The purposes of the charter application submitted under RCW 28A.710.130 are to present the proposed charter school's academic and operational vision and plans, and to demonstrate and provide the authorizer with a clear basis for evaluating the applicant's capacities to execut…

(1) The performance provisions within a charter contract must be based on a performance framework that clearly sets forth the academic and operational performance indicators, measures, and metrics that will guide an authorizer's evaluations of a charter school within its jurisdic…

(1) Except as provided otherwise by this section, RCW 28A.300.0711 through 28A.300.0714 govern school operation and management under RCW 28A.710.040 and apply to charter schools established under this chapter. (2) RCW 28A.300.0711(4) governs school operation and management under …

(1) Each authorizer must continually monitor the performance and legal compliance of the charter schools under its jurisdiction, including collecting and analyzing data to support ongoing evaluation according to the performance framework in the charter contract. (2) An authorizer…

(1) Beginning with the 2023-24 school year, the commission shall promote the effective administration and operation of charter schools through the provision of technical assistance to requesting charter schools, charter school boards, or both. (2) The principal objective of techn…

(1)(a) By November 1, 2023, the commission shall establish and maintain on its website an online system for students who attend charter schools, and the parents of those students, to submit complaints about the operation and administration of one or more charter schools, includin…

Each charter school shall prominently post and maintain on its website information about the school's process and instructions for submitting complaints about the operation and administration of the charter school by its enrolled students and their parents. This information must …

(1) A charter contract may be renewed by the authorizer, at the request of the charter school, for successive five-year terms. The authorizer, however, may vary the term based on the performance, demonstrated capacities, and particular circumstances of a charter school, and may g…

(1) An authorizer may revoke a charter contract at any time, or may refuse to renew it, if the authorizer determines that the charter school did any of the following or otherwise failed to comply with the provisions of this chapter: (a) Committed a material and substantial violat…

(1) Before making a decision to not renew or to revoke a charter contract, an authorizer must develop a charter school termination protocol to ensure timely notification to parents, orderly transition of students and student records to new schools, as necessary, and proper dispos…

(1) Charter schools must report student enrollment in the same manner, and based on the same definitions of enrolled students and annual average full-time equivalent enrollment, as other public schools. Charter schools must comply with applicable reporting requirements to receive…

(1) Charter schools are eligible for state funding for school construction. However, such appropriations may not be made from the common school construction fund. (2) If a school district decides to sell or lease the public school facility or property pursuant to RCW 28A.335.040 …

Years of service in a charter school by certificated instructional staff shall be included in the years of service calculation for purposes of the statewide salary allocation schedule under RCW 28A.150.410. This section does not require a charter school to pay a particular salary…

(1) By March 1st of each year beginning in the first year after there have been charter schools operating for a full school year, the state board of education, in collaboration with the commission, must issue a report on the performance of the state's charter schools during the p…

The charter schools oversight account is hereby created in the state treasury. All moneys received by the commission under RCW 28A.710.110 must be deposited into the account. Moneys in the account may be spent only after appropriation. Expenditures from the account may be used on…

The state legislature shall, at each regular session in an odd-numbered year, appropriate from the Washington opportunity pathways account for the current use of charter public schools amounts as determined in accordance with RCW 28A.710.280, and amounts authorized under RCW 28A.…

(1) The legislature intends that state funding for charter schools be distributed equitably with state funding provided for other public schools. (2) For eligible students enrolled in a charter school established and operating in accordance with this chapter, the superintendent o…

(1) Members of the commission must file personal financial affairs statements with the public disclosure commission. (2) Members of a charter school board must file personal financial affairs statements with the public disclosure commission. [ 2016 c 241 s 130.]

(1) The eligibility of a charter school student to participate in interschool athletic activities or other interschool extracurricular activities governed by the Washington interscholastic activities association is subject to rules adopted by the Washington interscholastic activi…

The administrator of a charter public school governed by this chapter must comply with the notification provisions of RCW 28A.320.163 that apply to superintendents, designees of superintendents, and principals. [ 2020 c 167 s 3.]

(1) A function of the school employees' benefits board established under RCW 41.05.740 is to design and approve insurance benefit plans and to establish eligibility criteria for participation in insurance benefit plans by January 1, 2020. In order for the school employees' benefi…

RCW 28A.320.1241, 28A.400.345, 28A.320.1242, and 28A.320.124 govern school operation and management under RCW 28A.710.040 and apply to charter schools established under this chapter. [ 2021 c 38 s 7.] Notes: Findings—Intent—2021 c 38: See note following RCW 28A.400.345.

RCW 28A.343.100 and 28A.415.445 govern school operation and management under RCW 28A.710.040 and apply to charter schools established under chapter 28A.710 RCW [this chapter]. [ 2021 c 197 s 9.] Notes: Finding—Intent—2021 c 197: See note following RCW 28A.415.443.

RCW 28A.160.185 governs school operation and management under RCW 28A.710.040 and applies to charter schools established under this chapter. [ 2021 c 234 s 4.] Notes: Intent—Effective date—2021 c 234: See notes following RCW 28A.160.185.

RCW 28A.600.510 (1) and (2), related to provision of information about the office of the education ombuds, governs school operation and management under RCW 28A.710.040 and apply to charter schools established under this chapter. [ 2022 c 222 s 4.] Notes: Intent—2022 c 222: See n…

RCW 28A.230.305, related to arts instruction, governs school operation and management under RCW 28A.710.040 and applies to charter schools with more than 200 enrolled students established under this chapter. [ 2022 c 250 s 4.] Notes: Intent—2022 c 250: See note following RCW 28A.…

RCW 28A.183.040 and 28A.183.050 govern school operation and management under RCW 28A.710.040 and apply to charter schools established under this chapter. [ 2022 c 107 s 7.] Notes: Findings—Intent—2022 c 107: See note following RCW 28A.183.010.

RCW 28A.230.025 governs school operation and management under RCW 28A.710.040 and applies to charter schools established under this chapter. [ 2026 c 190 s 4.] Notes: Findings—Intent—2026 c 190: See note following RCW 28A.230.025.

This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and takes effect immediately [April 3, 2016]. [ 2016 c 241 s 302.]

(1) The legislature finds that: (a) American Indian and Alaska Native students make up 2.5 percent of the total student population in the state and twenty-five percent or more of the student population in fifty-seven schools across the state. (b) American Indian students in Washi…

(1) The superintendent of public instruction is authorized to enter into state-tribal education compacts. (2) No later than six months after July 28, 2013, the superintendent of public instruction shall establish an application and approval process, procedures, and timelines for …

(1) A school that is the subject of a state-tribal education compact must operate according to the terms of its compact executed in accordance with RCW 28A.715.010. (2) Schools that are the subjects of state-tribal education compacts are exempt from all state statutes and rules a…

(1) Except as provided otherwise by this section, RCW 28A.300.0711 through 28A.300.0714 govern school operation and management under RCW 28A.715.020 and apply to state-tribal education compact schools subject to this chapter to the same extent as it applies to school districts. (…

(1) A school that is the subject of a state-tribal education compact may not charge tuition except to the same extent as school districts may be permitted to do so with respect to out-of-state and adult students pursuant to chapter 28A.225 RCW, but may charge fees for participati…

(1) A school that is the subject of a state-tribal education compact must report student enrollment. Reporting must be done in the same manner and use the same definitions of enrolled students and annual average full-time equivalent enrollment as is required of school districts. …

RCW 28A.160.185 governs school operation and management under RCW 28A.715.020 and applies to state-tribal compact schools established under this chapter. [ 2021 c 234 s 5.] Notes: Intent—Effective date—2021 c 234: See notes following RCW 28A.160.185.

RCW 28A.600.510 (1) and (2), related to provision of information about the office of the education ombuds, governs school operation and management under RCW 28A.715.020 and apply to state-tribal education compact schools established under this chapter. [ 2022 c 222 s 5.] Notes: I…

RCW 28A.230.305, related to arts instruction, governs school operation and management under RCW 28A.715.020 and applies to state-tribal education compact schools with more than 200 enrolled students established under this chapter. [ 2022 c 250 s 5.] Notes: Intent—2022 c 250: See …

RCW 28A.230.025 governs school operation and management under RCW 28A.715.020 and applies to state-tribal education compact schools subject to this chapter. [ 2026 c 190 s 5.] Notes: Findings—Intent—2026 c 190: See note following RCW 28A.230.025.

See 1969 ex.s. c 223 s 28A.98.010. Formerly RCW 28A.98.010.

The provisions of this title, Title 28A RCW, insofar as they are substantially the same as statutory provisions repealed by this chapter, and relating to the same subject matter, shall be construed as restatements and continuations, and not as new enactments. Nothing in this 1969…

The provisions of this title, Title 28A RCW, shall be construed in pari materia even though as a matter of prior legislative history they were not originally enacted in the same statute. The provisions of this title shall also be construed in pari materia with the provisions of T…

Title headings, chapter headings, and section or subsection headings, as used in this title, Title 28A RCW, do not constitute any part of the law. [ 1969 ex.s. c 223 s 28A.98.050. Formerly RCW 28A.98.050.]

If any provision of this title, Title 28A RCW, or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the title, or the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances is not affected. [ 1969 ex.s. c 223 s 28A.98.060. Formerly RCW 28A.98…