We are nearly halfway through the session.
We should have a better vision of the budget by next week. We are still meeting with legislators to assure that charters get properly funded, however we need your help!
Look at the list of legislators on the public education appropriations committee and contact them. We need them to prioritize funding administration costs to charter schools.
As for the local replacement funding - the Senate Republican Caucus met this week, they have made it a priority to find a solution to the LRF this session. Please write your Senator and thank him for supporting charter schools. We will continue to meet with them as the budget gets put together.
SB 235 Charter School Students' Participation in Extracurricular Activities bill passed the senate education committee unanimously Thursday and now heads to the Senate floor. Thank you Senator Mayne for your work on this bill.
I would also like to thank the State Office of Education for bringing in two representatives from Arizona to share ideas about their charter experience. Arizona has more than 500 charter schools operating in their state. No one state has the "perfect" charter school laws, however there is much we can learn from Arizona.
Thanks for all your work! As always, feel free to contact me.
Chris Bleak
President
P.S. Don't forget! Our February Member Meeting will be on the 22 at 6:00pm in the west building on the Capitol complex room 30. Representative Hughes and Senator Niederhauser will be speaking.
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