It has been a quiet week for charter schools - the budget is still in the works. The Public Education Appropriations committee did not approve a budget (you can see what the proposal was here) so it will be left up to Executive Appropriations over the next few weeks.
On a good note - Representative Hughes' bill (HB 83Charter School Revolving Account), which will allow flexibility in the use of start up costs, passed the house this week and now moves to the Senate.
I hope that you will join us on Tuesday at 6:00pm for our monthly member meeting. We are very excited to have Representative Hughes, Representative Newbold and Senator Niederhauser join us that evening to discuss charter school policy. There are two parking lots on the east side of the capitol as well as on the street. We will be in the west building (House building) in the basement - you will likely need to walk through the courtyard to get to the building. Use this link for directions.
Given that we have the opportunity to have Representatives Hughes and Newbold, along with Senator Niederhauser at our meeting, I want to know if there are any specific questions that you want to make sure they answer. Please send your questions to uapcsmail@gmail.com and we will be sure to get them answered that night.
As always, please contact me with any questions you may have! We look forward to seeing you on Tuesday!
Chris Bleak
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