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Bill to allow reassignment of dormant charter contracts prompts sharp divide among witnesses
Summary
HB 1676 would let the Washington State Charter School Commission reassign previously surrendered, revoked or nonrenewed charter contracts to new applicants and would cap the number of operating charter schools at 24.
House Bill 1676 would permit the Washington State Charter School Commission to reassign and authorize charter contracts that were surrendered, revoked, or not renewed and set a maximum of 24 charter schools operating at any time. The bill generated strongly divided testimony.
Ethan Moreno, committee staff, summarized the current charter framework and explained that the bill does not reopen the closed authorizing window but would allow dormant or unused contracts to be reassigned to…
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