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Board of Public Education seeks technical fixes for new public charter school law
Summary
House Bill 28, carried by Rep. David Beatty and supported by the Board of Public Education and education coalitions, would clarify notification timelines, exempt new public charter schools from certain school-opening requirements, specify business-day timing, and create funding and clawback language for first-year entitlements; proponents described the changes as administrative rather than policy shifts.
Representative David Beatty opened House Bill 28 to the House Education Committee, saying the measure would amend statutes governing the public charter school program created in 2023 to clean up implementation issues identified during the interim. “This bill amends statutes pertaining to the public charter school program established per House Bill 549 during the 2023 session,” Beatty said.
McCall Flynn, executive director of the Board of Public Education, testified as a proponent and described the bill as an agency-requested set of clarifications, including notification requirements to…
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