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Board hears concerns over new Schools of Hope rules and co‑location provisions
Summary
District staff warned recent state rule changes let School of Hope operators co‑locate in public schools and expand where they can locate, shifting facility and service costs to districts and raising safety, space and financial workload concerns.
Dr. Wilde, the district’s policy lead for charter and choice programs, told the board that changes to the Schools of Hope framework have expanded the program beyond its original intent and could impose new burdens on school districts.
"A school of hope can co locate in an existing operating school, and that has caused a lot of concern across the state," Dr. Wilde said, describing changes to the definition of "persistently low performing" and the addition of Opportunity Zones and district‑wide space availability as location criteria.
Wilde outlined the key changes: earlier rules required a School of…
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