WSR 15-10-069
PERMANENT RULES
CHARTER SCHOOL COMMISSION
[Filed May 1, 2015, 3:47 p.m., effective June 1, 2015]
Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.
Purpose: Reduces the number of hardcopy applications charter school applicants need [to] deliver to the commission during the commission's annual request for proposals from ten to five application hardcopies, and increases the number of days said hardcopies are to be delivered to the commission offices from five to ten business days.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 108-20-030 (4)(a).
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 15-04-048 on January 29, 2015.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Date Adopted: May 1, 2015.
Colin Pippin-Timco
Executive Assistant
AMENDATORY SECTION (Amending WSR 13-18-017, filed 8/23/13, effective 9/23/13)
WAC 108-20-030 Application submission.
(1) All applications, whether for an original charter, a modification of a charter, or the renewal of a charter shall be made on forms approved by the commission or through the online platform.
(2) An electronic version of the application through the online platform must be received by the commission by the application dead-line in order for the application to be considered.
(3) After receipt of the electronic application, the commission or its designee will review the application for completeness. If the review reveals that information is missing, the applicant will be contacted and granted twenty-four hours to provide the missing information.
(4)(a) Once an application is deemed complete, the applicant will be notified via e-mail and will be required to submit ((ten)) five hard copies of the application. The hard copies of the application shall be identical in all respects to the content found in the application submitted through the online platform.
(b) The hard copies of the application must be submitted in person or through the U.S. Postal Service within ((five)) ten business days of the application being deemed complete. In-person delivery will be due by 5:00 p.m. Pacific time on the fifth business day. Mailed applications must be postmarked by the fifth business day.
(5) In order for an application to be eligible for review, it must be received by the commission by the stated deadline and pass the completeness check or timely satisfy any completeness requests. Applications that are not received by the deadline or do not pass the completeness check or do not satisfy completeness requests will not be evaluated.
