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Alaska’s Charter School Programs

Alaska’s Charter School Programs . Funding Alaska’s Future Leaders By: Sian Ng-Ashcraft, Theresa Lyons & Daniel Pulu . PADM 628, Dr. Protasel April 12, 2013. History of Charter School Movement.

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Alaska’s Charter School Programs

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  1. Alaska’s Charter School Programs Funding Alaska’s Future Leaders By: Sian Ng-Ashcraft, Theresa Lyons & Daniel Pulu. PADM 628, Dr. Protasel April 12, 2013

  2. History of Charter School Movement Offer Choice; Innovative curriculum to improve academic performance; Reject “one size fits all.” • Legislation • 1965: Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), Great Society Program • Project Head Start

  3. Legislation • 1994: Charter School legislation – Federal Charter School Program (CSP) – amendment to ESEA • 1998: Charter School Expansion Act – amendment to CSP • 2001: No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB)

  4. History of Charter School Movement • First State Charter School Law – Minnesota, 1991 • 1995: Alaska Legislature passed Charter School Act; signed by Governor Knowles • Total of 42 states and District of Columbia with charter school laws

  5. Alaska’s Charter School Legislation • Sec 14.03.250 – Establishment of Charter School • Sec 14.03.260 – Funding for Charter School • Sec 14.11.121 – Grant Program – Subject to legislative appropriation and available funding

  6. Amendments to Alaska Stature for Charter Schools • 1st amendment in 2001: HB 101 • Increased maximum number of charter schools 30 to 60 • Length of charter to maximum of 10 years • Remove previous geographical restrictions • 2nd amendment: Senate Bill 235 • Removed limit to number of charter schools

  7. Alaska’s Charter Schools Between 1996-1999 • 26 Charter schools were proposed • 15 schools opened Currently in 2013 • 27 Charter schools are operating

  8. Alaska’s Charter Schools • Charter schools are established upon approval of the local school board and the Alaska State Board of Education • Same collective bargaining agreements • Governed by Academic Policy Committee • Monies maintained by school district accounts • Unique method of instruction

  9. Alaska’s Charter Schools • Charter schools function • Application process (lotteries) • Unique method of instruction • Required family involvement • Academic excellence

  10. Alaska’s Charter Schools • Literature Review • Variation in performance • Creates competition • Choice vs. government selection

  11. Anchorage Choice (Charter Schools) • Eight (8) charter schools in ASD • Alaska Native Cultural • Aquarian • Eagle Academy • Family Partnership • Frontier • Highland Tech • Rilke Schule • Winterberry

  12. Charter School National Ranking & Scorecard (CER) Center for Education Reform: annual analysis of nation ‘s charter school laws. • 2012 – Annual Scorecard for 42 charter laws: National GPA (C grade) • 5 As; 10Bs; 15 Cs; 8 Ds; and 4 Fs • 2013 – Annual Scorecard for 43 charter laws: • 4 As; 9 Bs; 19 Cs; 7 Ds; 4 Fs

  13. Authorizers • One single authorizer: State Board of Education and Early Development • Introduction of HB93 (January 13) – Representative Lynn Gattis of Wasilla • To allow multiple Authorizers: Universities, Government Agencies, Non-Profit Organizations, and Business Entities • Mary Meade disagreement with benefits of multiple authorizers

  14. 2013 State Charter School Law Ranking Report (NAPCS) • National Alliance for Public Charter School (NAPCS) – study of NAPCS Model law based on 20 essential components • Alaska ranks 41, out of 43 State Laws • NAPCS & CER highlight the needs for Alaska’s Charter School Law to be strengthened

  15. Strengthening Needs • Expanding authorizing options • Transparency in Charter application review and decision-making process • Requiring performance-based charter contracts • Clear processes for renewal, nonrenewal and revocation decisions

  16. Strengthening Needs • Comprehensive charter school monitoring and data collection processes • Increasing operation autonomy • Ensuring equitable operational funding and equitable access to capital funding and facilities

  17. Adequate Year Progress (AYP) • Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) measures “the extent to which schools succeed in educating all students to a proficiency in at least reading and mathematics. From NAPCS’s data for 2011, Alaska scores above the national average in meeting AYP. Charter schools making the AYP is 77.8% (21 out of 27 schools), and schools failing to make AYP is 22.2% (6 out of 27). The national average for charter schools making the AYP is 58.9% (2,469 out of 4,195 charter schools), and 41.1% (1,726) of charter schools failing to meet the AYP standards.

  18. Alaska Education Funding Formula • The State formula ensures that each of Alaska’s 53 districts receives the resources needed to provide students with a basic education. • Alaska’s Education Funding Formula accommodates the great diversity among 53 school districts

  19. Alaska Education Funding Formula • Formula is made up of 8 components • Average Daily Membership • School Size Adjustment • Temporary Adjustment for Significant Decline in Enrollment • District Cost Factor • Special Needs Funding • Career & Technical Education • Intensive Services Funding • Correspondence Students

  20. Anchorage School District Funds 62% of ASD funds allocated from the State 38% of ASD funds allocated from Local taxes & revenue and Federal grants & programs

  21. Charter School Funding Formula Consists of 6 Variables( A – F) • Variables utilize the 8 components from the State Education Funding formula • Variable A • Average Daily Membership (ADM) • 20 –school day count

  22. Charter School Funding Formula • School Size Formula (* ADM) • Variable B • Multiply Variable A by 120% (Special Ed Factor)

  23. Charter School Funding Formula • Variable C • Level III Special Ed Intensive Student population ($13 per student) • Variable D • Students in 9-12 (* 1%) • Sum of Variables B, C ,D is called the Adjusted ADM. • Adjusted ADM multiplied by Base Student Allocation (Y1213 $5,680) • “Basic Need”

  24. Charter School Funding Formula • Variable E • Quality School Grant ($16 per student) • Add product to Basic Need • Indirect cost • (Indirect rate * Basic Need) • Y1213 Indirect rate 3.64%

  25. Charter School Funding Formula Variable F Indirect Cost- Basic Need Example of Rilke Schule’s budget projection

  26. Charter School Business Partnerships List of the business partnerships of each Anchorage Charter School

  27. Other Revenue and Funding • CSP Funds/Grants • Priority to states with multiple chartering agencies • Agencies with accountability of reaching clear and measurable objectives • Schools with high degree of autonomy over budgets and expenditures

  28. School Bonds • Alaska’s Charter Schools have not exercise their right to petition for school bonds • Public school projects funded through voters’ approved bonds qualify for 60 - 70% debt reimbursement by the state

  29. Revenue and Funding Sustainability Options • Alternative education funding options • Voucher system • Education savings account • Tax-credit scholarship • Individual tax credits/deductions

  30. Conclusion • There is a growing movement for alternative education • Alaska House Bill 93: Charter Schools • More research is needed to measure: • Student achievement • Understand impact on traditional public schools • Families are voluntarily electing charter schools • Exercising choices

  31. References • Alaska Senate Bipartisan Working Group. (February 8, 2010). Senate Education Committee Moves Bill to Help Charter Schools. Press Release. Retrieved April 4, 2013 from http://www.aksenate.org/press/020810_committee_moves_education_bill.pdf. • Anchorage School District. (2012). ASD Tube Community [Video file]. Retrieved March 15, 2013 from http://www.asdk12.org/depts/staff_dev/ASDTubeCommunity/CharterSchools.asp. • Anchorage School District. (2013). Retrieved March 28, 2013 from https://www.asdk12.org/. • Anchorage School District. (2013). Where Does ASD's Money Come From? Retrieved March 12, 2013 from http://asdk12.org/budget/. • Comeau, Carol. (Sept 10, 2001). ASD MEMORANDUM #36 (2001-2002). Anchorage School District: Mission Statement and Goals. Retrieved March 01, 2013 from www.asdk12.org/school_board/archives/Arc2001-2002/.../H08M036.pdf. • Cordero-Giorgana, Erick. House Majority Press. (Jan 30, 2013). Gattis Introduces Bill to Enhance Public Charter Schools: HB 93 Allows Multiple Authorizers of Public Charter Schools in Alaska. Retrieved March 29, 2013 from http://www.housemajority.org/item.php?id=item20130130-33. • Gattis, L. (2013). Sponsor statement: House Bill 93 – Charter Schools [January 30, 2013]. Retrieved April 10, 2013 from http://housemajority.org/spon.php?id=28hb93. • Holloway, S. J. State of Alaska Dept of Education and Early Development, (2001). Alaska's Public School Funding Formula: A Report to the Alaska State Legislature. Retrieved March 14, 2013 from http://education.alaska.gov/publications/FundingFormulaSB36Report.pdf. • League of Women Voters. (March 2000). History of the Charter School Movement: What are Charter Schools? Retrieved March 17, 2013 from http://www.dcwatch.com/lwvdc/lwv0003c.htm. • Meade-Olberding, M. (2012). All About Charter Schools [Video file]. Retrieved March 20, 2013 from http://www.asdk12.org/depts/staff_dev/ASDTubeCommunity/CharterSchools.asp. • National Conference of State Legislatures. Charter Schools: Overview. Retrieved March 17, 2013 from http://www.ncsl.org/issues-research/educ/charter-schoolsoverview.aspx. • National Education Association – Alaska. (n.d). School Choice. Retrieved March 12, 2013 from http://www.neaalaska.org/sites/default/files/SchoolChoice2013.pdf • Public School Review. (2013). Alaska Blue Ribbon School. Retrieved on March 26, 2013 from http://www.publicschoolreview.com/blueribbon_schools/stateid/AK.

  32. References • State of Alaska, Department of Education and Early Development. (2013). History of Alaskan Charter Programs. Retrieved March 25, 2013 from http://www.eed.state.ak.us/ alaskan_schools/charter/pdf/history_of_alaskan_charter_schools.pdf. • State of Alaska, Department of Education and Early Development. Retrieved March 10, 2013 from http://www.eed.state.ak.us/alaskan_schools/charter/ • State of Alaska, Department of Education and Early Development. Retrieved March 10, 2013 from http://education.alaska.gov/faq.html#A2. • The Alaska State Legislature. AS§14.03.250 & AS §14.03.260. Retrieved March 10, 2013 from http://www.legis.state.ak.us/basis/statutes.asp?title=14#14.03.250. • The Alaska State Legislature. 22nd Legislature (2001-2002). AS§ 14.03.263. Charter school grant program. Retrieved March 10, 2013 from http://www.legis.state.ak.us/basis/get_bill_text.asp?hsid=HB0101D&session=22. • The Alaska State Legislature (2013). House Bill 93 Letters Oppose. Retrieved April 10, 2013 from http://www.legis.state.ak.us/basis/get_document.asp?session=28&bill=HB93 • The Center for Education Reform. (n.d.). Charter School Law. Retrieved March 10, 2013 from http://www.edreform.com/issues/choice-charter-schools/laws-legislation/. • The Center for Education Reform. (December 2011). The State of Charter Schools: What We Know and What We Do Not Know About Performance and Accountability. Retrieved March 10, 2013 from http://www.edreform.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/StateOfCharterSchools_CER_Dec2011-Web-1.pdf. • The Center for Education Reform. (2013). Annual Charter School Law Report Card Issued. Retrieved March 10, 2013 from http://www.edreform.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/CERCharterLaws2013_Chart_FINAL.pdf. • The Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice (2013). The ABCs of School Choice. Retrieved April 10, 2013 from http://www.edchoice.org/CMSModules/EdChoice/File Library/965/The-ABCs-of-School-Choice---2013-edition.pdf.

  33. References • The National Alliance for Public Charter Schools. (2012). The Public Charter School Dashboard. Retrieved April 7, 2013 from http://dashboard.publiccharters.org/dashboard/schools/page/overview/state/AK/year/2012 • The National Alliance for Public Charter Schools. (January 2013). Measuring Up to the Model: Ranking of Charter School Laws. (4th ed.). Retrieved April 7, 2013 from http://www.publiccharters.org/data/files/Publication_docs/NAPCS_2013%20Model%2Law%20 • Rrankings_20130211T204454.pdf. • Toma, E. & Zimmer, Ron. (2011). Two decades of charter schools: Expectations, reality, and the future. Economics of Education Review, 31, p. 209-212. doi: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2011.10.001. • U.S. Department of Education, Office of Innovation and Improvement, Charter School Program. Retrieved March 11, 2013 from http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/oii/csp/index.html?exp=0 • U.S. Department of Education. (July 2004) Charter School Program. Title V, Part B: Non-Regulatory Guidance. Retrieved March 11, 2013 from http://www2.ed.gov/programs/charter/nonregulatory-guidance.doc • U.S. Department of Education. (n.d.). Title I — Improving the Academic Achievement Of TheDisadvantaged. Retrieved March 11, 2013 from http://www2.ed.gov/policy/elsec/leg/esea02/pg1.html • Wikipedia. (n.d). Federal Charter School Program. Retrieved on March 21, 2013 from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Charter_school_program

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