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[State] Washington [Score] 4 [Charter Law Description] 
Statute provides that the state superintendent of education shall allocate funding for a charter school including general apportionment, special education, categorical, and other nonbasic education monies, and such allocations are to be based on the statewide average staff mix ratio of all noncharter public schools from the prior school year and the school’s actual full-time equivalent enrollment. It provides that categorical funding must be allocated based on the same funding criteria used for noncharter public schools. For charter schools authorized by a school board, it provides that allocations to the school are to be in the same manner as other public schools in the district. It also states that conversion schools must be provided local levy monies approved by the voters both before and after the conversion start-up date. However, state law states that new charter schools are not eligible for local levy moneys approved before the start-up date of the school unless the local board is the authorizer, but after their start-up date, they must be included in the levy planning, budgets, and funding distribution in the same manner as other public schools in the district. Statute requires that allocation for pupil transportation is to be calculated on a per student basis based on the allocation for the previous school year to the school district in which the charter school is located. While it appears that this law has many of the model law components related to equitable operational and categorical funding, there is no evidence yet of the actual level of equity.
18. Equitable Operational Funding and Equal Access to All State and Federal Categorical Funding | National Alliance for Public Charter Schools
Charter Law Description