WSR 15-04-048 EXPEDITED RULES CHARTER SCHOOL COMMISSION [Filed January 29, 2015, 8:38 a.m.]
Title of Rule and Other Identifying Information: WAC 108-20-030 (4)(a) Application submission, regarding the submission of ten charter school application hardcopies to the commission.
NOTICE
THIS RULE IS BEING PROPOSED UNDER AN EXPEDITED RULE-MAKING PROCESS THAT WILL ELIMINATE THE NEED FOR THE AGENCY TO HOLD PUBLIC HEARINGS, PREPARE A SMALL BUSINESS ECONOMIC IMPACT STATEMENT, OR PROVIDE RESPONSES TO THE CRITERIA FOR A SIGNIFICANT LEGISLATIVE RULE. IF YOU OBJECT TO THIS USE OF THE EXPEDITED RULE-MAKING PROCESS, YOU MUST EXPRESS YOUR OBJECTIONS IN WRITING AND THEY MUST BE SENT TO Colin Pippin-Timco, Rules Coordinator, Charter School Commission, P.O. Box 40996, Olympia, WA 98504-0996, AND RECEIVED BY April 30, 2015.
Purpose of the Proposal and Its Anticipated Effects, Including Any Changes in Existing Rules: This proposal reduces the number of hardcopy applications charter school applicants need deliver to the commission during the commission's annual request for proposals (RFP) 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. The rule, as currently written, requires applicants to deliver ten hardcopies to the commission offices by 5:00 p.m. on the fifth business [day] after an electronic version of the application is deemed complete.
Reasons Supporting Proposal: The proposed rule change relates to internal governmental operations as described in RCW 34.05.353 (1)(a). In originally adopting the rule, the commission believed that ten hard copies of charter school applications would be needed for the application review process. After two RFP processes, the commission has found that the rule, as currently written, is wasteful in that the commission has not found a use for all ten hardcopies of the application in the application review process, and that it places an unneeded administrative burden on charter school applicants in producing so many hardcopies of the application. Further, the amount of time it takes to deliver said hardcopies places undue stress on applicants, and as such the commission has extended the time for applicants to deliver hard copies of the applications.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 28A.710.070.
Statute Being Implemented: RCW 28A.710.130.
Rule is not necessitated by federal law, federal or state court decision.
Name of Proponent: Charter school commission, governmental.
Name of Agency Personnel Responsible for Drafting, Implementation, and Enforcement: Colin Pippin-Timco, 1068 Washington Street, Olympia, WA 98501, (360) 725-5511.
January 29, 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.
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