The State Board of Education denied a grade expansion request from Arapahoe Charter School. This is the introduction of an arbirary, de facto cap on charter schools deemed to have obtained an excessive market share in a county.
The Office of Charter School recommended approval of the expansion request and the school has a solid record of student achievement. But that does not matter for the current membership of the board, who looks to protect one kind of public school (district) at the expense of another (charter).
Through their vote today, the SBE has guaranteed that the General Assembly will amend the charter school statute.
