All children deserve access to high-quality public education.
Who We Are
DC Charter School Action is the District of Columbia’s only advocacy organization that solely focuses on promoting and supporting charter public schools through direct political and education advocacy.
Engage the Community
We engage the charter school community in the legislative and political process.
Grow the Coalition
We grow the coalition of charter school supporters and activists.
Educate Public Officials
We work to educate DC public officials on the impact of charter public schools in advancing educational equity.
TAKE ACTION TODAY!
Register to testify at the DC Council’s April 5 education budget hearing.
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DC Charter School Action: Don’t Shortchange Charter Students
Ensuring equal funding – pursuant to a per-student formula – between traditional D.C. public schools and D.C. public charter schools has been the guiding principle of D.C.s eduction funding policy for more than two decades.
But the Fiscal Year 2024 budget recently proposed by the Mayor will break that covenant for the first time. The proposed budget shortchanges D.C.’s charter students by more than $100 million dollars compared to the traditional public school system. It also opens the door to future arbitrary school funding decisions by allocating funds outside of the per-student funding formula.
Roughly half of DC charter students attend a public charter school—92 percent are Black or Brown and 80 percent live in Wards 5, 7, and 8. They deserve equal funding. Nothing less!
But there’s still time to fix it.
Take action! Stand with all of DC’s public school students!
TAKE ACTION TODAY!
Register to testify at the DC Council’s April 5 education budget hearing.
