Read testimony DC PCSB has delivered before the DC Council.
Note: To read testimony and answers to questions posed by DC Council to DC PCSB during performance, click here, and budget oversight hearings, click here.
The School Reform Act of 1995 (SRA) requires applicants seeking to establish a new public charter school in DC to file a petition with DC PCSB, as the sole authorizer. This archive displays previously approved and denied charter school applications from 2011 through 2025.
The2026 Charter Application Guidelines describe the process by which DC PCSB will receive and evaluate new school applications. To be considered for approval, an applicant must meet, at a minimum, the standard “Need and Demand.” For more information regarding the charter application process, visit Start a Charter School. For questions, contact applications@dcpcsb.org.
The Board makes publicly available every school's financial information, including school budgets, fiscal audits, and 990s.
View by public charter LEA budgets, fiscal audits, and 990s. (Note, A local education agency (LEA) is an educational institution that exists primarily to operate publicly funded school(s) in the District of Columbia.)