News & Updates

The Hawai’i State Charter School Commission is pleased to announce the hiring of its new Executive Director, Sione Thompson.

The State Public Charter School Commission yesterday appointed Yvonne Lau its Acting Executive Director, effective Monday, March 14, 2016, pending the commencement and completion of a formal search for its new Executive Director.

The State Public Charter School Commission today formally presented its annual report to the State Board of Education. The report, the fourth by the Commission since its creation in 2012, covers the 2014-2015 school year and provides a...

Applications for free, high-quality prekindergarten are still being accepted from qualified families at four public charter schools on the island of Hawaiʻi.

The Hawaiʻi State Public Charter School Commission yesterday voted to revoke the charter contract for Hālau Lōkahi Charter School over the school’s failure to meet generally accepted standards of fiscal management and its resulting...

January 14, 2015 - The State Public Charter School Commission will release enough funds to pay teachers and staff at Hālau Lōkahi Charter School through the end of this month, in order to allow families and staff two more weeks to make...

December 4, 2014 - The State Public Charter School Commission this week formally presented its annual report to the State Board of Education, the third annual report by the Commission since its creation in 2012 by Act 130. The report,...

Monday, July 1, 2013, marked an important milestone for Hawaii’s public charter school movement when all 32 charter schools and the State Public Charter School Commission, the statewide charter school authorizer, completed the execution...