REDMOND — The director of Redmond Proficiency Academy says it’s likely a Salem version of the charter high school will open in 2012, and one in Cheyenne, Wyo., will begin in 2013. A New York charter is possible beyond that.

Michael Bremont, director of RPA, said he’s been working with both the Salem and Cheyenne school districts for the past six months to create charter schools that offer a more university-style feel to schooling. RPA offers an open campus with coursework that carries credit hours like college.

The school makes an effort to allow students to design and direct their own education while bringing in specialty instructors from the community. The school also offers a three-week January term between two regular semesters that offers weeklong specialty seminars on topics developed by the academy’s teachers. And the charter doesn’t have requirements to enroll. As Bremont says, “There is nothing a student can do to improve their chance of getting in. We take everyone.”

Bremont said the Redmond charter, in its third year, has been a success, and there is a market for similar schools across the country.

“Opening more schools across the state and out of state has been the plan (from the beginning),” Bremont said. “It’s clear education is something that people understand needs to change across the country. We can’t continue to function as we have for the past 75 years, and we need to start competing across the board with other countries in our schools.”

The Salem-Keizer Public Schools Board will vote on the proposal Jan. 10.

“The board heard from the charter review committee that while we have a couple concerns, we feel they can be addressed in the contract phase,” said Joseph Grant, charter liaison with the Salem district. “We recommended they approve the charter.”

Grant said one major concern with the charter is its ability to appeal to two groups of students: those below the poverty line, and those learning English as a second language.

“But through the negotiation process we expect that to be worked out,” Grant said.

The Salem charter expects to begin with 250 high school students and eventually serve as many as 500, as the Redmond Proficiency Academy does now.

The school will receive funding the same way RPA does. The state pays a set amount to educate each student enrolled in a district. If a student enrolls in a charter school, the district keeps 5 percent of the state payment and the charter receives the rest.

Bremont intends to act as director of both schools.

If approved, the Salem school will be the second new campus RPA will open next year. Earlier this month, the Redmond School District announced that an RPA middle school will open in 2012.

The new middle school will be housed in the Hartman Campus near Redmond High School and offer coursework similar to the RPA high school, but will operate under a closed-campus environment.

Bremont said he hopes to see the Cheyenne school open in 2013. A liaison for the academy is currently working in the Wyoming community to create a proposal for that school district.

And the state of New York recently announced that it is looking to open charter schools over the next few years.

“So we will take a look at that as well,” Bremont said. “The plan is to have this across the country. I like the public school option of a charter school because it’s for everyone. I want to provide something that works in the public sector, and I want to show it can be done with what we’ve got.”