Two types of charter schools operate in Massachusetts: Horace Mann charter schools are effectively «in - district» charters whose applications must first be approved by a host school district and, with a few exceptions, the local teachers union. (educationnext.org)
Because Maryland charters are not their own local education agencies, however, this would seem to require that their host school district apply on their behalf. (educationnext.org)
Rewards in the form of a waiver, or incentives in the form of a state innovation grant or site - based merit pay, could be included in a public academy contract with a host school district; so must corrective action policies for academic or fiscal malfeasance. (educationnext.org)