Sentences with phrase «alternative authorizer»
The phrase "alternative authorizer" refers to a different person or entity that is given the power or authority to approve or authorize something, instead of the usual or primary person or organization in charge. Full definition
Institutional players — teachers unions, school boards, and state and district administrators — frequently petition state leaders for charter caps and reduced charter funding and vigorously oppose alternative authorizers and facilities aid.
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After a dozen years of fits and starts, during which only local school districts were permitted to authorize charters, legislators created an alternative authorizer, the South Carolina Public Charter School District (CSD) in 2008.
«Alternative authorizers will lead to additional charter schools, which will result in greater competition and an increase in the quality of all schools, both traditional public schools and public charter schools,» said Haag.
As a result, that has created the need for an alternative authorizer such as the State Charter Schools Commission.