Revised petitions must first be newly
approved by the local board of education before re-submission.
A current policies and procedures manual that is consistent with the vision and mission of the nontraditional or alternative school,
approved by the local board of education, and articulated to all stakeholders in the form of standard operating procedures (SOPs) is maintained.
Schools offering a concentration outside of the state - approved CTE concentrations must have four related courses
approved by their local boards of education.
Not exact matches
Local school districts are the primary authorizer for most charters, but charter schools can also be
approved by their county or the state
board of education if rejected
by their district.
The Denver school district must obey an order from the Colorado
board of education and act quickly to
approve a charter school proposed
by a
local teacher, a state judge ruled last week.
Similarly, the Utah Supreme Court rejected the claim brought
by the state school
boards association that the statute authorizing the state
board of education to
approve and supervise charter schools represented an unconstitutional expansion
of the state
board's authority into the area
of local schools.
By contrast, in 23 states, many institutions can
approve charter schools, such as the state
board of education, universities, a specially designated state
board for charter schools, or
local school districts.
Every KIPP school is
approved to operate
by a charter school authorizer — typically a district school
board, university, or state department
of education — that makes sure the school is living up to the commitments in its charter and is in compliance with relevant federal, state, and
local requirements.
The new law sets up a Charter School Commission to authorize groups to open charter schools and puts the State
Board of Education in charge
of approving applications
by local school districts that also want to authorize charter schools.
Members
of the State
Board of Education approved today multiple alternative assessment methods for determining third grade reading proficiency, which were put forth
by local school districts in an effort to reduce the burdensome testing methods that have...
Existing
local schools, private individuals, private organizations, and state and
local public entities may organize a charter public school subject to a performance - based contract
approved by both the state and
local boards of education or
by the state
board of education alone.
Division school
boards are required
by 8 VAC 20 -40-60A to
approve a comprehensive
Local Plan for the
Education of the Gifted that includes the components identified in the regulations.
They are
approved on appeal to the Illinois State
Board of Education after being denied
by their
local district.
Legislation
approved by the 2013 General Assembly in HB 2076 and SB 1131 provides that charter school applications that are initiated
by one or more
local school
boards are not subject to review
by the
Board of Education.
Elm City Montessori is a
local charter school which means we have our charter
approved by and receive funding through both the New Haven
Board of Education and the Connecticut Department
of Education.
A Horace Mann charter school shall be a public school or part
of a public school operated under a charter
approved by the school committee and the
local collective bargaining unit in the district in which the school is located; provided that all charters shall be granted
by the
board of elementary and secondary
education.
And just last week, the Orange County
Board of Education approved on appeal the petitions
of two new charter schools that had been rejected
by their
local districts: Santa Ana College Prep, run
by Ednovate Inc., and Unity Middle College High School, run
by Oakland - based Unity Schools.
K12 was a major supporter
of the effort, donating at least $ 300,000 in 2012 to «Families for Better Public Schools,» a Georgia political action committee behind a constitutional amendment that would further the charter school industry
by bypassing the legislature and state
board of education to create a new, politically appointed commission that would have the authority to independently override state and
local control and
approve new charter schools and online virtual schools.
So now, as a result
of the changes put forward
by the Malloy Administration and Commissioner Pryor, and
approved by the Connecticut General Assembly, superintendents and
local boards of education have only TWO WEEKS to submit their intent should they want to develop their own
local teacher evaluation systems... and even if they do submit a plan, its fate rests solely in the hands
of a Commissioner who has no educational experience.
The Charter Schools Act
of 1998 provides that existing
local schools, private individuals, private organizations, and state and
local public entities may organize a charter public school subject to a performance - based contract
approved by both the state and
local boards of education.
Horace Mann schools are required to have their charters
approved not only
by the state
Board of Education, but also
by a
local school committee and, in some cases, a
local teacher's union, while Commonwealth schools are free from this increased obligation.
Local charter schools will receive more money to educate disabled students and more freedom from the Los Angeles Unified School District in the process, under an agreement
approved Tuesday
by the
Board of Education.