That set -
up by some charter operators allows them to financially profit from the taxpayer money they receive to operate public charter schools.
California's oversight agencies rely almost entirely on audits paid
for by charter operators and complaints from whistleblowers.
In fact, California's charter oversight system's deficiencies suggest that the $ 81,400,000 in fraud, waste and
abuse by charter operators that has been uncovered to date is likely just the tip of the iceberg.
We work with districts and district - charter partnerships, such as in - district
restarts by charter operators, to meet each local area's needs.
The 2015 CREDO study received much of its input, according to a Louisiana source, from the New Orleans Recovery School District and charter promoter New Schools for New Orleans, who together had «embarked on a bold, five - year journey to standardize, validate and export the New Orleans charter restart model... addressing the problem of failing schools by restarting them with schools
operated by charter operators.»
The Parent Trigger was first conceived by an organization called Parent Revolution,
founded by a charter operator and funded by the Gates, Broad and Walton Family Foundations (the latter of Wal - Mart fame).
New York's oversight agencies rely almost entirely on audits paid
for by charter operators and complaints from whistleblowers.
The Parent Empowerment Act took effect in California in 2010, creating a process called the Parent Trigger, in which a majority of parents at a low - performing school can petition to demand one of a narrow set of options, including firing all or some of the staff,
takeover by a charter operator, or closing the school.
Some proponents of providing local capital funds to charters tried to stave off self - dealing by including language to restrict «personal financial enrichment»
by charter operators and require that facilities be owned publicly or by an unaffiliated nonprofit.
One of the models allowed for use under Connecticut's Parent Trigger law would lead to Walsh becoming a charter school managed either
by a charter operator, a university, or Walsh's own teachers.
It would start small, with a pilot Achievement District plan that would force five of North Carolina's most persistently low - performing elementary schools to close or be taken over
by charter operators.
Illinois oversight agencies rely almost entirely on complaints from whistleblowers and audits paid for
by charter operators.
Newsom has seen the waste and abuse
by some charter operators and is committed to making it stop.