The SCSC has the power to approve or deny petitions for state charter schools and renew, non-renew, or terminate state
charter school contracts in accordance with Georgia law.
The Madison School Board will vote on the Isthmus Montessori Academy
Charter School contract at their regular meeting on Monday, July 31.
Finally, the board is scheduled to vote on the Isthmus Montessori
Academy Charter School contract this Wednesday, August 16, without providing an opportunity for public comments.
These legal obligations are the same for both traditional and public charter schools and should be stated clearly in
charter school contracts.
«We are united behind the original ideals of
the charter school contract.
Question: May
a charter school contract with a nonprofit educational organization to provide courses or tutorial services?
The charter school contract no longer allows districts to add any conditions that the applicants don't agree to.
Never a bad idea to have a safety net in
your charter school contract.
Toews voted against
the charter school contract in Monday's 4 - 3 vote, along with Anna Moffit, TJ Mertz and fellow board newcomer Nicki Vander Meulen.
Sieber proposed that
the charter school contract with National Heritage Academies (NHA), an Education Management Organization (EMO) that manages 75 charter schools across the country.
Connecticut law states that a charter management organization (CMO), «means any entity that
a charter school contracts with for educational design, implementation or whole school management services.»
Upon this approval, the charter school and OPSB must negotiate a new Type 3 or Type 4
charter school contract for the 2013 - 14 school year.
Procurement statutes are designed to ensure public works contracts, which include
these charter school contracts, are advertised, evaluated, and awarded in a transparent and responsible manner.