Eight education advocacy groups last week wrote to Cerf opposing approval of virtual schools, raising objections from the cost, to the fact they say the state does not have legislative authority to approve online
charters under existing law.
This report, co-authored by Safal Partners and Public Impact for the National
Charter School Resource Center, examines federal requirements under civil rights laws and the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, and state laws governing charter school recruitment, retention, enrollment of EL students and their accountability for EL student performance; requirements and current challenges related to EL data reporting; and whether existing laws are adequate to address the needs of this growing population of ELs in charter s
Charter School Resource Center, examines federal requirements
under civil rights
laws and the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, and state
laws governing
charter school recruitment, retention, enrollment of EL students and their accountability for EL student performance; requirements and current challenges related to EL data reporting; and whether existing laws are adequate to address the needs of this growing population of ELs in charter s
charter school recruitment, retention, enrollment of EL students and their accountability for EL student performance; requirements and current challenges related to EL data reporting; and whether
existing laws are adequate to address the needs of this growing population of ELs in
charter s
charter schools.
New
charters and enrollment expansions approved
under this
law would be exempt from
existing limits on the number of
charter schools, the number of students enrolled in them, and the amount of local school districts» spending allocated to them.
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law would put other constraints on the federal government, among them checks on the secretary of education's liberal regulatory powers — used and abused to educators» and administrators» despair
under Duncan — and language reinforcing
existing prohibitions that keep the Department of Education from insinuating itself into curriculum decisions in
charter schools.
Given that such an interpretation would merely constitute a precision of
existing rights, it would not breach Article 51 (2) of the
Charter by extending the rights granted
under EU
law [126].