Sentences with phrase «local charter authorizers»

Since 2012, Louisiana has allowed for «local charter authorizers» to be approved by the state board for authorizing authority.

(A statewide charter authorizer would effectively supersede and therefore negate authority of local charter authorizers such as Metro.)

Not exact matches

I've got to believe that it's something about the structure of the charter sector — its governance by mission - driven boards instead of local politicians; its ability to recruit and retain educators that share a vision rather than a collective bargaining agreement (and conventional preparation and certification); its sense of urgency driven by accountability to authorizers and funders — that makes the difference.

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.

So if the charter board, local authorizer, and parents think a school is doing a good job even if test scores look «bad,» we should defer to them.

Of all charter schools closed by local authorizers or their own boards, the vast majority had financial problems — meaning that they generally suffered from a lack of parental demand.

Only one of Detroit's charter authorizers is local — DPS, which authorizes 13 schools; the rest are colleges and universities with headquarters outside of the city.

Local leaders also told us that they believe the governor is the only official who has the needed credibility and authority to weigh in on negligent charter authorizers.

It is not the state, which defers oversight to local education agencies and charter authorizers.

Ninety percent of authorizers are local school districts, many of which view charters as an administrative inconvenience, competitive nuisance, or worse.

Local school districts now constitute 90 percent of charter school authorizers and could have fostered the kind of cross-fertilization Shanker envisioned, but they've tended instead to treat charters as distant cousins.

Twenty groups hoping to run new charter schools submitted 43 applications to a review committee, comprising a team from the National Association of Charter School Authorizers and local, state, and national representcharter schools submitted 43 applications to a review committee, comprising a team from the National Association of Charter School Authorizers and local, state, and national representCharter School Authorizers and local, state, and national representatives.

One local organization, sympathetic to charter schools, recently lamented that when four low - performing schools came up for renewal, they dodged closure by shopping around for a charter authorizer who would take them.

The central problem with making growth the polestar of accountability systems, as Mike Petrilli and Aaron Churchill argue in «Stop Focusing on Proficiency Rates When Evaluating Schools,» is that it is only convincing if one is rating schools from the perspective of a charter authorizer or local superintendent who wants to know whether a given school is boosting the achievement of its pupils, worsening their achievement, or holding it in some kind of steady state.

Two parallel processes are being set up to start up to 40 of the new public schools in five years: the Charter School Commission and local school boards that apply to be authorizers through the State Board of Education.

Charter schools will be authorized through two different paths in Washington: through local school boards that get permission from the State Board of Education to be authorizers and through the new statewide commission.

Unlike many other states, advocates say, Massachusetts» governance system designates state education officials as sole authorizers of independently run charter schools, overruling local mayors and unions.

The Tacoma School Board's original objection to charters focused on the loss of control, but Santorno agreed with Redinger that not becoming an authorizer may mean giving up whatever local control the district could maintain.

The organizations must win approval either from a local school board that applies to the state to become a charter authorizer, or from a recently appointed statewide charter commission.

Charter schools will be authorized through two different paths in Washington: local school boards that get permission from the State Board of Education to be authorizers, and through the new statewide commission.

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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.

Do you believe the recent charter authorizer bill is taking away local control from local education boards?

Authorizers are usually non-profits and include universities but in most cases, local school boards authorize charter schools.

Charter public schools are held accountable by their authorizer (usually the local school district) and, most importantly, by the families they serve.

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The charter contract is a legally binding document between the following parties: the petitioner, the local authorizer and the State Board of Education.

After approval by a local authorizer, the petition must be submitted to the Charter Schools Division at the Georgia Department of Education.

The report recommends several solutions including that legislators and policymakers address these barriers by providing equitable and adequate special education funding to charter schools and authorizers through a system that prioritizes accountability, local control, and responsiveness to evolving needs of students.

The charter school law that passed in 2001 allows the Indianapolis mayor, public state universities and local school boards to act as authorizers.

They are run by independent boards instead of elected local school boards and answer to an authorizer that oversees their charter agreement.

This guidance provides valuable information and suggestions to assist schools, state and local education agencies, authorizers of charter schools, parents, and other stakeholders in understanding how federal laws function to provide protections for students with disabilities in order to ensure they receive a quality education free from discrimination.

While many states such as Texas have an authorization process that allows state education agency authorization and to a lesser extent local districts, other states such as Ohio allow a broad mix of authorizers to approve charters, including local districts, higher education institutions, and non-profit agencies.

The ability to collectively voice concerns and advocate for improved special education policies with charter authorizers, special education local plan areas, and the California Department of Education.

Question: Under the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF), what revenues are included in the calculation of the oversight fee that charter school authorizers are allowed to charge their charter schools?

During her time in the state legislature Ms. Morgan was a co-sponsor of the 2012 Constitutional Amendment, which allowed for an alternate state authorizer to open charter schools denied by local school districts.

Local school boards account for 173 of 175 potential charter school authorizers in Kentucky and are required under KRS 160.1594 to, among other tasks, «solicit, invite, and evaluate applications from applicants.»

In 2012, Morgan co-sponsored state legislation that allowed an alternate state authorizer to open charter schools denied by reluctant local school districts.

Based on similar logic, charter school authorizers — the various state, local, or independent agencies charged with approving new charter schools, monitoring their progress, renewing charters for successful schools, and closing schools that fail to meet performance requirements — may favor high - poverty charter schools.

DeArmond, Jochim, and Lake (2014) looked at how the issue of governance affects both charters and traditional public schools in high - choice cities and found nearly eight agencies — including school districts, charter authorizers, and other state and local entities — responsible for oversight in the typical municipality, «making patchwork governance the norm, rather than the exception» (p. 15).

Manager, Special Education 213-349-1486 [email protected] Vivian is a part of the Special Education Statewide Advocacy Team and supports work that includes technical assistance to schools, special education advocacy at the local and state levels, special education data collection, and engagement with SELPAs and charter school authorizers in ensuring quality options for charter schools.

All annual audits and fraud risk assessments should be posted on the websites of charter school authorizers, typically the local school system;

A charter school is a tuition free public school created on the basis of a contract or «charter» between the school and a local school board or other authorizer.

Such charter authorizers are not elected officials accountable to parents and the community and do not have the same stake in the vitality and improvement of local public schools.

For this guide, «authorizers» are defined broadly to include organizations at the state and local level who have the authority to open, close and oversee district - run or charter schools.

The State should provide for authorizer involvement, as appropriate, in the oversight and development of charter school Local Control and Accountability Plans to make them robust tools for autonomous charter school improvement and accountability.

As the local school district in Chicago, CPS serves as the charter authorizer for the city.

The authorizer is usually the local school district - some charter schools are authorized by their county office of education or the State Board of Education.

For those charter schools that have collective bargaining units, some adapt the agreement of the local authorizer, while others negotiate separate agreements with employee groups.

When local officials in Chicago tried to close three failing charters, the state charter authorizer, which was envisioned and funded by the Walton Family Foundation, stepped in and stopped the city from closing the schools.