Sentences with phrase «local charter lotteries»

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On a recommendation from the staff at the learning program, she applied for a spot at a local, well - regarded charter school through the school's lottery system.

Kathy Riedlinger, chief executive of the Lusher Charter School — which is under local board authority — said the campus doesn't participate in the lottery because the centralized admissions system usurps school autonomy.

Charter school — A public, nonreligious school that provides free public elementary and / or secondary education to students via a lottery process under a specific charter granted by the local schoolCharter school — A public, nonreligious school that provides free public elementary and / or secondary education to students via a lottery process under a specific charter granted by the local schoolcharter granted by the local school board.

In instances of the conversion of an existing public school to a public charter school, the local school board may require that current students of the school to be converted and their siblings be given enrollment priority over the lottery process.

Notwithstanding this subsection, upon application by the board of trustees of a charter school or by the persons or entities seeking to establish a charter school, the board may amend or grant a charter designating such school a regional charter school; provided, however, that such regional charter school shall be exempt from the local preference provision of this paragraph; provided further, that such regional charter school shall continue to grant a preference of siblings of currently enrolled students; and provided further, that if the number of applicants remaining is greater than the number of spaces available, such regional charter school shall conduct a single lottery to determine which applicants shall be admitted.