Well - functioning
school choice requires a federal role in gathering and disseminating high - quality data on
school performance; ensures that civil rights laws are enforced; distributes funds based on enrollment of high - need students in
particular schools; and supports a growing supply of
school options through an expanded, equitably funded
charter sector and through the unfettered growth of digital learning via
application of the U.S. Constitution's commerce clause.
(e) The board shall establish the information needed in an
application for the approval of a
charter school; provided that the
application shall include, but not be limited to, a description of: (i) the mission, purpose, innovation and specialized focus of the proposed
charter school; (ii) the innovative methods to be used in the
charter school and how they differ from the district or districts from which the
charter school is expected to enroll students; (iii) the organization of the
school by ages of students or grades to be taught, an estimate of the total enrollment of the
school and the district or districts from which the
school will enroll students; (iv) the method for admission to the
charter school; (v) the educational program, instructional methodology and services to be offered to students, including research on how the proposed program may improve the academic performance of the subgroups listed in the recruitment and retention plan; (vi) the
school's capacity to address the
particular needs of limited English - proficient students, if applicable, to learn English and learn content matter, including the employment of staff that meets the criteria established by the department; (vii) how the
school shall involve parents as partners in the education of their children; (viii) the
school governance and bylaws; (ix) a proposed arrangement or contract with an organization that shall manage or operate the
school, including any proposed or agreed upon payments to such organization; (x) the financial plan for the operation of the
school; (xi) the provision of
school facilities and pupil transportation; (xii) the number and qualifications of teachers and administrators to be employed; (xiii) procedures for evaluation and professional development for teachers and administrators; (xiv) a statement of equal educational opportunity which shall state that
charter schools shall be open to all students, on a space available basis, and shall not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, creed, sex, gender identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability, age, ancestry, athletic performance, special need, proficiency in the English language or academic achievement; (xv) a student recruitment and retention plan, including deliberate, specific strategies the
school will use to ensure the provision of equal educational opportunity as stated in clause (xiv) and to attract, enroll and retain a student population that, when compared to students in similar grades in
schools from which the
charter school is expected to enroll students, contains a comparable academic and demographic profile; and (xvi) plans for disseminating successes and innovations of the
charter school to other non-
charter public
schools.