Sentences with phrase «school authorizers require»

One suggestion is that charter school authorizers require that in addition to academic qualifications, charter - school applicants show how «the school will broaden, not replicate, existing opportunities for struggling populations.»

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Unlike most private schools, however, they are required to participate in state testing systems and can be closed by their authorizers if they fail to meet performance goals.

The sweet spot requires stipulating the importance of meaningful authorizer oversight for public charter schools that collect public funds and that such oversight should respect charter autonomy and the ability of educators and innovators to launch promising schools.

Authorizers require prospective school operators to go through an application process; approved schools must have clear performance goals; the authorizer tracks schools» compliance with applicable state policies; the authorizer closes schools that fail.

Authorizers play a powerful role in supporting proposed new charter schools by requiring applicants to articulate how they will support all students — students with IEPs in particular.

So it seems that authorizers are generally unwilling to close a school that is failing to comply with federal or state law, but they are also unwilling to require the school to make changes to its special education program, presumably because the authorizers see this as infringement on charter autonomy.

Authorizers can also avoid having to step in on the back end by more attention to prevention during the application process, for example, requiring schools to simply describe their marketing / outreach plans for students with disabilities (only a quarter of authorizers surveyed doAuthorizers can also avoid having to step in on the back end by more attention to prevention during the application process, for example, requiring schools to simply describe their marketing / outreach plans for students with disabilities (only a quarter of authorizers surveyed doauthorizers surveyed do this now).

For schools nearing the end of their current charter term, CEI can help prepare your renewal application, conduct mock school visits to prepare for your authorizer review, and address any issues raised by the authorizer required to gain charter renewal.

The report finds that a more transparent, accountable, and fair system will require action from all parties, including school districts, charter authorizers, charter operators, and states.

Caprice Young, founder of the California Charter Schools Association (CCSA) and CEO of Magnolia Public Schools: «If I did a Lexus Nexus Google search of every abuse at every school district in the state of California, the list would be about 40 times that long... What I would say in response to (the ACLU report) is that charters are required to have their entire enrollment procedure approved by whoever their authorizer happens to be.

And as an important safeguard, the laws require charter school authorizers to approve the operators and management teams parents select.

Each charter school is required to develop a contract and an accountability plan with their authorizer.

The state and the district level charter authorizers need to do their due diligence and make sure these school are not free to act a private schools with public money just as TPSs are required to be accountable.

This responsibility requires authorizers to hold schools accountable for fulfilling fundamental public education obligations to all students, including providing equal access and appropriate services to students whose native language is not English.

According to the Senate bill analysis, «This bill requires all charter school petitions to be approved by the governing board of the school district in which the charter school is located, prohibits a charter school from locating outside its authorizer's boundaries, and limits the current charter appeal process to claims of procedural violations.»

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.»

Another example: Ohio's law requires authorizers to provide technical assistance to their schools.

To pay for the staff and outside contractors needed to review the books and analyze testing data, the schools will be required to pay a per - pupil fee to the authorizers.

Most of these restrictions originate from district authorizers requiring charter schools to adopt district codes of conduct.

Sixteen states and the District of Columbia currently have established standards to which authorizers must adhere.32 33 Further, ECS finds that more states are requiring authorizers to submit annual reports on their portfolios of schools to ensure transparency for both operations and results.

A prior version of this story incorrectly reported that SB 1290 will require charter schools authorizers to consider student performance as measured by the Academic Performanc Index as the most important factor when considering renwals.