The five other categories of obstructive responses observed are: 1) excessively denying charter
applications, 2) creating legal obstacles to charter
schools, 3) freezing or delaying payments to charter
schools, 4) withholding information from charter
schools, and 5) using regulations to
restrict choice or interfere with competition.
Other areas, that were formally
restricted in what and how they could fund specific aspects of education, are increasingly becoming more flexible in their
application, leaving the decisions at the state, district or
school level.