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2016 State Legislative Session Highlights for Charter Public Schools

2016 State Legislative Session Highlights for Charter Public Schools summarizes this years state legislative activity across the country, organized into the following categories: no-law states, authorizing and accountability, funding and facilities, and other issues. Some of the biggest takeaways from this year’s legislative sessions include: Washington passed legislation that re-established its charter school law after… Continue reading 2016 State Legislative Session Highlights for Charter Public Schools

A New Model Law for Supporting the Growth of High-Quality Charter Public Schools: Second Edition

A New Model Law for Supporting the Growth of High-Quality Charter Public Schools: Second Edition calls on state policymakers to strengthen the laws governing charter schools. In this revised version of the National Alliance’s model charter school law, the policies outlined would increase the focus of state-level charter school laws on creating high-quality charter schools… Continue reading A New Model Law for Supporting the Growth of High-Quality Charter Public Schools: Second Edition

Assessing the Increasing Strength of Charter School Laws: Third Edition

Since 2005, the National Alliance has advocated for high-quality charter public school laws. With the support of a working group with deep expertise in charter school law, we released a model charter school law in 2009 with 20 essential components focused on creating and supporting high-quality charter schools. This report compares state laws over time… Continue reading Assessing the Increasing Strength of Charter School Laws: Third Edition

The Apprehension of the Charter School Movement in Fairfax County

When Fairfax Leadership Academy was endorsed by the Virginia Board of Education, the future of charter schools in Fairfax County became a little bit brighter. The founder of Fairfax Leadership Academy, Eric Welch, is a longtime Fairfax County public school teacher and administrator who works at JEB Stuart High School. Welch coordinates Stuart’s college readiness… Continue reading The Apprehension of the Charter School Movement in Fairfax County

The Health of the Charter Public School Movement: A State-by-State Analysis

The Health of the Charter Public School Movement: A State-by-State Analysis evaluates the health of the charter public school movement in key states across the country. Following the first report released in October 2014, this second edition measures movement growth, innovation, and quality, while this year doubling the number of quality measures. Due to these… Continue reading The Health of the Charter Public School Movement: A State-by-State Analysis

Virginia House Passes Charter Public School Resolution

Washington D.C. Today, the Virginia House passed House Joint Resolution 1, an amendment to the state constitution that will support the creation of high-quality charter public schools in the state. Nina Rees, president and CEO at the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, released the following statement: “This resolution provides an opportunity to provide thousands… Continue reading Virginia House Passes Charter Public School Resolution

A Closer Look at the Charter School Movement: Schools, Students, and Management Organizations, 2015-2016

Enrollment in charter public schools has grown by 250,000 students in the 2015-16 school year, and more than 400 new charter public schools have opened their doors, according to, A Closer Look at the Charter School Movement: Schools, Students, and Management Organizations, 2015-16. The report also estimates that the total number of students currently attending charter… Continue reading A Closer Look at the Charter School Movement: Schools, Students, and Management Organizations, 2015-2016

Measuring Up to the Model: A Ranking of State Charter School Law, 2016

2015 has proved to be another active year for charter public school legislation across the country. For starters, we saw significant activity regarding potential enabling legislation in several of the states without charter public school laws. Most notably, Alabama became the 43rd state to enact a charter school law. We saw a handful of states… Continue reading Measuring Up to the Model: A Ranking of State Charter School Law, 2016

2015 State Legislative Session Highlights for Public Charter Schools

2015 has proved to be another successful year for public charter school legislation across the country. Some of the biggest developments of the 2015 state legislative sessions include: Alabama became the 43rd state to enact a public charter school law. Connecticut defeated a proposed two-year moratorium on opening of new charter schools. Indiana increased school autonomy, strengthened school… Continue reading 2015 State Legislative Session Highlights for Public Charter Schools

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