In Pennsylvania, an independent public school established and operated under a charter from the local board of school directors.
What is a charter school?
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This legislation authorized school districts in Pennsylvania to create charter schools.
What is Act 22 of 1997 – Charter School Law?
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West Chester Area School District v. Collegium Charter School, 571 Pa. 503, 812 A.2d 1172 (2002)
What is the Pennsylvania Supreme Court decision that held that school boards' decisions on granting a charter must be consistent with statutory provisions?
100
Public employees.
What are employees of a charter school are considered this?
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True or false: A chartering district must use criteria identified only by the Pennsylvania Department of Education when evaluating a charter application.
What is false? Each chartering district may identify criteria for the evaluation of a charter application.
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An agreement or contract between the school district and an incorporated entity, known as a charter school.
What is a charter?
200
This Pennsylvania Department of Education policy document establishes the framework for the interaction between authorizers and charter schools.
What is the charter school basic education circular (BEC)?
200
Signed petitions of support, letters of support, testimonials of support or in other concrete ways.
What are ways sustainable support can be demonstrated?
200
Public employer.
What is, what the charter's board of trustees is considered?
200
How the proposed charter school will enhance student learning opportunities and offer substantively unique and innovative educational options for the community.
What is, what the charter applicant has the responsibility to demonstrate to the chartering school board?
300
A public nonprofit, nonsectarian entity by teachers, parents, institutions of higher education, or museums
What are the entities that can establish a charter school?
300
This legislation authorized the Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) to create cyber charter schools.
What is Act 88 of 2002 – Cyber Charter School Law?
300
The local school district board of directors where the public charter school is to be located per §1717-A(c)
What is, to whom the completed application for a new, conversion or regional charter school must be submitted?
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At least 75%.
What is, the percentage of the professional staff of a charter school who must hold appropriate Pennsylvania certification.
The charter must list the general qualifications for non-certificated staff and additional criteria that are established.
However, the Highly Qualified provisions of the federal No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) now require that teachers working in charter schools must hold at least a bachelor’s degree and must demonstrate competency in the core academic areas in which they teach.
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A petition signed by 1000 residents or 2% of the residents who are 18 or older of the district or districts granting the charter, whichever is less.
What is, what is needed to appeal a charter application that has been denied?
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Laboratories of innovation.
What is, what the charter schools were intended to become for all public schools in Pennsylvania?
400
The policy document establishes the framework for the interaction between the Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) and cyber charter schools.
What is the Cyber Charter Schools basic education circular (BEC)?
400
No more than 5 years.
What is, how long a charter may be granted by a school board
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Approval of more than 50% of the teaching staff in the school.
What is, one of the requirements to convert an existing public school into a charter school? There must also be approval from more than 50% of the parents of the children in the school.
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No later than August 1 of each year.
What is, the date by which Charter schools are required to submit an Annual Report to the chartering school district(s)
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To provide parents and pupils with expanded choices in the types of educational opportunities that are available within the public school system.
What is, the original intent of charter schools in Pennsylvania?
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True or false: Local school boards must approve charters for cyber charter schools.
What is false? Charters for cyber charter schools are approved by the Pennsylvania Department of Education.
500
Charter school applications are approved or are denied by this vote.
What is, a majority vote of the chartering district’s board of school directors?
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True or false: Charter school staff may bargain collectively as a part of the school district's bargaining unit.
What is false? The staff may bargain collectively, but not as part of the school district's bargaining unit.
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The proposed vision, mission and purpose of the charter school.
What is, a good thing that the chartering school district should ask about, as part of evaluating the application for a charter?