Charter School Basic facts
Minneapolis Public Schools, ISD #196 and Lakeville Area schools are examples of these.
What are traditional public school districts?
Teachers in a charter school are able to be part of this governing body, while teachers in a traditional school district are not.
What is the school board?
Charter schools do not have these, but traditional public schools do: Related to where the students live.
What are attendance boundaries?
Most charter schools in Minnesota fall in this broad category: The opposite of a private school.
What are (non-traditional) public schools?
This professional organization advocates for charter schools at the state level but doesn’t have any real authority over anyone. It is optional for charter schools to be part of this.
What is the Minnesota Association of Charter Schools? (MACS)
Traditional school districts are able to put these on the ballot from time to time, while charter schools are not.
What are bonds and levies?
Both traditional public and charter schools are required to hire this kind of teacher.
What is a licensed teacher?
This is the entity or body approved by the state legislature to bring charter schools into existence. Charter schools are accountable to them for state and federal accountability requirements.
What is an authorizer?
Students at both traditional public and charter schools do not have to pay this because it is provided by taxes.
What is tuition?
Both traditional public and charter schools follow these learning goals which we learned about in EDS 706.
What are standards?
This was the year that Minnesota passed the first law in the country allowing charter schools.
What is 1991?
This is the money that follows the kids (specifically this can be a sticky issue with SPED and transportation.)
What is tuition billing?