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New revocation regs for low-scoring charters
- 11-10-2010
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Blog by John Fensterwald/Educated Guess
After months of public comments and revisions, the State Board of Education on Tuesday passed new regulations for closing down low-achieving charter schools that one charter leader praised and another charter leader condemned. Each year, the State Board will consider revoking charters of schools whose API scores fall in the bottom 10 percent two consecutive years and also haven’t risen at least 50 points in the previous three years. Those schools, which must be at least five years old, will then be entitled to a hearing, at which they can cite evidence why they shouldn’t be closed. The Board will have the discretion of requiring corrective actions or revoking the charter. The law, which will go into effect next year, will probably ensnare an estimated 15 charter schools initially. That represents less than 2 percent of the state’s 900 charter schools. The State Board acted in response to criticism that charter authorizers, usually districts, have been lax in taking action against failing charter schools. (more…)
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