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A third private South Carolina college has registered to sponsor charter schools in the Palmetto State. Voorhees University, a small historically Black college in rural Bamberg County, last month ...
The crackdown on charter school authorizers is aimed not only at forestalling any expansionary ambitions, but also at clarifying inconsistencies and omissions in South Carolina’s Charter Schools ...
The SCPCSD was created as a charter school authorizer by the state legislature as an alternative method for public charter schools to be approved for operation in the state. The state legislature did this, in part, to resolve various legal questions regarding resource allocation for public charter schools in local districts.
Once completed, the audit will likely form the basis of any legislative action taken to more tightly regulate charter school authorizers and reform South Carolina’s charter schools law, which ...
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Minnesota was the first state to pass a charter school law in 1991. California was second, in 1992. As of 2022, 46 states and the District of Columbia have charter school laws, according to the Center for Education Reform. [14] [15] As of 2012, an authorizer other than a local school board has granted over 60 percent of charters across the country.
State lawmakers are demanding accountability from South Carolina’s largest charter school district in light of concerns about its management, operations and spending of taxpayer dollars ...
These exemptions grant charter schools some autonomy and flexibility with decision-making, such as teacher contracts, hiring, and curriculum. In return, charter schools are subject to stricter accountability on spending and academic performance. Most states and the national capital of Washington, D.C. have charter school laws, though they vary ...