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.Religious Charter School’s Controversial Move: Seeking Public Funds to Relocate to Valley Village
Spending public dollars on sectarian education is unconstitutional and unacceptable.
Minnesota charter schools lose $1.3 million in funding due to false attendance
The complaint filed said that employees were directed not to withdraw inactive students, despite being required to after 15 consecutive days of absence.
Editorial: Third SC charter school authorizer increases odds for profiteering, failure
We warned that more still would follow if the Legislature didn’t close that by-then-well-known loophole in state law, which no one had ever imagined would allow private colleges to give themselves the extraordinary power to spend state tax money and encourage authorizer shopping, which undermines the whole idea behind charter schools: They get freedom from most public school rules in return for being closed down if they fail.
The “School Choice” Swindle Is Demolishing Public Schools
But not too many people told Renner he was out of his mind when he did exactly that to public schools: he championed a bill entitling every child in Florida to $8,000 a year to spend on private education, at the public school system’s expense, and called it “school choice.” The few who did were themselves told they’re out of their mind.
Eagle Academy to close after D.C. board rejects school takeover plan
Eagle Academy Public Charter School, mired with falling enrollment and questions over its finances in recent years, said Tuesday that it will close just days before a new school year was set to begin.
Editorial: At Albany charter school, a poor grade on state oversight
Despite multiple red flag, state renews charters school for a five year term
State moves to seize assets of Las Vegas charter school, claims it failed to pay back over $800K in taxpayer money
Eagle Charter School opened in August of 2023 to students, pitching itself as another option for families living on the east side of Las Vegas. Yet in less than a year, the State Public Charter School Authority board closed Eagle, citing financial mismanagement.
Don’t be fooled by public charter school deception
Simply sending public money to a private school does not make it a public school, but they’d like you to think that. The charter schools they support fall outside of public oversight and supervision.
At Tampa Bay charter roiled by lawsuits, parents feel left in the dark
Plato Academy’s long legal battle with its early learning provider has frustrated families scrambling for child care.
Opinion | CHOOSE Act will further hurt Alabama’s public schools
The money for these “education savings accounts” – essentially school vouchers by another name – will come from sales and income tax revenues that otherwise would go to Alabama’s public schools under the Education Trust Fund (ETF).
Dorchester charter school closes, leaving families scrambling to find alternative options
The Helen Y. Davis Leadership Academy, a long-struggling Boston charter school, won’t reopen this fall due to low enrollment.
Rosa Parks Charter High School to close its doors
The closure comes after a months-long investigation into claims made against the school of inadequate staffing, lack of professional boundaries and more.
Troubled Harrisburg charter school to close this fall
A transition team – consisting of representatives from the school’s administration, the teaching faculty and support staff – will be available to meet with students and families during the process of finding a new school.
Kids in closets? One of many allegations about The Gathering Place by the school’s founder.
Ex CEO of San Antonio accuses charter school of putting kids in closets- for starters (subscription required)
What the state says went wrong at Memphis Scholars’ charter school
But the Memphis Scholars network was also failing to meet other financial, governance and academic requirements, the state-run district found. That included neglecting to provide special-education services to students at two of its schools for three months this year, a violation of state and federal law.
