On the Trails

Notes:

1. Not for profit
2. No charge for tuition
3. There are special education students
4. They do not take district money
5. Consultant and Resource teachers
1. Go through kid’s districts CSE
2. Child Study Team in Charter school
6. Charters are granted by SED, SUNY and School Districts in NYS
7. Some charters are unionized, others are not
8. Charters can join NYSTRS
9. They have to comply with all state regs as a district
10. Funding
1. kids have a dollar amount depending on where they live
2. if parents choose a charter, 2/3 of that dollar amount goes to the charter (it could vary from 60 – 80%)
3. 1/3 goes to the district
4. can apply for title funds
5. Stimulus Grant
11. Charter Laws
1. Cap has been lifted to 200 schools total
2. required planning year
3. Show good faith effort to – must attract and retain special education and LEP
4. Leave of Absence for teachers wanting to teach in charters extended to three years
12. Decertification – not joining a union
13. Karen attracted teachers by paying them more
14. Y program is before and after school
15. There is a parent liason who help parents with filling out applications for free and reduced lunches and helps to recruit
16. There is a school board
17. The charter set the salary
18. If the kids make AYP, the whole school gets a bonus – at Niagara Charter
19. You can make a public school into a charter school
20. Reading First Grant
21. Charter – How-tos
1. Charter School Association
2. Research needed to backup
3. Chameleon Schools Project
4. When writing the charter, one must have a specific curriculum

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