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What is a Charter School?
Charter schools are public, nonsectarian schools that operate pursuant to an agreement between the charter school and the sponsoring school board or other public chartering authority. Charter schools have the flexibility, authority, and responsibility to operate and innovate in exchange for greater accountability for results - student learning. The "charter" establishing each school is a legal agreement detailing the school's mission, programs, methods of assessment, finances, and measures of success.
While free from many state regulations, students in charter schools take state tests required of other public schools students. Charter schools may not discriminate in admission and students are selected by lottery.
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