![]() ![]() ![]() (a) Each charter school receiving CSP funding must provide an assurance that it has not and will not enter into a contract with a for-profit management organization, including a non-profit management organization operated by or on behalf of a for-profit entity, under which the management organization exercises full or substantial administrative control over the charter school and, thereby, the CSP project.Ĭharter schools that are run in part or whole to create profit should not benefit from federal expansion or start-up funds. I strongly support the Department’s attempt to ensure that charter schools operated by for-profit management corporations do not receive CSP grants, specifically this language: Restrictions on CSP Grants to Charter Schools Operated by For-Profit Organizations ![]() I support the proposed priorities and requirements of the Department for the reasons that follow. I am writing in response to the invitation to submit comments regarding “Proposed Priorities, Requirements, Definitions, and Selection Criteria-Expanding Opportunity Through Quality Charter Schools Program (CSP)-Grants to State Entities (SE Grants) Grants to Charter Management Organizations for the Replication and Expansion of High-Quality Charter Schools (CMO Grants) and Grants to Charter School Developers for the Opening of New Charter Schools and for the Replication and Expansion of High-Quality Charter Schools (Developer Grants). Sample 2: NC-focused, letter from an individual (can be adapted for an organization)Ĭomments Regarding Proposed Priorities, Requirements, Definitions, and Selection Criteria-Expanding Opportunity Through Quality Charter Schools Program (CSP)-Grants They will help us get back to the original purpose of charter schools-innovative places run by teachers and families in cooperation with our local schools. Another North Carolina grantee was a for-profit run school called Torchlight Academy, which was just shut down. I also support the proposed rules that disallow charters run by for-profits from applying. Too often, the neediest students are left behind in our districts, while funding leaves the schools along with students who require fewer services I suggest that the impact analysis requirements include a profile of the students with disabilities and English language learners in the community along with an assurance that the applicant will provide the full range of services that meet the needs of all students. The inclusion of an impact statement will help reviewers make the best decisions regarding which schools should or should not get awards. ![]() One was a former private school segregation academy (founded in 1969) that converted to a charter school in 2019 and then got a CSP grant. I was appalled by the schools that recently received CSP subgrants to expand. In my state of North Carolina, charter schools have been used as white and affluent flight schools. I fully support the proposed regulation that “the community impact analysis must describe how the plan for the proposed charter school takes into account the student demographics of the schools from which students are, or would be, drawn to attend the charter school.” The reporting of need based on enrollment patterns as well as impact on local desegregation efforts is most welcome. Sample Responses Sample 1: NC-focused short response from an individual Links to Reports and Articles on NC Charter Schools.NC data from an examination of one year (2018) of funding from CSP.Sample 2: NC-focused, long letter from an individual.Sample 1: NC-focused short response from an individual.Sample Responses for Charter School Regulations Comments ![]()
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