Reform Laws Needed
to prevent abuses such as occur at Gulen charter schools
This page gives model legislation for charter schools, based on the careful consideration of loopholes that Gulen charter schools and other charter schools have exploited and abused.
Lobbying organizations such as ALEC (the American Legislative Exchange Council) and the NAPCS (National Alliance for Public Charter Schools) provide state lawmakers with model charter school laws that benefit special interest groups. In contrast, the model legislation given here is for the public good.
Lobbying organizations market their proposed legislation with such misleading phrases as "strong laws." States are ranked by the NAPCS and the CER (Center for Education Reform) according to how "strong" their charter laws are, when in reality the rankings reflect the extent to which these laws comply with the desire of special interests. In other words, so-called "strong" laws are actually weak laws. The public should not be misled by this. The massive amount of abuse that has already occurred within the charter school system can be traced directly to the inadequate oversight and regulation intentionally built into most states' charter school statutes.
The model laws are organized in the following sections:
A. Charter application and authorization
B. Funding
C. Oversight
D. Management
E. Reporting and disclosure
Lobbying organizations such as ALEC (the American Legislative Exchange Council) and the NAPCS (National Alliance for Public Charter Schools) provide state lawmakers with model charter school laws that benefit special interest groups. In contrast, the model legislation given here is for the public good.
Lobbying organizations market their proposed legislation with such misleading phrases as "strong laws." States are ranked by the NAPCS and the CER (Center for Education Reform) according to how "strong" their charter laws are, when in reality the rankings reflect the extent to which these laws comply with the desire of special interests. In other words, so-called "strong" laws are actually weak laws. The public should not be misled by this. The massive amount of abuse that has already occurred within the charter school system can be traced directly to the inadequate oversight and regulation intentionally built into most states' charter school statutes.
The model laws are organized in the following sections:
A. Charter application and authorization
B. Funding
C. Oversight
D. Management
E. Reporting and disclosure