Status of Choices in the U.S.

More options are becoming available to parents and students. The current run down of choices:

Charter laws: 40 states have adopted the charter concept. These vary from strong laws with a high degree of program autonomy to weak laws where the charter school has almost no power to decide anything.
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Open enrollment: 42 states give some form of a choice for which school or school district to attend. Some of the statutes provide for voluntary participation by districts and some give the decision totally to the parent.

Vouchers: 6 states have voucher laws usually for a city within the state to have a student

This entry was written by Wayne Jennings, posted on September 3, 2007 at 2:30 pm, filed under Alternatives, Center for Ed. Reform, Charter schools, Choices, Database, Ed Com of States, Homeschooling, Nonpublic schools, Online learning, Parents, Policy, Reports, Research, Statutes, Students, Vouchers. Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post. Trackbacks are closed, but you can post a comment.

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