Charter Schools and Charter Systems in Georgia
Georgia Grantmakers AllianceSummer MeetingAugust 16, 2012
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Different starting points, same end point
Same starting point as a conversion,
different end point
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Who creates Georgia charter schools?
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State Board of Education
For locally-approved and system charter schools
For state chartered special schools
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State Charter School
Commission
[IF CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT PASSES - For state charter schools]
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Charter system law also passed, followed by
first 4 charter systems in 2008-09
Georgia’s Charter Landscape
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• Not yet a critical mass of high-quality charter schools
• Concentrated in Metro Atlanta• We now have 217 charter
schools in Georgia – including 80 start-up charter schools, 30 conversion charter schools, and 107 charter system schools in our 14 charter systems
• 15 local charter schools or state-chartered special schools were created for students who planned to attend the 16 former Commission schools
• Not yet a critical mass of high-quality charter schools
• Concentrated in Metro Atlanta• We now have 217 charter
schools in Georgia – including 80 start-up charter schools, 30 conversion charter schools, and 107 charter system schools in our 14 charter systems
• 15 local charter schools or state-chartered special schools were created for students who planned to attend the 16 former Commission schools
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• Local school systems must choose to operate as an: Investing in Educational Excellence (IEInvesting in Educational Excellence (IE22) )
SystemSystem Charter SystemCharter System Status Quo School SystemStatus Quo School System
• Deadline: June 30, 2015 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (OCGA) 20-2-84.3 (b)
For more informationLouis J. Erste
Charter Schools Division DirectorGeorgia Department of Education
2053 Twin Towers East205 Jesse Hill Jr. Drive, SE
Atlanta, GA [email protected]
http://www.gadoe.org/External-Affairs-and-Policy/Charter-Schools/
(404) 651-8734