FSBA believes that charter schools can offer enhanced opportunities for students to excel. However, local school boards must have the final decision-making authority over charter schools within the district, including decisions to accept, reject, renew, or terminate the charter contract.  In addition, charter schools must be subject to rigorous and uniform federal, state, and local accountability systems, and must demonstrate success if they are to be continued.

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• Charter Schools Fast Facts
• Issue Brief:  Charter School Capital Outlay Funding
  • Recommendations for Charter School Capital Outlay Funding

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• Integrity Florida Report: The Hidden Costs of Charter School Choice (2018)
• Education Next Poll on School Reform (2017)
• Center for Research on Education Outcomes (CREDO) – Stanford University
  • 2017 Report
  • 2015 Report
  • 2013 Report
  • 2009 Report
• Center for Public Education: School Choice — What the Research Says (2015)
• Annenberg Institute for School Reform — Brown University
  • Public Accountability for Charter Schools

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