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A Fifty State Legislative Review of Charter School Funding, Governance and Accountability
- Date Issued:
- 2015
- Abstract/Description:
- As waves of educational reform spread across the United States, charter schools continue to emerge as an alternative to the traditional public school. This study examined funding, governance, and accountability provisions of nationwide charter school legislation to ascertain similarities, differences, litigated challenges and funding issues throughout the United States of America. In order to study charter school legislation and litigation, all of the United States charter school legislation was collected along with American court cases related to charter schools and charter legislation. Legislation was reviewed to identify similarities and differences in funding, accountability and governance provisions throughout America. Court cases, involving charter schools and charter school legislation, were reviewed to identify the types of issues being litigated and the resulting legal decisions.
Title: | A Fifty State Legislative Review of Charter School Funding, Governance and Accountability. |
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Name(s): |
Fordham, Tionis, Author Murray, Kenneth, Committee Chair Murray, Barbara, Committee Member Doherty, Walter, Committee Member Hutchinson, Cynthia, Committee Member University of Central Florida, Degree Grantor |
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Type of Resource: | text | |
Date Issued: | 2015 | |
Publisher: | University of Central Florida | |
Language(s): | English | |
Abstract/Description: | As waves of educational reform spread across the United States, charter schools continue to emerge as an alternative to the traditional public school. This study examined funding, governance, and accountability provisions of nationwide charter school legislation to ascertain similarities, differences, litigated challenges and funding issues throughout the United States of America. In order to study charter school legislation and litigation, all of the United States charter school legislation was collected along with American court cases related to charter schools and charter legislation. Legislation was reviewed to identify similarities and differences in funding, accountability and governance provisions throughout America. Court cases, involving charter schools and charter school legislation, were reviewed to identify the types of issues being litigated and the resulting legal decisions. | |
Identifier: | CFE0006217 (IID), ucf:51111 (fedora) | |
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2015-08-01 Ed.D. Education and Human Performance, Teaching, Learning and Leadership Doctoral This record was generated from author submitted information. |
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Subject(s): | charter schol -- legislation -- funding -- governance -- accountability -- charter school laws -- charter school governance -- charter school funding -- charter school accountability | |
Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0006217 | |
Restrictions on Access: | campus 2017-02-15 | |
Host Institution: | UCF |