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Charter school students are not limited by where they live So, the answer is YES! Anyone can go to a charter school. I have seen many charter high school students graduate and go on to college, and/or begin a vocational, technical career post-secondary.

Charter schools are free, public, and open to all. Charter schools provide families with another choice within the public school system that has the flexibility and autonomy to meet their students' needs.

Charter schools are public schools. As such they receive public funding, cannot charge tuition, must have fair and open enrollment, must be secular, and are required to serve all student populations, including students with disabilities and English language learners.

Four classes of charters are authorized by the Texas Education Code: (1) home-rule school district charters; (2) campus or campus program charters; (3) open-enrollment charters; and (4) college or university charters.

Authorized by Texas in 1995, charter schools provide tuition- free public school options to students and families. They are often called “open-enrollment” charter schools because they are open to all students.

Texas Traditional Public Schools In Texas, the state allows each district decides to set its own open enrollment policies. Open enrollment refers to whether parents can send their children to any public school, regardless of where it is located.

In the state of Texas charter schools are public schools that operate via contracts with an authorizer such as local school district authorizers or the state authorizing office. The Texas Charter School Authorizing and Administration Division oversees the state's charter portfolio.

Enrolling a child in a Texas charter school is a two-step process: application for admission and then enrollment in the charter school. Application for admission is completed using the statewide common admission application, known as the Charter Student Admission Application (CSAA).