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Students attending charter schools are outperforming their peers in district-run schools. A Florida Department of Education annual charter school performance report (March 2019) shows that students in charter schools outperformed their peers in traditional schools in nearly every category.

Laws, ch. 71B, §§ 1-15. As a result, and consistent with the guidance of the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, CPS shall guarantee access to public education to any person until their twenty-second (22nd) birthday or until they receive a high school diploma, whichever comes first.

Here are a few highlights that will be of interest to charter school leaders: per student funding now $8,143.

Charter schools are created when an individual, a group of parents or teachers, a business, a municipality, or a legal entity submits an application to the school district; the school district approves the application; the applicants form a governing board that negotiates a contract with the district school board; and ...

Charter schools are non-profit 501(c)(3) organizations that have a contract or charter to provide the same educational services to students as district public schools.

Charter schools are funded through the Florida Education Finance Program in the same way as all other public schools in the school district. The charter school receives operating funds from the Florida Education Finance Program (FEFP) based on the number of full-time (FTE) students enrolled.

The most commonly reported per-student spending figures in Florida are based solely on funding provided through the Florida Education Finance Program (FEFP). For the 2017-18 school year, Florida public schools would have spent an average of $7,307 ?per student? in FEFP funding.

Charter schools are free and open to all children, regardless of their academic skills or needs. They must take children on a first-come, first-served basis. However when more children apply than there are seats available, charter schools hold random admissions lotteries.