Charter School Resolution
October 9, 1995
The following resolution was adopted on October 9, 1995:
RESOLUTION REGARDING CHARTER SCHOOLS
WHEREAS the State Board of Education supports high academic results and
charter schools have been recognized as independent, innovative, public schools whose
focus is on academic performance; and
WHEREAS the key to the charter school concept is that participating
schools receive waivers from certain state and local laws and regulations in exchange for
the schools achieving the performance objectives that they enumerated when they applied
for their charters; and
WHEREAS the State Superintendent of Public Instruction may grant waivers
from certain statutes or rules as authorized by Section 3302.07 of the Revised Code; and
WHEREAS numerous states have authorized creation of, and are
implementing, charter schools; and
WHEREAS Congress has endorsed the charter school concept by stating in
Part C of PL.103-382, Improving America's Schools Act, that one of the findings was that
"enhancement of parent and student choices among public schools can assist in
promoting comprehensive educational reform..." and by appropriating $6 million in
fiscal year 1995 to help fund charter schools; and
WHEREAS the charter school concept shows considerable educational
promise; Therefore, Be It
RESOLVED, that the State Board of Education support legislation that
would allow Ohio to join the other innovative states that have added this powerful
alternative to their education reform agenda, and Be It
FURTHER RESOLVED, that the State Board of Education support legislation
that would grant authority to school district boards of education to pilot charter schools
to test how successful they are in meeting stated objectives that foster high academic
results.
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