This document provides a Colorado-specific guide to charter school closure.

Charter schools must comply with all federal and state laws and constitutional provisions prohibiting discrimination on the basis of disability or the need for special education services. Students with disabilities attending charter schools are entitled to the same rights as special education students attending traditional public schools and must be provided with the special education services. A charter school is accountable to its authorizer for...

Summit Public Schools, a charter school organization operating schools in California and Oregon, published Pathways to Success: Exploring the Long-Term Outcomes of Alumni from Summit Public Schools in September 2021. The report claims that Summit alumni graduated from college at nearly double the national average and self-reported high levels of well-being, fulfillment, and workplace satisfaction. It also reports that alumni from socioeconomically...

"The aim of this study is to examine the impact of charter schools on student achievement in the Great Lakes states: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin. This evaluation addresses two specific questions: How does student achievement in charter schools compare with student achievement in demographically similar, traditional public schools? Do charter schools show promise of being an effective strategy for improving student achievement...