charter school

Charter school supporters are (https://www.springfieldnewssun.com/news/local/ohio-legislation-favors-white-hat-charter-schools/nT5UKhii9ToTksc2yR0o9H/) reluctant to acknowledge , much less (https://www.thenation.com/article/charter-schools-are-reshaping-americas-education-system-for-the-worse/) stop, these practices.

Department of Education warned in a 2016 audit report that the charter school operations pose a serious "risk of waste, fraud and abuse" and lack "accountability."

The biggest problem in charter school operations involves facility leases and land purchases.

Woodland District 50 received good news recently with a court-ordered correction related to state payments in connection with Prairie Crossing Charter School. However, the long-term loss of state dollars remains unchanged with the state renewal of a five-year charter.

In Illinois, state-authorized charter schools like Prairie Crossing Charter School are funded by the Illinois State Board of Education redirecting state funds that are otherwise due the local school district and delivering that money to the charter school.

The payment is to make Woodland 100% whole for underpayments from ISBE between 2015 and 2018 related to tuition payments to support Prairie Crossing Charter School. Between 1999 and 2015, the state counted Prairie Crossing Charter School students as part of the calculation used to determine Woodland's tuition rate because the Illinois School Code requires that charter school students be counted as though enrolled at the local school district.

Since the first charter school opened in Minneapolis,

Paul in 1992, the charter school movement has grown to include

barrier to charter school formation and success: inequitable funding