The accountability provisions of NCLB require that local school districts provide children enrolled in low-performing schools, identified as not making "adequate yearly progress" for two or more consecutive years, the opportunity to attend another public school. The types of choice permitted include higher-performing public schools within the district, charter schools, or virtual schools. The choice requirement may be hard for some districts to meet, particularly rural districts, districts with limited transportation options, and districts with many low-performing schools, and few high-performing ones. Should the charter school movement use this lack of supply and capacity at the district-level to increase the number and quality of cyber charter schools?
Posted as a reply to:
Impact of Federal Policy on the Charter School Movement by Bob Montgomery 
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