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List of Charter Schools
For a list of schools, use the following link(s):
Illinois State Board of Education
Illinois Network of Charter Schools

Overview
Year of Law: 1996 (see Legislative Summary) Number of Charter Schools: 42 Number of Enrolled Students: 16898
Details: not available Web Communities: not available Discussions: Illinois Discussion Group

Key Contacts

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Kathleen Harris
Executive Director
1 East Pedway Drive
Chicago, Illinois 60601-5074
Ph: 312.261.5269
kathleen@incschools.org

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Michael Klonsky
Director
1640 W. Roosevelt Road. #613
Chicago, Illinois 60608
Ph: (312) 413-8066
Fx: (312) 413-5847
ssw@uic.edu

Legislative Summary
Law:   Legislation on the IL legislative Web site.
Administrative Rules

Amendment(s):   not available

Authorizers:   Local school boards.

Length of charter:   3-5, can be renewed for up to 5 years

Caps on number of schools:   Yes. 60 total. Maximum of 30 in Chicago, 15 in Chicago suburbs and 15 in the rest of the state

Funding:   Negotiated with sponsor school district and specified in charter, but not less than 75% or more than 125% of per-capita student tuition of school district in which charter school is located.