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List of Charter Schools
For a list of schools, use the following link(s):
Massachusetts Department of Education
Massachusetts Charter School Association

Overview
Year of Law: 1993 (see Legislative Summary) Number of Charter Schools: 61 Number of Enrolled Students: 25034
Details: not available Web Communities: not available Discussions: not available

Key Contacts

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Linda Brown
Director, Massachusetts Charter School Resource Center
85 Devonshire Street, 8th floor
Boston, Massachusetts 02109
Ph: (617)723-2277
Fx: (617)723-1880
lbrown@pioneerinstitute.org

Legislative Summary
Law:   Massachusetts General Law: Charter Schools
Massachusetts Regulations on Charter Schools

Amendment(s):   Amendments to Charter School Regulations voted by the Board of Education on June 24, 2003.

Authorizers:   For Commonwealth charter schools, the state board of education. For Horace Mann charter schools, local school board, local teachers union and state board of education.

Length of charter:   5 years

Caps on number of schools:   Yes. 120 total. 48 for Horace Mann charter schools, 72 for Commonwealth charter schools. Commonwealth charter schools may not serve more than 4 percent of statewide public school population.

Funding:   Charter School Finance'> Commonwealth charters receive funding from each student's sending district. Horace Mann charters receive an agreed-upon budget allocation from their school board.
Charter School Finance