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List of Charter Schools
For a list of schools, use the following link(s):
Maryland Charter Schools

Overview
Year of Law: 2003 (see Legislative Summary) Number of Charter Schools: 30 Number of Enrolled Students: 7149
Details: not available Web Communities: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MarylandCharterSchoolNetwork/ Discussions: not available

Key Contacts

Legislative Summary
Law:   Law - SB 75

Amendment(s):   None.

Authorizers:   Local boards of education. However, under certain conditions specified in the state's charter school law, the state board of education can approve the restructuring of a public school as a charter school.

Length of charter:   Determined by local board of education

Caps on number of schools:   None.

Funding:   It is expected that Maryland public charter schools authorized by local education authorities will receive a fair per-pupil foundation grant that is at least equal to the calculated operating costs for educating the like kind of students in existing public schools within that jurisdiction.