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

Overview
Year of Law: 2002 (see Legislative Summary) Number of Charter Schools: 12 Number of Enrolled Students: 2600
Details: not available Web Communities: not available Discussions: not available

Key Contacts

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Dedrick Briggs
Executive Director
511 Union Street
Suite 740
Nashville, Tennessee 37219
Ph: (615) 248-6401
Fx: (615) 250-0586
TNCharters@aol.com

Legislative Summary
Law:   Tennessee Public Charter Schools Act of 2002

Amendment(s):   The TN Public charter Schools Act of 2002 was amended in 2005.

Authorizers:   Local school boards. State board of education can also authorize if appealed by charter sponsor and warranted in charter application.

Length of charter:   5 years

Caps on number of schools:   There is a cap of 50 charter schools.

Funding:   A local school board allocates 100 percent of the state and local education funds to a charter school based on the per-pupil expenditures of the school district, which are based on the prior year's average daily membership for the school district.