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Creating Strong Authorizers for Public Charter Schools: The Case Against Making Independent Bodies LEAs (2006)
Key to the development of strong charter laws is the notion of “multiple authorizers” to approve charters. Typically this means that a state sanctions an entity other than the local school board to create and monitor charter schools.
As states work to create legislation, the idea of designating independent authorizers as a Local Education Agency (LEA) might sound promising but in practice is a very bad idea.
This paper addresses why this idea is proposed and why this designation is not positive for public policy and charter schools.
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