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The section of Minnesota Statutes that authorizes charter schools is Section 124D.10. Subdivision 2 of this Section defines who may attend
a charter school and it authorizes charters to limit their enrollment to certain categories of students if they wish.
A portion of Subd.9 follows:
"Subd. 9. Admission requirements. A charter school may limit admission to:
(1) ...
(2) people who are eligible to participate in the
graduation incentives program under section 124D.68; or ..."
Section 124D.68 defines the conditions wherein students may enroll in a
variety of alternative learning programs including ALCs (defined in Section
123A.05)
It is clear that a charter school may be created and enrollment in that
charter school may be limited to students who would otherwise qualify to be
enrolled in the ALC. In short, a charter school may function as an ALC and
may contract with area public school districts, just like our present ALC
does.
(I guess that uses up my two posts for today...)
-Leslie Hittner
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2006 2:19 PM
Subject: Re: [Winona] alc
> I need to all of my
homework before I can way in on Leslie Hittner's
> second
suggestion.
>
> But regarding the first. Over the past
13 months I have visited
> Dakota Charter about 6- 8 times and Ridgeway
three times, as well as
> all of our grade schools, and middle schools
and the high school
> several times. Realted to this discussion - I
haven't been called on
> by Ridgeway to visit as often - but have made
myself available.
> Generally I support charter schools. We may
send Alma to Ridgeway,
> but that decision at this point is based mostly
on proximity to our
> home. But 4 years is a long time from
now.
>
> As I understand, and I am certainly open to being better
educated -
> state pot or not - we taxpayers subsidize the lease payments
at about
> $500,000 to these schools. And while we receive
help from the state
> for busing and special ed - at the end of the day
SD 861 carries more
> of the weight of these costs via ratio comparison,
even after state
> aid. Part of this is due to the fact that SD 861
MAY have more to
> offer in terms of special ed, just due to the
fact of the sheer
> numbers we realize. A classic under-funded
Catch -22.
>
> My biggest concern and issue with charters - is that
charters are
> promoted by but under-funded by the state.
They must be funded 100%
> by the state - so that the "main" school
doesn't have to absorb the
> hidden costs of busing and special ed in the
tune of thousands and
> thousands of dollars. Leslie, I may be
wrong here and I appreciate
> your respectful input and thoughts to
better educate me - but this is
> what I understand after studying the
issue.
>
> I will carefully study your idea of chartering ALC, and
along with
> the Cotter idea, and off-peak scheduling will run it
by ALC
> personnel and others for feedback.
>
> Leslie -
down the road I would appreciate it if you can report back
> on journal
based research that speaks to your idea of a charter -
> ALC. If
not research based - then at least some lay person research,
> or at
barebones - some examples of other districts using this model
> in our
state, region, or nation. That would help me to understand
>
and perhaps later advance your argument for consideration.
>
>
>
> Kelly
>
>
> --
> Kelly Herold,
PhD
> Associate Professor of Communication Studies
> Winona State
University
> Winona, MN
> 55987
>
> 507 - 457 -
5242
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
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