Public School Choice - Charter Schools
Charter Schools
The South Carolina Charter Schools Act defines a charter school as public, nonsectarian, nonreligious, nonhome-based, nonprofit, and nondiscriminatory. A charter school operates within a public school district and is open to all eligible students within that district. It is accountable to the local school board, which grants its charter. Charter Schools are an avenue for parents, teachers, and community members to create new and more flexible ways of educating students within the public school system. The Act supports an atmosphere in South Carolina's public school system where research and development in producing different learning opportunities is actively pursued and where teachers are given the flexibility to be innovative and the responsibility to be accountable.
Click here for 2008 Charter School Application Workshop information
- A Resource Guide
- 2008 Charter School Application
- Charter School Application Process
- Charter School Governing Board Information
- Dissemination Grant RFP
- List of Charter Schools
- Planning and Implementation Grant Program
- Sample Grant Proposals
- South Carolina Charter Schools Act
- SC Association of Public Charter Schools
- Links
- Statewide Virtual Charter School Applications