Avoiding Accountability: How Charter Operators Evade Ohio's Automatic Closure Law
Type
Fact Sheet or Infographic
Year
2013
Level
City or Town
State(s)
Ohio
Policy Areas
Education
Ohio's charter-closure law requires the automatic closure of charter schools that fail to meet academic standards. However. loopholes in the closure law allow sponsors and charter management organizations (CMOs) to keep failing schools open despite orders to close. This report discusses eight case studies that demonstrate the charter-closure law's loophole in action.