Charter School Resolution
October 9, 1995

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The following resolution was adopted on October 9, 1995:

RESOLUTION REGARDING CHARTER SCHOOLS

WHEREAS the State Board of Education supports high academic results and charter schools have been recognized as independent, innovative, public schools whose focus is on academic performance; and

WHEREAS the key to the charter school concept is that participating schools receive waivers from certain state and local laws and regulations in exchange for the schools achieving the performance objectives that they enumerated when they applied for their charters; and

WHEREAS the State Superintendent of Public Instruction may grant waivers from certain statutes or rules as authorized by Section 3302.07 of the Revised Code; and

WHEREAS numerous states have authorized creation of, and are implementing, charter schools; and

WHEREAS Congress has endorsed the charter school concept by stating in Part C of PL.103-382, Improving America's Schools Act, that one of the findings was that "enhancement of parent and student choices among public schools can assist in promoting comprehensive educational reform..." and by appropriating $6 million in fiscal year 1995 to help fund charter schools; and

WHEREAS the charter school concept shows considerable educational promise; Therefore, Be It

RESOLVED, that the State Board of Education support legislation that would allow Ohio to join the other innovative states that have added this powerful alternative to their education reform agenda, and Be It

FURTHER RESOLVED, that the State Board of Education support legislation that would grant authority to school district boards of education to pilot charter schools to test how successful they are in meeting stated objectives that foster high academic results.

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