2. A Variety of Charter Public Schools Allowed

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Are a variety of charter schools allowed?

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2
Score Meanings
0 × 2 = 0 — Not applicable
1 × 2 = 2 — The state only allows public school conversions.
2 × 2 = 4 — Not applicable
3 × 2 = 6 — The state allows new startups but not public school conversions.
4 × 2 = 8 — The state allows new startups and public school conversions.
Subcomponents
New startups.
Public school conversions.

State Scores for this Component

Are a variety of charter schools allowed?

Alabama law allows new start-ups and public school conversions.

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Key
Yes
Some
No
Yes
2A
New startups.
Yes
2B
Public school conversions.

Are a variety of charter schools allowed?

Alaska law allows new starts and public school conversions.

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Key
Yes
Some
No
Yes
2A
New startups.
Yes
2B
Public school conversions.

Are a variety of charter schools allowed?

Arizona law allows new start-ups and public school conversions.

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Key
Yes
Some
No
Yes
2A
New startups.
Yes
2B
Public school conversions.

Are a variety of charter schools allowed?

Arkansas law allows new start-ups and public school conversions.

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Key
Yes
Some
No
Yes
2A
New startups.
Yes
2B
Public school conversions.

Are a variety of charter schools allowed?

California law allows new start-ups and public school conversions.

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Key
Yes
Some
No
Yes
2A
New startups.
Yes
2B
Public school conversions.

Are a variety of charter schools allowed?

Colorado law allows new start-ups and public school conversions.

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Key
Yes
Some
No
Yes
2A
New startups.
Yes
2B
Public school conversions.

Are a variety of charter schools allowed?

Connecticut law provides that state charters are new start-ups and are approved by the state board of education.  It also provides that local charters are conversions of a traditional public school or part of a traditional public school into a charter school and are approved by the local or regional board of education of the school districts in which it is located and by the state board of education.

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Key
Yes
Some
No
Yes
2A
New startups.
Yes
2B
Public school conversions.

Are a variety of charter schools allowed?

Delaware law allows new start-ups and public school conversions.

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Key
Yes
Some
No
Yes
2A
New startups.
Yes
2B
Public school conversions.

Are a variety of charter schools allowed?

The law allows new start-ups and public school conversions.

Subcomponents

Key
Yes
Some
No
Yes
2A
New startups.
Yes
2B
Public school conversions.

Are a variety of charter schools allowed?

Florida law allows new start-ups and public school conversions.

Subcomponents

Key
Yes
Some
No
Yes
2A
New startups.
Yes
2B
Public school conversions.

Are a variety of charter schools allowed?

Georgia law allows new start-ups and public school conversions.

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Key
Yes
Some
No
Yes
2A
New startups.
Yes
2B
Public school conversions.

Are a variety of charter schools allowed?

Hawaii law allows new start-ups and public school conversions.

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Key
Yes
Some
No
Yes
2A
New startups.
Yes
2B
Public school conversions.

Are a variety of charter schools allowed?

Idaho law allows new start-ups and public school conversions.

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Key
Yes
Some
No
Yes
2A
New startups.
Yes
2B
Public school conversions.

Are a variety of charter schools allowed?

Illinois law allows new start-ups and public school conversions.

Subcomponents

Key
Yes
Some
No
Yes
2A
New startups.
Yes
2B
Public school conversions.

Are a variety of charter schools allowed?

Indiana law allows new start-ups and public school conversions.

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Key
Yes
Some
No
Yes
2A
New startups.
Yes
2B
Public school conversions.

Are a variety of charter schools allowed?

Iowa law allows applications for converting an existing building into a charter school or creating a new building for a charter school (which is interpreted as a new start-upnew start-ups and conversions).

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Key
Yes
Some
No
Yes
2A
New startups.
Yes
2B
Public school conversions.

Are a variety of charter schools allowed?

Kansas law allows new start-ups and public school conversions.

Subcomponents

Key
Yes
Some
No
Yes
2A
New startups.
Yes
2B
Public school conversions.

Are a variety of charter schools allowed?

Louisiana law allows new start-ups and public school conversions. Louisiana law divides them into types: Type 1 (new start-up approved by local school board); Type 2 (new start-up or public school conversion approved by state board of education); Type 3 (public school conversion approved by local school board); Type 3B (a former type 5 charter school transferred from the recovery school district to the administration and management of the transferring local school system); Type 4 (new start-up or public school conversion based on contract between local school board and state board of education), and Type 5 (public school conversion transferred to the recovery school district and authorized by the state board of education).

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Key
Yes
Some
No
Yes
2A
New startups.
Yes
2B
Public school conversions.

Are a variety of charter schools allowed?

Maine law allows new start-ups and public school conversions.

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Key
Yes
Some
No
Yes
2A
New startups.
Yes
2B
Public school conversions.

Are a variety of charter schools allowed?

Maryland law allows new start-ups and public school conversions.

Subcomponents

Key
Yes
Some
No
Yes
2A
New startups.
Yes
2B
Public school conversions.

Are a variety of charter schools allowed?

Massachusetts law allows new start-ups and public school conversions.

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Key
Yes
Some
No
Yes
2A
New startups.
Yes
2B
Public school conversions.

Are a variety of charter schools allowed?

Michigan law allows new start-ups and public school conversions.

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Key
Yes
Some
No
Yes
2A
New startups.
Yes
2B
Public school conversions.

Are a variety of charter schools allowed?

Minnesota law allows new start-ups and public school conversions.

Subcomponents

Key
Yes
Some
No
Yes
2A
New startups.
Yes
2B
Public school conversions.

Are a variety of charter schools allowed?

Mississippi law allows new start-ups and public school conversions.

Subcomponents

Key
Yes
Some
No
Yes
2A
New startups.
Yes
2B
Public school conversions.

Are a variety of charter schools allowed?

Missouri law allows new start-ups and public school conversions.

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Key
Yes
Some
No
Yes
2A
New startups.
Yes
2B
Public school conversions.

Are a variety of charter schools allowed?

Nevada law allows new start-ups but not public school conversions.

Subcomponents

Key
Yes
Some
No
Yes
2A
New startups.
No
2B
Public school conversions.

Are a variety of charter schools allowed?

New Hampshire law allows new start-ups and public school conversions.

Subcomponents

Key
Yes
Some
No
Yes
2A
New startups.
Yes
2B
Public school conversions.

Are a variety of charter schools allowed?

New Jersey law allows new start-ups and public school conversions.

Subcomponents

Key
Yes
Some
No
Yes
2A
New startups.
Yes
2B
Public school conversions.

Are a variety of charter schools allowed?

New Mexico law allows new start-ups but not public school conversions.

Subcomponents

Key
Yes
Some
No
Yes
2A
New startups.
No
2B
Public school conversions.

Are a variety of charter schools allowed?

New York law allows new start-ups and public school conversions.

Subcomponents

Key
Yes
Some
No
Yes
2A
New startups.
Yes
2B
Public school conversions.

Are a variety of charter schools allowed?

North Carolina law allows new start-ups and public school conversions.

Subcomponents

Key
Yes
Some
No
Yes
2A
New startups.
Yes
2B
Public school conversions.

Are a variety of charter schools allowed?

Ohio law allows new start-ups and public school conversions.

Subcomponents

Key
Yes
Some
No
Yes
2A
New startups.
Yes
2B
Public school conversions.

Are a variety of charter schools allowed?

Oklahoma law allows new start-ups and public school conversions.

Subcomponents

Key
Yes
Some
No
Yes
2A
New startups.
Yes
2B
Public school conversions.

Are a variety of charter schools allowed?

Oregon law allows new start-ups and public school conversions.

Subcomponents

Key
Yes
Some
No
Yes
2A
New startups.
Yes
2B
Public school conversions.

Are a variety of charter schools allowed?

Pennsylvania law allows new start-ups and public school conversions.

Subcomponents

Key
Yes
Some
No
Yes
2A
New startups.
Yes
2B
Public school conversions.

Are a variety of charter schools allowed?

Rhode Island law allows new start-ups and public school conversions.

Subcomponents

Key
Yes
Some
No
Yes
2A
New startups.
Yes
2B
Public school conversions.

Are a variety of charter schools allowed?

South Carolina law allows new start-ups and public school conversions.

Subcomponents

Key
Yes
Some
No
Yes
2A
New startups.
Yes
2B
Public school conversions.

Are a variety of charter schools allowed?

Tennessee law allows new start-ups and public school conversions.

Subcomponents

Key
Yes
Some
No
Yes
2A
New startups.
Yes
2B
Public school conversions.

Are a variety of charter schools allowed?

Texas law allows new start-ups and public school conversions.

Subcomponents

Key
Yes
Some
No
Yes
2A
New startups.
Yes
2B
Public school conversions.

Are a variety of charter schools allowed?

Utah law allows new start-ups and public school conversions.

Subcomponents

Key
Yes
Some
No
Yes
2A
New startups.
Yes
2B
Public school conversions.

Are a variety of charter schools allowed?

Virginia law allows new start-ups and public school conversions.

Subcomponents

Key
Yes
Some
No
Yes
2A
New startups.
Yes
2B
Public school conversions.

Are a variety of charter schools allowed?

Washington law allows new start-ups, but does not allow public school conversions.

Subcomponents

Key
Yes
Some
No
Yes
2A
New startups.
No
2B
Public school conversions.

Are a variety of charter schools allowed?

West Virginia law allows new start-ups and public school conversions.

Subcomponents

Key
Yes
Some
No
Yes
2A
New startups.
Yes
2B
Public school conversions.

Are a variety of charter schools allowed?

Wisconsin law allows new start-ups and public school conversions.

Subcomponents

Key
Yes
Some
No
Yes
2A
New startups.
Yes
2B
Public school conversions.

Are a variety of charter schools allowed?

Wyoming law allows new start-ups and public school conversions.

Subcomponents

Key
Yes
Some
No
Yes
2A
New startups.
Yes
2B
Public school conversions.