Reply #137: All charters are publicly funded.

[LWolf]

Those that do not filter student populations in one way or another are rare. And even those can cap enrollments.

When your enrollment is capped, you can enroll students "first come, first served," or by lottery.

When it's "first come, first served," it still filters students. Families who have the resources start camping the day before registration forms are accepted.

A charter school may get money the same way, but a charter school is not as accountable for what it does with the money, and does not have to adhere to all the regulations and policies that public schools taking public money do.



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http://www.blackagendareport.com/?q=content/obamas-public-education-policy-privatization-charters-mass-firings-neighborhood-destabilizat