Welcome to the ECS State Policies for Charter Schools Database!

This database contains information about the state policies for charter schools in each state. From this database, you can generate profiles of the state policies for charter schools in individual states, create comparisons of specific types of state policies for charter schools across several states and view predetermined reports on state policies for charter schools.

At the present time, 40 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico have enacted charter school laws, so this database only contains information for them. It does not contain any information for the 10 states that have not enacted charter school laws.

Maintenance of this database is a collective effort between ECS and the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools. Please contact us with questions or comments about the database. (Last updated in early 2006)

School or Student Preference Charter School Caps Charter School Authorizers/Sponsors School Appeals Process Per-Pupil Funding Start-Up/Planning Grants Facilities Funds/Facilities Assistance Waivers Charter School Teacher Certification Collective Bargaining Agreements

In compiling the information for this database, we employed the following methods: