Summary of Issues Raised at Workshops

• Major concerns raised

  • Potential exclusion of choice option schools from the definition of "alternative school"

    • Some charters serve at-risk populations and have students referred to the school

  • Crediting of students back to the "home school"

    • What limitations? Only referred students? Can middle school student performance be credited back to an elementary school?

  • Lack of a full-year enrollment requirement for the school improvement rating

    • Statute specifies Survey 2 and/or Survey 3