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Charter ad-hoc committee agrees on some charter renewal changes, defers enrollment-cap vote to board
Summary
An ad-hoc committee reviewing the local charter school’s renewal agreed to let some graduating seniors be excused from additional assessments under Act 158 and shifted the charter’s annual reporting process to require advance submission of its data report.
The Keystone Central ad-hoc committee on Feb. 3 reviewed renewal requests from the local charter school and agreed on several procedural changes while deferring a requested enrollment increase to the full board for decision.
Committee findings and agreements District Superintendent Doctor Redmond told the committee that the charter renewal review must rely on six legal criteria established for charter renewals. Committee minutes show the group found no criterion that currently indicates grounds to deny renewal based on performance data. The charter’s language-arts and mathematics performance showed rebound to near pre-pandemic levels, Doctor Redmond said.
The ad-hoc committee took three actions during its January–February meetings: - It agreed with a proposed modification to allow students in grade 12 who have…
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