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State Board debates accountability framework for new Opportunity Public Charter Schools
Summary
Tennessee officials proposed an Opportunity Public Charter School accountability framework that would delay consequential letter grades in Year 1, apply continuous‑enrollment weighting, and offer adjusted growth and ACT pathways; board members raised concerns about definitions, data limitations and potential effects on operators and traditional districts.
The State Board received a departmental recommendation for an accountability framework tailored to Opportunity Public Charter Schools, a new category created by Public Chapter 10‑66. Jonathan Crystal and David Laird of the Tennessee Department of Education explained statutory eligibility and the department’s modeling assumptions.
Jonathan Crystal summarized the statute: Opportunity schools must serve at least 75% ‘at‑risk’ students as defined by income (household at or below 400% of the federal poverty level) plus at least one of eight specific criteria (for example, migrant status, homelessness, foster…
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