NAPCS submitted comments on the US Department of Educations proposed requirements for the newest round of Race to the Top: Race to the Top-District (RTT-D). NAPCS expressed support for the program’s emphasis on an individually focused approach to education and the inherent potential the program has to supplement the growth and expansion of high quality charter schools. However, there were a number of areas that we felt the Department should reevaluate, notably, the minimum size requirement for local education agency (LEA) eligibility. The minimum LEA size is currently set at 2500 students. Of the 2,525 charter LEAs in the 2010/2011 school year, only 27 LEAs would meet this requirement. That is only 1.07%!!! To learn more about our recommendation for eligibility criteria, and other areas of the application, read our full submission, and don’t forget to submit your own comments by June 8th.
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