Resources Filtered by: Facilities

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Ohio Community Schools (Charter Schools) and Colocation Law

Ohio law was changed in 2011 to specifically allow two or more community schools (charter schools) to be located in the same facility. The new provision of the “Specification of use and acquisition of facilities” section of the law recognized a practice already in place in Ohio. As of March 2012, there were 27 collocations in the state, with 11 sharing a building with a traditional public school and 16 involving two or three charter schools sharing a site, according to the Ohio Department of Education.

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Summaries of State Charter School Facility Laws

Only a few states have passed laws to provide charter schools with support for facilities. The U.S. Department of Education developed this webpage to provide links to laws in four states that have received State Charter School Facilities Incentive Grants.

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Charter School Facilities Requirements

This report by the Low Income Investment Fund (LIIF) provides brokers, landlords, and developers an introduction to the fundamentals of charter schools, the economics and financing, and the key issues and considerations when leasing.

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DesignShare

This website houses case studies of innovative learning environments that charter school school leaders might consider as they plan for facilities. It provides information on design and funding and shares examples of charter schools with exemplary facilities.

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Smaller, Safer, Saner Successful Schools

This report combines profiles of district and charter public schools from all over the United States with a research summary, revealing how educators and community members have created and built these schools from small and shared facilities.

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Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act (AHERA) Guidance

This Environmental Protection Agency website offers guidance on the Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act (AHERA) and how school facilities can comply with its provisions.

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Findings and Conclusions: Charter School Landlord Denied Property Tax Exemption, Indiana

This June 2011 Findings and Conclusions from the Allen County (Indiana) Property Tax Assessment Board of Appeals provides details about the denial of a property tax exemption for Jerit, CS Fund 1 LLC for a site it owns in Fort Wayne, Indiana that is leased by Imagine Schools, Inc., for a charter school. The denial was the subject of an article in The Journal Gazette of Fort Wayne.

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Charter School Bond Issuance: A Complete History

This June 2011 comprehensive study by the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) reports on charter school tax-exempt bond transactions completed over the past 13 years.

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A Decade of Results: Charter School Loan and Operating Performance

This May 2011 report prepared by Ernst & Young examines the connection between charter school performance and loan performance. The report covers a variety of performance indicators on 430 loans totaling $1.2 billion from 2000 to 2009. Data about foreclosures, refinancings and extensions, and loan terms, as well as school-based characteristics such as size and academic performance are included in the report.

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Making Room for New Public Schools: How Innovative School Districts are Learning to Share Public Education Facilities with Charter Schools

Through a combination of policy analysis and interviews with key stakeholders, the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools produced this April 2011 report on charter schools that were able to secure vacant public school facilities from their local districts. The report concludes with a series of best practices recommendations based on the profiles.