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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.

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.

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.

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.