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Charter and district schools are both public, tuition-free, and open to all students, but they differ in who runs them, how they enroll students, and who can…
Yes. Under federal law and New York State law, a charter school is a public school: it is publicly funded, tuition-free, nonsectarian, and accountable to a public…
In New York State, charter schools are authorized by entities that state law calls charter entities: certain school districts, the Board of Trustees of the State University…
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