Who will Control Charter Schools –
Local School Board, State Board or Feds?

What did they know; when did they know it?

Georgia was the third state in the nation to enact charter schools legislation. S.B. 74 of 1993
defined a “charter” as a binding performance contract between the charter school, its local
board of education and the State Board of Education. A charter substitutes for state education
laws as well as state and local rules, policies, regulations and standards as governance for the
charter school. S.B. 74 authorized existing public schools to apply for three-year charters, if
approved by two-thirds of the school faculty and instructional staff, the parents of students
enrolled in the school, the local board of education and the State Board of Education.

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