DPS Charter Public Schools Resources

Charter schools are public schools

Charter schools do not charge tuition (other than ECE, based on salary and family size- like almost all DPS public schools)

Charter schools do not have special entrance requirements

Charter schools are bound by federal and state public school laws

Charter schools do not discriminate

Charter schools accept students with disabilities and/or special needs

Charter schools do not teach religion

Charter school teachers must be "highly qualified" under the No Child Left Behind Act

Charter schools do not act as boundary/home schools

Many Charter schools have different entrance priorities