From the PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW:
- For charter schools, only three-quarters of teachers must be certified by the state. For districts, 100 percent must be certified. State certification is intended to prove teachers’ qualifications, and the federal government uses it to determine whether a teacher is “highly qualified,” as laid out in the No Child Left Behind Law.
- With special-needs students, charter schools are not required to have specific plans for different kinds of learning disabilities, and they do not have to submit detailed special-education reports to the state.
- District school construction must be approved by the state Department of Education in a time-consuming process called PlanCon. Charter schools cannot receive reimbursement, but the charter law exempts these schools from any facility regulations that do not pertain to health or safety…
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