Happydaz - In Florida, Charter schools send an application to the local school board for approval. The application (charter) outlines the services they will provide, the curriculum, the parent requirements, etc. The school board reviews the charter and decides whether or not to approve the school. So in the case of The Villages schools the charter must state the requirements for attending.
Charter schools are funded with our tax dollars just like public schools. If a student attends a charter school the majority of FTE money that would have gone to the school district goes to the charter school instead.
There are some exceptional charters like The Villages Charter schools and there are some really terrible charter schools.
If charter schools take federal money they must accommodate people with disabilities.
This is a very simplistic summary - the process for getting a charter school is very involved.
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