The federal Charter Schools Program (CSP) statute mandates that funded charter schools have authorization, operate under agreed-upon educational objectives, and maintain a written performance contract with their authorizer, detailing student performance measures.

This document provides an at-a-glance summary of state and territorial authorizers, and their appeals processes for denied applications. Each state profile identifies entities authorized to approve charter schools and the procedures for appeals, where applicable. WestEd included references to relevant laws for easy verification, ensuring shareholders have accurate, actionable information to navigate these essential processes.

For more information, review the other guides in the State Charter Laws series: