What process will the Mayors Office use to hold charter schools accountable for results?
Indiana law requires each charter school to be reviewed at least once every five years. The Mayor’s Office is developing a more comprehensive charter school accountability system. The basic outline of the system is as follows. In the first twelve to eighteen months of a school’s charter, each charter school establishes its goals in an accountability plan. Once approved by the Indianapolis Charter Schools Director, the accountability plan becomes an amendment to the school’s charter and part of the legally binding contract. Each school must submit fiscal audits as well as quarterly financial reports. In addition, the Mayor’s Office will coordinate site visits to each school and will enlist an independent third party to administer annual surveys of charter school staff and parents.
