Who is the employer of the faculty and staff of a charter school?
The charter petition defines who will be the employer of the faculty and staff at a charter school. Conversion charter schools often continue to name the local board of education as the employer with no change to benefits and the salary schedule. Start-up charter schools may designate the governing board of the school, the non-profit governing board, or an education management organization (EMO) as the employer. In the case of the latter, the salary schedule may or may not be the same as the Georgia Annual/Monthly Teacher & Administrator Salary Schedule. Various arrangements are made to provide benefits packages to employees. For example, the charter school’s governing board may contract with a private company to provide benefits to employees of the charter school.
