Forty-six states and the District of Columbia permit charter schools to open, and 33 states plus D.C. allow independently governed charter schools that the Supreme Court may soon declare to be non-state actors not bound by constitutional obligations. This could create major legal tensions, as states may be unable to exclude religious charter schools from public funding while also losing the ability to enforce constitutional protections against discrimination and government establishment of religion. The issue stems from the Supreme Court’s increasing willingness to require states to fund religious institutions on equal terms with secular ones, potentially opening the door to publicly funded religious charter schools. States with independently governed charters could face heightened constitutional risk, while those with district-governed charter systems may be better positioned to preserve charter schools’ public character and oversight. The Appendix appears underneath the policy brief below. Suggested Citation: Welner, K.G., Burris, C.C., & Green, P.C. (2026). Avoiding the Supreme Court’s religious charter-school trap: Governance change for the new legal era. Boulder, CO: National Education Policy Center. Retrieved [date], from http://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/religious-charters

Charter schools have been around for roughly 35 years. The first charter school in the country, City Academy High School, opened in St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1992. Data from the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools shows that 4,690 charter schools closed between 1998 and 2022; that is, nearly 4,700 charter schools have closed in […]

By the end of this summer, state officials had stopped reporting on where program participants had gone to school in previous years.

The founder of one of Arizona's largest charter school networks is now facing a criminal investigation over allegations his political action committee illegally funneled corporate cash to two dozen Republican state legislative candidates.Glenn Way, CEO of Charter One LLC and chairman of the Educatio...

Charter grads make about 20% less income than traditional public school graduates. After 30 years, $20 billion and more than double the state per pupil revenue, you’d think we’d have better results.

Americans across the partisan divide seem increasingly fed up with school voucher schemes, which funnel public funds to unaccountable private entities. Even Betsy DeVos’s lobbying group is getting nervous about the voucher backlash.

According to the Austin American-Statesman (September 7, 2026), “Academic performance at Austin-area charter schools generally remained the same or slightly declined from 2025 to 2026 on the state’s annual A-F ratings that were released in mid-August.” More specifically, “Of the 65 charter campuses graded across the Austin area in both years, 17% increased their scores […]

Jason Riegert, his wife and former office administrator are accused of spending school funds from Academy del Sol on personal luxuries like plastic surgery.

BATON ROUGE - The former head of Impact Charter School pleaded not guilty to theft and embezzlement charges in federal court Tuesday.

TUCSON — Attorney General Kris Mayes today announced that Jason Riegert, the former Ex

The agreement resolves Civil Rights claims against the Franklin Towne Charter High School and former CEO Joseph Venditti. The Justice Department alleged that in January 2023, Franklin Towne manipulated its admissions lottery to keep out applicants from predominantly Black ZIP codes. | KYW Newsradio

Add this to the fact that 1 in 5 Ohio Charter Schools have been on the state’s lowedt-performing-schools-in-the-state list since 2018 and you can see that Ohio still has a crappy charter school sector

The charges come after a roughly two-year investigation in the aftermath of Ramone Davenport's firing amid fraud and fiscal mismanagement allegations.

Alpha School quadrupled its Texas private school campuses. Most are eligible for state dollars through the new voucher program.