Improve student achievement & safety

1. DRAFT DOCUMENT – School District of Philadelphia - EmbargoedPrioritizing charter school renewal and growth decisions • Guarantee that every neighborhood has high-quality K-12 schools • That produce genuine student achievement gains • Move students from low-performing to high-performing, safe schools • Ensure equitable access to high-quality choices • Provide a diverse range of innovative programs to meet every student's needs • Signed charters • Negotiated enrollment caps • Preference given to neighborhood catchment areas • Work collaboratively to recruit students from specific schools • eg, facilities slated for closure • Use school district's facilities Improve student achievement & safety Fiscal prudence

2. Prioritizing charter school renewal and growth decisions Negotiate better terms Renew and expand High Consider renewal Improve student achievement & safety Consider closure Low Low High Fiscal prudence

3. Prioritizing charter school renewal and growth decisions Strategic priorities How to measure • High-quality choices in every neighborhood • Move students from low-performing to high-performing, safe schools • Equitable access and safety • Innovative programs • Signed charter • Enrollment agreements • Catchment area enrollments • Collaborative recruitment from specific schools • Willingness to use district facilities • Student growth • Rating of testing integrity • Comparison of charter school's performance to neighborhood schools • Ratings of admissions barriers, % special ed, % ELL compared with district, safety • Qualitative rating of program "uniqueness" • Signed charter in force • Enrollment agreements • % enrolled from designated catchment area • N/A – negotiated term • N/A – negotiated term Improve student achievement and safety Fiscal prudence

4. Process moving forward • The School Reform Commission invites all charter schools that have received a renewal or modification recommendation from the Office of Charter Schools to propose charter terms that advance the SRC's priorities in the following ways: • The Office of Charter Schools will work collaboratively with each charter school to identify potential issues and help ensure their proposal meets the SRC's priorities. • Beginning next Friday, April 27, 2012, and through June 30, 2012, the SRC will meet every Friday from 9-11 a.m. to consider charter school proposals. • With the exception of weeks of regularly scheduled SRC meetings (May 16, May 31, June 21). • For consideration on Friday, proposals must be submitted to the Office of Charter Schools by 5 p.m. the preceding Wednesday. • As necessary, the SRC will schedule additional meetings by request to consider proposals on a rolling basis. All additional meetings will be advertised in accordance with sunshine laws and open to the public. • Priority: Improving student achievement & safety • High-quality choices in every neighborhood • Move students from low-performing to high-performing, safe schools • Equitable access and safety • Innovative programs • Priority: Fiscal prudence • Signed charter • Enrollment agreements • Catchment area enrollments • Collaborative recruitment from specific schools • Willingness to use district facilities