Talk:Alberta charter schools: Difference between revisions
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*The one spot where I found their name (in the same report), was in reference to ECS(Kindergarden) program. |
*The one spot where I found their name (in the same report), was in reference to ECS(Kindergarden) program. |
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Anyway, I don't know what the status is, so didn't include it, despite the fact it does appear on the province's web site, as a charter school. This could be my mistake. --[[User:Thivierr|rob]] 13:42, 24 August 2005 (UTC) |
Anyway, I don't know what the status is, so didn't include it, despite the fact it does appear on the province's web site, as a charter school. This could be my mistake. --[[User:Thivierr|rob]] 13:42, 24 August 2005 (UTC) |
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== Charter schools are a type of private school == |
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In Alberta, the School Act, section 31, says: "31(1) A person or society may apply to the Minister for the establishment of a charter school to be operated by a society incorporated under the Societies Act or a company registered under Part 9 of the Companies Act." That is, in Alberta, charter schools are operated by a society or not-for-profit corporation; they are not operated by a public school authority. In Alberta, a charter school may not use the word "public" in its name. Legally, they are a class of private school. |
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In addition, the facilities used by charter schools, in Alberta, are not, in any case that I know of, owned by the provincial government. In most cases, the school facilities used by charter schools are owned by a public school or separate school district, and they are being used by the charter school subject to a direction or authorization from the Minister of Education. |
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The reason we don't call separate and/or francophone school authorities private is that they have a universal electorate within a described population, and the board of a separate and/or francophone school authority is elected according to the Local Authorities Election Act, and may be removed by the Minister according to the provisions of the School Act. The Board of a charter school is not accountable to a universal electorate, it is not elected according to the Local Authorities Elections Act, and the Minister, while he may terminate a charter, may not remove the Board of a charter school from office. |
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By corporate organization, by exclusion from the provisions of the Local Authorities Election Act, and by freedom from the threat of removal of the Board by the Minister, charter schools, at least in Alberta, are private institutions. A similarly careful analysis of the charter school provisions in American states would lead to a similar conclusion. |
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[[User:David King|David King]] 23:54, 2 April 2006 (UTC) |
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Revision as of 23:54, 2 April 2006
Mother Earth’s Children’s Charter School
This charter school was excluded because:
- The official web site is "under construction"
- When looking at summaries of reports filed with the province, I didn't see the school included.
- The one spot where I found their name (in the same report), was in reference to ECS(Kindergarden) program.
Anyway, I don't know what the status is, so didn't include it, despite the fact it does appear on the province's web site, as a charter school. This could be my mistake. --rob 13:42, 24 August 2005 (UTC)
Charter schools are a type of private school
In Alberta, the School Act, section 31, says: "31(1) A person or society may apply to the Minister for the establishment of a charter school to be operated by a society incorporated under the Societies Act or a company registered under Part 9 of the Companies Act." That is, in Alberta, charter schools are operated by a society or not-for-profit corporation; they are not operated by a public school authority. In Alberta, a charter school may not use the word "public" in its name. Legally, they are a class of private school.
In addition, the facilities used by charter schools, in Alberta, are not, in any case that I know of, owned by the provincial government. In most cases, the school facilities used by charter schools are owned by a public school or separate school district, and they are being used by the charter school subject to a direction or authorization from the Minister of Education.
The reason we don't call separate and/or francophone school authorities private is that they have a universal electorate within a described population, and the board of a separate and/or francophone school authority is elected according to the Local Authorities Election Act, and may be removed by the Minister according to the provisions of the School Act. The Board of a charter school is not accountable to a universal electorate, it is not elected according to the Local Authorities Elections Act, and the Minister, while he may terminate a charter, may not remove the Board of a charter school from office.
By corporate organization, by exclusion from the provisions of the Local Authorities Election Act, and by freedom from the threat of removal of the Board by the Minister, charter schools, at least in Alberta, are private institutions. A similarly careful analysis of the charter school provisions in American states would lead to a similar conclusion.