Charter Schools: Laws and Regulations

•   Massachusetts General Law Chapter 71 § 89: Charter Schools
  Chapter 71: Section 89. Commonwealth charter schools; Horace Mann charter schools; applications; enrollment; employees; funding. (1/1/93)

•   Massachusetts Regulations on Charter Schools: 603 CMR 1.00
  The purpose of 603 CMR 1.00 is to provide uniform rules and procedures governing the establishment of charter schools. (1/25/05)

•   Chapter 46 of the Acts of 1997
  An act relative to charter schools to establish a tuition reimbursement program for districts sending pupils to Commonwealth charter schools. (7/11/97)

•   Section 31 of Chapter 352 of the Acts of 2004
  An act revising the charter school statute, M.G.L. 71 § 89, which implements sweeping changes to the charter school funding and reimbursement formulas. (9/17/04)

•      Understanding Charter School Reimbursements
  A primer on the charter school tuition reimbursement programs. (08/15/08)