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Charter schools are quasi-governmental organizations that are largely (but not entirely) paid for with state funds. They were created to provide schools with independence from calcified government bureaucracy.

Charter, a document granting certain specified rights, powers, privileges, or functions from the sovereign power of a state to an individual, corporation, city, or other unit of local organization.

Typically the Project Sponsor approves the charter by signing it (or indicating approval digitally). There may be multiple sponsors, particularly if this is a major project that requires heavy involvement from more than one department.

Charter and public schools are both funded by the government. Charter schools are run like privately owned schools; public schools are not. Charter schools get their funding from state tax income, grants, awards, and donations.Charter schools might receive private funds to augment, but they get less funding in total.

Charter schools have to be approved by an outside authority. Who plays that role is different from state to state. In states with more restrictive laws on charter schools, district school boards must approve charters. In other cases, state boards of education, mayors, or a special charter school board approve charters.

Charter schools are publicly-funded, tuition-free schools, but they differ from traditional public schools in key ways.In return for that flexibility, charter schools are supposed to be more accountable to parents and the state or local governments that authorize them.

California law allows local school boards, county boards of education, and the state board of education to authorize charter schools. The law provides that a local school board may approve charter schools that will operate within the geographic boundaries of the school district.