By Amanda Harrison
The cap limiting the number of Charter schools allowed has passed in the House and Senate.
CMU Public Radio spoke this week with State Superintendent Mike Flanagan. He said he is supportive of the move to lift the cap. He said there is 15 years of data to show the schools can be successfully managed.
"The reason I'm less concerned about the Charter schools is they're public schools and Central Michigan and others are good charter authorizes. I have the right to take away their authority to charter if they don't do a good job and we feel that they've stepped up. The fact that it caps off doesn't suddenly mean there is going to be another 500 schools, the universities are going to do this in a smart way."
Flanagan said he is skeptical about lifting the cap on Cyber schools because he said there is little data to show if K-12 online learning is successful.
The cap limiting the number of Charter schools allowed has passed in the House and Senate.
CMU Public Radio spoke this week with State Superintendent Mike Flanagan. He said he is supportive of the move to lift the cap. He said there is 15 years of data to show the schools can be successfully managed.
"The reason I'm less concerned about the Charter schools is they're public schools and Central Michigan and others are good charter authorizes. I have the right to take away their authority to charter if they don't do a good job and we feel that they've stepped up. The fact that it caps off doesn't suddenly mean there is going to be another 500 schools, the universities are going to do this in a smart way."
Flanagan said he is skeptical about lifting the cap on Cyber schools because he said there is little data to show if K-12 online learning is successful.