Specific criteria to be used in the review include: academic performance, fiscal performance, governance, effective leadership, instructional quality, compliance with terms of charter contract and applicable laws and regulations, mission fulfillment with consideration also of parent and community support and significant positive or negative trends in performance, operations and/or governance. Data will be available to the charter school and the public.
According to 20-A, section 2411 subsection 3, paragraph B, applicants will (1) present additional evidence, beyond the data contained in the performance report, supporting its case for renewal, (2) describe improvements undertaken or planned for the school; and (3) detail the school's plans for the next charter term.
90- 668 C.M.R. ch. 3, § 5