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Scott, George A. – US Government Accountability Office, 2011
Almost 40 percent of all public school students in the District of Columbia (D.C. or District) were enrolled in charter schools in the 2010-11 school year. The D.C. School Reform Act established the Public Charter School Board (PCSB) for the purpose of authorizing and overseeing charter schools. Congress required GAO (US Government Accountability…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, School Restructuring, Real Estate, Boards of Education
Ashby, Cornelia M. – US Government Accountability Office, 2010
Between fiscal years 2004 and 2009, Congress appropriated nearly $190 million in federal payments for school improvement to the District of Columbia (D.C.). This includes $85 million to the state education office--currently the Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE)--to expand public charter schools and $105 million to D.C. Public…
Descriptors: Expenditures, Charter Schools, Educational Finance, Educational Change