Colorado Charter Schools

Old tid

214

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Number of Charter Schools

272

Students in Charter Schools

132,643

Year Legislation Passed

1993

Source Organization

National Alliance for Public Charter Schools

State Resources

Colorado Charter School Guidebook 2021-2022

Toolkits 01 May, 2021

The CSI Guidebook is designed to support CSI School Leaders and school staff.

Colorado Performance Management Charter School Family and Community Charter School Management Organizations State Education Agency

Charter School Turnaround at University Preparatory Schools

Case Study 26 Sep, 2018

“College starts in kindergarten.” That is the motto of University Preparatory Schools (University Prep) public charter school network in Denver, CO, where scholars in grades K-5… Read More

Colorado Turn-around Charter School Family and Community Charter School Management Organizations

Colorado Charter School Guidebook, 2018-2019

Reports 01 May, 2018

The CSI Guidebook is designed to support CSI School Leaders and school staff.

Colorado Performance Management

An Analysis of the Charter School Facility Landscape in Colorado

Reports 19 Mar, 2018

In the spring of 2017, the National Charter School Resource Center (NCSRC), the Colorado League of Charter Schools (the League) and the National Alliance for Public Charter… Read More

Colorado Facilities Planning and Designing State Reports Charter School Family and Community Charter School Management Organizations Educators State Education Agency

CSI Annual Review of Schools Reports (2017)

Reports 01 Dec, 2017

The CSI Annual Review of Schools (CARS) is the system used to annually evaluate and accredit its schools based on Academic, Financial, and Organizational Performance Frameworks.

Colorado Performance Management Charter School Family and Community Charter School Management Organizations State Education Agency

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Key Contacts

State Education Agency

Colorado Department of Education Colorado Charter Schools
Denver, CO

(303) 866-6600 | email | website

Charter Support Organization(s)

Colorado League of Charter Schools
Denver, CO

(303) 989-5356 | email | website

Opening/Expanding a Charter School (click here)

CSP Grant

Colorado has an active CSP SE grant. For more information on SE grantees, click here.

Charter school developers are not eligible to apply for Grants to Charter School Developers for the Opening of New Charter Schools ("Developer" grants) in states with an active SE grant. For complete eligibility information for Developer grants, see the NIA and clarifying correction.