Giving Compass' Take:

• Here are six key points to know regarding why and how the Illinois State Board of Education will be reviewing the charter commissions' work and planning to change state charter school code. 

• How will this review help charter school progress in Illinois? 

• Learn about the challenges of running a charter school. 

Charter schools in Illinois that suffer setbacks locally will lose a route of appeal when the state charter commission shuts down next summer. But they’ll gain at least a partial recourse with the Illinois Board of Education.

The state board is planning how it will take over the charter commission’s controversial work of reviewing some charter appeals, after Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a bill abolishing the commission.

Public comment on the rules doesn’t begin until after the board approves them and submits the rules to the Secretary of State’s office.

At the board’s meeting last week, Superintendent Carmen Ayala and other administrators proposed changing various sections of the state charter school code. The board is scheduled to vote on the changes this winter.

Here’s what you need to know as Illinois moves forward with changes:

  1. The state board will only hear some appeals
  2. For new school appeals, charters will have to head to court
  3. For existing schools, a different authorizer
  4. The state board will draw funds from charter schools and commission funding
  5. Jennifer Saba, previously of the Chicago Public Schools charter office, will oversee the office that will review charter appeals
  6. The public can weigh in after the board rules

Read the full article about Illinois board takes over charters by Yana Kunichoff at Chalkbeat.