Options for
Educational Choice provides parents with alternate educational opportunities
for their student. Options for
Educational Choice include Competent Private Instruction (CPI - the formal
instruction to children of compulsory attendance age outside the traditional
school setting), Post Secondary Education Options (PSEO providing limited
opportunities for high school students to pursue coursework not available in
their high school of attendance), and Charter Schools (a school established by
creating a new school within an existing public school or converting an
existing public school to charter status for the purpose of pursuing innovation
in education).
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Charter schools are public schools of choice. In Iowa, schools obtain charters only with the approval and oversight of their local school district. In addition to schools directly operated by a school district, charter school are another way that communities can create new public education options and partnerships for their children.
Contact: Del Hoover 515-281-8402 del.hoover@iowa.gov
Authorized Charter Schools
Buffalo Ridge Charter School (K-6th Grade)
Sioux Central Community School District
4400 US Highway 71
Sioux Rapids, Iowa 50585
712-283-2571
Administrator: Kevin Teno
Iowa Central Charter School (11-12th Grade)
Southeast Webster Community School District
P.O. Box 49 30850 Paragon Avenue
Burnside, Iowa 50521-0049
515-359-2235
Administrator: Mike Jorgenson
Storm Lake/Iowa Central/Buena Vista Early College Charter High School (9-12th Grade)
Storm Lake Community School District
P.O. Box 638
Storm Lake, Iowa 50588-0638
Administrator: Michael J. Hanna
Elma Elementary Charter School (K-6th Grade)
Howard-Winneshiek Community School District
P.O. Box 56 120 West Jackson
Elma, Iowa 52155
Administrator: Robert Hughes
Northeast Iowa Charter High School (9-12th Grade)
West Central Community School District
P.O. Box 54
Maynard, Iowa 50655-0054
563-637-2283
Administrator: Jim Patera
Lincoln Academy of Integrated Arts Charter School (K-5th Grade)
Davenport Community School District
318 East 7th Street
Davenport, Iowa 52803
563-324-0497
Administrator: Jeff Womack
Northwest Iowa Charter High School (9-12th Grade)
Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn Community School District
173 South Central Avenue
Hartley, Iowa
712-928-3406
Administrator: Mark Petersen
Prescott Elementary School (9-12th Grade)
Dubuque Community School District
1151 White Street
Dubuque, Iowa 52001
563-552-4200
Administrator: Christine McCarron
563-552-4200
Panorama Charter School (9-12th Grade)
Panorama Community School District
701 West Main- P.O. Box 39
Panora, Iowa 50216
641-755-2317
Administrator: Mark Johnson
eSigourney Entrepreneurial Academy for Leadership (7-12th Grade)
Sigourney Community School District
107 W. Marion
Sigourney, IA 51591
641-622-2025
Administrator: Jason Munn
Charter School Allocations
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 26 February 2008 )
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Competent private instruction (CPI) is private
instruction provided to a child in Iowa. "Private instruction" means instruction using a plan and course of study
in a setting other than a public school district or accredited nonpublic
school. The CPI category includes both
home schooled children and those in non-accredited nonpublic "schools." Iowa Code section 299A.1; 281 IAC chapter 31.
CPI Handbook 07-08
Contact:
Elizabeth Calhoun elizabeth.calhoun@iowa.gov
Iowa Department of Education
Grimes State Office Building
Des Moines, Iowa 50319-0146
515-281-8170
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Last Updated ( Monday, 17 December 2007 )
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Open Enrollment is the process by which parents/guardians residing in an
Iowa district may enroll their children into another Iowa school district under
the terms and conditions of Iowa Code section 282.18 and the administrative
rules of the Iowa Department of Education, 281 Iowa Administrative Code Chapter
17.
2008-2009 Open Enrollment
Notice to districts with desegregation plans: The 2008-09 Open Enrollment Application and Handbook may be modified following a review of the recent Supreme Court decision regarding educational policies related to race. Please note that changes in desegregation plans may be following.
 2008-2009 Open Enrollment Handbook and Application
 2008-2009 Open Enrollment Handbook and Application
2008-2009 Open Enrollment Application
2008-2009 Open Enrollment Application
2007-2008 Open Enrollment
 2007-2008 Open Enrollment Application Form (44.47 KB)
 2007-2008 Open Enrollment Application Form (79.5 KB)
Contact:
Lois Irwin, Consultant
515-281-8582
lois.irwin@iowa.gov
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 31 October 2007 )
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Options for Educational Choice 
