What is the Missouri Public Charter School Commission doing with the 1.5%?

There is something deeply dishonest about demanding extraordinary performance from institutions you have no intention of stabilizing.

For years, charter schools across Missouri have operated under a system requiring them to surrender 1.5% of their funding to the Missouri Public Charter School Commission for oversight and sponsorship. The fee is justified as necessary for accountability, governance, compliance, and performance monitoring. But after years of watching schools navigate instability, probation, staffing crises, leadership exhaustion, facility struggles, …