They are generally designed and located so as to attract students to otherwise unpopular areas or schools, and are often created to promote racial balance. Postsecondary options are programs which enable high school students to enroll in college courses at government expense. Program courses may con tribute to high school graduation requirements as well as to their college programs. Second-chance options are alternative schools and programs for students who have difficulties in standard public school settings. Most often these students have either dropped out, are pregnant or parenting, have been assessed as chemically dependent, or have been expelled from their previous school.
Charter schools are publicly-sponsored autonomous schools.
They are substantially free of direct administrative control by the government but are held accountable for achieving certain levels of student performance and other specified outcomes. Workplace training programs are apprenticeships which teach students a skilled trade not offered through present vocational training. Costs are divided between the employer and the school district. Voucher plans constitute a system of certificate or cash payments by the government which enables public school students to attend schools of their choice, public or private. Vouchers have a fixed value and are redeemed at the time of enrollment.