Charter schools may, however, apply for waivers to specific state and federal statutes and school district regulations and policies. Most of the charter schools in Colorado have applied for and received waivers to a core group of 16 waivers. Anyone who is willing to invest their time into submitting a proposal. Charter schools have opened with a small group of people putting in a few hundred hours and also from large groups of people investing thousands of hours of their time. Special Education is often similar to the neighborhood school.
Charter schools offer a wide variety of curriculums and educational philosophies.
A board of directors is responsible for the school. The board hires an administrator. Parents have a voice in the running of the school through directorships on the board, they're directly involved in their child's educational decisions and are often very involved volunteering their time. Some charter schools mandate parents volunteering a specific number of hours. The law requires charter schools to educate their Special Education students.