Center on Reinventing Public Education

Unified enrollment can help ease the burden and dramatically reduce the confusion families face when confronted with a slew of uncoordinated application deadlines, informational materials, and procedures across a city’s charter schools, local district schools, or both. Such system inconsistencies and complexities can lead to families—particularly some of the city’s most vulnerable—having unequal access to both information and choice. For schools, system inconsistencies can lead to greater unpredictability around student mobility and enrollment, making it harder to strategically plan in key areas like budget and staffing.
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