At least 50% of the charter school's teaching staff must hold appropriate teaching certificates. Teachers in charter schools are employees of the charter school and have the right to organize and bargain collectively in a separate unit or may choose to operate the charter school themselves as partners or members of a cooperative.

Charter schools will be funded by per-pupil allocations from state and local sources based on the essential programs and services model of school funding. The state and local per-pupil payments will be sent to each charter school or other public school chosen for each child. Funds for operating costs, transportation costs, vocational costs and special education costs will follow each child to the public charter school chosen.