Specifically, the Fordham Institute wants to cut back on how much authority for-profit management companies have over the nonprofit schools and to prohibit an authorizer – the group that oversees a charter school -- from selling its services to that school. 

Aaron Churchill, is the Ohio policy analyst for Fordham. He says the call for change is increasingly likely to be heard in the Statehouse as public pressure grows.

 “We’ve seen some stuff in the media that has been discouraging to a charter school advocate. And if all the actors in the charter-school system can get on the same page and actually understand what they are tasked to do and how they’re held accountable, I think that would be a huge step forward for the charter-school sector.” 

Churchill says another huge step would be giving charter schools an equal share of local -- as well as state -- tax dollars. Right now, only Cleveland shares the local tax money.