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Charter school leaders who are legal citizens of the United States, have the resources availability and can adhere to rigorous charter school application requirements, can apply for either an individual or organization model. An individual owner(s) model is designed to allow experienced school administrators, teachers, community leaders, or political leaders to have complete ownership and management responsibilities of a school(s). The organization model is designed to allow an offsite administrative team to manage the back-office responsibilities of the school while skilled teachers and support staff manage the students and the schools. For either model, a designated person is responsible for the completion of a comprehensive and rigorous application process. Once the application is completed, it is submitted to the Board of Trustees of a local sponsor (e.g. a university, an educational institution, or a 501C (3) non-profit agency. Once a partnership is established with the local sponsor, and the application process is approved, charter school owners are eligible to receive state and federal funding. The designated owners have the authorization to enroll students while adhering to strict local, state, and federal guidelines.