The first full-time virtual charter public schools opened in the late 1990s. Since that time, the number of these schools has greatly expanded across the country.

50CAN jointly produced this report with NACSA and the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools to spur action by state leaders and authorizers. This report provides basic information about full-time virtual charter public schools, presents data about their results, and outlines a set of policy recommendations that states should adopt to improve the performance of full-time virtual charter schools across the country.