As public education authorities struggle with how best to reopen schools as the coronavirus crisis continues, one option may be to affiliate with a privately operated online or “virtual” charter school.

Here are questions and answers designed to help parents, legislators, and school districts evaluate the use of online charter schools. Additionally, we’ve included questions legislators, school districts, and parents should ask to before deciding whether to pursue education through an online charter school.

• Frequently asked questions about online charter schools
• Questions legislators should ask about online charter schools
• Questions school districts and state education authorities should ask about online charter schools
• Parents, get these questions answered before enrolling your kid in an online charter school