The competition is inequitable when BPS is mandated to follow regulations that don’t apply to charters. The competition is inequitable when vulnerable student population groups at the charter schools do not reflect those in the public schools (e.g., as a group Buffalo charters’ English language learner population is 4 percent as compared with 16 percent in the BPS, and students with disabilities comprise 11 percent of the charter population compared with 22 percent in the BPS). The competition is inequitable when charters are allowed to return students who don’t meet their “standards” to the public schools (those students don’t contribute to the charter accountability stats, e.g., graduation, even if they’re returned close to the end of the school year). The competition is inequitable when the Buffalo School District has little input in the decision process that establishes charter schools and lacks authority to hold them accountable.