Charter school facilities funding bill approved by Idaho Senate
The Idaho senate in a 20-15 vote has approved a bill that would begin directing about $1.4 million next fall to the 40 charter schools across the state.
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Former employees claim fraud against Pennsylvania cyber-charter school operator
According to The Notebook, a number of former employees claim that K12, Inc, a for-profit education company, used dubious and sometimes fraudulent tactics to mask astronomical rates of student turnover in its national network of cyber charter schools.
Continue reading...Suit claims Georgia’s charter school amendment’s ballot language attempts to deceive voters
The Athens Banner-Herald reports that a lawsuit filed in state court charges that Governor Nathan Deal and other state officials have deliberately misled voters with ballot language describing a proposed constitutional amendment.
Continue reading...Georgia state court dismisses charter campaign suit against school district and state school boards association
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that Gwinnett County Superior Court Judge K. Dawson Jackson on Thursday denied an injunction request against Gwinnett County Public Schools and the Georgia School Boards Association, both of which had been accused of campaigning against the charter schools amendment on taxpayer time.
Continue reading...North Carolina district settles funding lawsuit with local charter school
As reported on StarNewsOnline.com, the Pender County Board of Education has settled a lawsuit brought by Charter Day School, a local charter school, for $27,900.
Continue reading...As enrollment drops, some school districts see higher proportion of special needs students
As reported by the Associated Press (AP) in The Washington Post, the high cost of educating students with special needs is disproportionately falling on traditional public schools as other students increasingly opt for alternatives that are not always readily open to those requiring special education.
Continue reading...Texas charter school advocates sue over funding and cap on schools
As reported on Statesman.com, Texas charter school advocates opened up a new front in the school finance battle with a lawsuit claiming that disparities in funding and a cap on the number of new charter schools violate the state constitution.
Continue reading...GAO report reveals charter schools falling short of federal mandate in enrollment of special education students
According to The Wall Street Journal, a report published by the federal Government Accountability Office has found that charter schools are not enrolling as high a portion of special education students as traditional public schools, despite federal laws mandating that publicly financed schools run by private entities take almost every disabled student seeking to enroll.
Continue reading...Michigan enacts new law to increase number of online charter schools
According to an Associated Press report in Education Week, Governor Rick Snyder has signed into law a measure that will allow more online charter schools.
Continue reading...Indiana legislature considering “parent trigger” bill allowing conversion of public school into charter
The Associated Press (AP) reports in the Evansville Courier & Press that the Indiana House of Representatives is considering a measure that would allow parents to vote to turn public schools over to charter school operators. The idea is part of a national wave that started in Los Angeles in 2009 and has been considered in statehouses nationwide over the last two years.
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