Calif. Reaches 'Historic' Charter School Agreement
Facing growing support for a charter school ballot initiative, the California legislature late last week easily passed a bill that would make the state's charter school law one of the most liberal in the nation.
The measure was immediately embraced by supporters of the citizen initiative, who have pledged to burn the petitions that have picked up 1.2 million signatures as soon as Gov. Pete Wilson signs the legislation.
And that won't be long, according to the Republican governor, who last Thursday immediately went on record in support of the bill, which represented a compromise by lawmakers, initiative...
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Correction:
This story incorrectly reported the number of charter schools operating nationwide. According to the Washington-based Center for Education Reform, there are 786 such schools.
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