Missouri Eyes Earmarking Money For Charter School Oversight
Missouri is poised to become the first state to earmark money specifically for charter school sponsors to oversee such schools, national charter school experts say.
Details of the legislation, which would provide a total of about $750,000 to the school districts and higher education institutions authorized to sponsor charter schools in the state, were being hashed out in a state House-Senate conference committee late last week.
The measure's sponsor, Sen. Bill Kenney, a Republican, said it would create a fairer financing system for charter schools and the...
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