Ohio Lawmaker: End Charter School Moratorium
Dayton, Ohio
Ohio should end a moratorium on new charter schools so the state can compete for additional federal stimulus money, a GOP state lawmaker said.
State Sen. Jon Husted of Kettering said Friday the state's limits on charter schools may prevent it from competing for money from President Obama's $4.35 billion Race to the Top grants. The grants are considered the largest amount of discretionary funding K-12 education in the nation's history.
U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan recently wrote in an opinion piece that states that cap the number of charter schools "will be...
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