Post by Logan on Jan 21, 2016 2:06:39 GMT -6
The state Senate approved a measure Wednesday that aims to keep Washington’s charter schools open, despite a September court ruling that declared them unconstitutional.
The proposal, Senate Bill 6194, would pay for charter schools through state lottery revenues, instead of through tax revenues that feed the state’s general fund.
The bill’s supporters said changing the funding source for the schools — which are publicly funded, but privately managed — would resolve problems that caused the state Supreme Court to strike down Washington’s charter school law in 2015.
But the bill’s opponents said it wouldn’t address the biggest problem raised by the court: that charter schools aren’t run by publicly elected boards, but by boards that are appointed.
Continued at www.theolympian.com/news/local/politics-government/article55685450.html#storylink=latest_side .
The proposal, Senate Bill 6194, would pay for charter schools through state lottery revenues, instead of through tax revenues that feed the state’s general fund.
The bill’s supporters said changing the funding source for the schools — which are publicly funded, but privately managed — would resolve problems that caused the state Supreme Court to strike down Washington’s charter school law in 2015.
But the bill’s opponents said it wouldn’t address the biggest problem raised by the court: that charter schools aren’t run by publicly elected boards, but by boards that are appointed.
Continued at www.theolympian.com/news/local/politics-government/article55685450.html#storylink=latest_side .