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December 26, 2011

Bill would require transparency in charter school management

Kathleen McGrory & Scott Hiaasen:

A Miami lawmaker wants public charter schools to be more transparent.

State. Sen Larcenia Bullard, D-Miami, filed a bill Wednesday that would require charter schools to post information about their management companies on their school websites.

Bullard, vice chairwoman of the Senate Education Committee, could not be reached for comment Thursday.

Her proposal was submitted days after The Miami Herald concluded a three-part series examining South Florida's $400 million-a-year charter school industry. The investigation found that charter schools have given rise to a cottage industry of for-profit management companies, some of which have almost total financial control over the charter schools they run.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at December 26, 2011 1:07 AM
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