Gov. Gavin Newsom's office helped broker an agreement between charter school advocates and teachers unions over new restrictions on charter schools.
Warring factions of California’s K-12 education system announced an agreement Wednesday on legislation that would place new restrictions on charter schools and pause a long-standing battle at the state Capitol between politically powerful teachers unions and deep-pocketed charter advocates.
“A lot of hard work has gone into this and all that matters to me is the result,” Newsom told reporters on Tuesday. “If we can pull something off, it’s a significant thing and it’s not easy. A lot of people have strong opinions on both sides.”The agreement could allow the Newsom administration to move past a complex political issue that has splintered the Capitol and threatened to dominate the education policy debate during his tenure.
Teachers unions and reform advocates have accused charter schools of draining the financial resources of local districts that might already be strapped, and argued that the state gives districts little say when it comes to approving new schools. Critics have also called for more accountability for charter operations and performance.State law currently requires a school district to approve any new charters that meet basic requirements.
Under the bill, local school boards would be allowed to reject new charter petitions based on the school’s potential fiscal impact on the district and whether the charter seeks to offers programs that the district already provides, according to the governor’s office. Under existing law, the agency that grants a petition allowing a charter to operate is often responsible for providing oversight of that school regardless of where its campus is located — the Board of Education in Sacramento has, in some instances, overseen charter schools as far away as Los Angeles and San Diego.
In a concession described as a bonus for charters by people involved in the deal, the legislation would allow county boards of education to retain their role in reviewing appeals for denied charter petitions. The two-year moratorium on virtual and other non-classroom based charter schools also falls short of calls by unions for a statewide freeze on all new charters.
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