One option available to state lawmakers is to enact a line item appropriation to fund Type 2 charter schools with state general fund dollars. (theadvocate.com)
The state of California first began funding career academies in 1985 using general fund dollars allocated for education; in 1988 Proposition 98 became the state's primary education funding source. (edutopia.org)
The bill Litzow and a bipartisan raft of lawmakers sponsored would essentially restore most of the state's original law, but with one key difference: instead of receiving general fund dollars, charter schools would be funded out of a separate account made up of state lottery proceeds. (knkx.org)