Good Morning It was a great day for school choice, as the House Education Committee rejected three
anti-charter school bills on Wednesday, with three others shelved by sponsors.
The 2001 - ’02 legislative session passed five
anti-charter school bills, four of which were signed into law by Governor Gray Davis (who felt compelled, in one of his signing messages, to claim that he still «supported charter schools»).
Not exact matches
As Azi Paybarah points out, Bloomberg is also expected to support his 2009 campaign consultant and charter
school supporter, Basil Smikle, who is mounting a primary challenge against an
anti-charter Democrat, Sen.
Bill Perkins.
Thousands of charter
schools leaders, teachers and supporters attended the event, where President
Bill Clinton was honored, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan spoke, and thousands rallied to overturn
anti-charter court rulings in that state.
CCSA is closely following two
anti-charter bills: AB 913 (Chau) related to conflict of interest and SB 1263 (Pavley) related to charter
school locations.
DFER - LA State Director comments on defeat of
anti-charter bills and unification measure for New Orleans
schools