During her time in the state legislature Ms. Morgan was a co-sponsor of the 2012 Constitutional Amendment, which allowed for an alternate state authorizer to open charter schools
denied by local school districts.
Not exact matches
In 26 states (including 10 of the 12 states above), the initial decision
by a
local school board to
deny a charter
school application may be appealed to the state board of education or another institution, thus curbing
school districts» control over the approval of charters even where
school districts are given a role.
The U.S. Department of Education on Thursday
denied a request
by the state's top education official to extend a flexibility waiver under the No Child Left Behind Act, a decision that will place restrictions on nearly $ 30 million in annual federal funding for
local school districts beginning with the 2015 - 2016
school year.
In 2012, Morgan co-sponsored state legislation that allowed an alternate state authorizer to open charter
schools denied by reluctant
local school districts.
The solution to this problem should not result in
denying parents their inalienable right to protect their children from what they might consider harmful which is what this bill does
by punishing
local school districts into pressuring parents to comply with state testing requirements that the education leaders refuse to change.