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Ember Reichgott Junge, the state senator who would author Minnesota's — and the nation's — first charter school bill, described Perpich's role bluntly: «According to the history books, Minnesota DFL governor Rudy Perpich had nothing to do with passage of chartering legislation.

Reichgott Junge, an 18 - year Democrat - Farm - Labor (DFL) representative in the Minnesota State Legislature, was the author of America's first charter school bill.

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Then on Sunday, he pledged not to grant a long - term extension of mayoral control «without first ensuring that all students have opportunities,» the punctuating sentence of a statement in support of charter schools and against New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's charter policies.

It was also advertised as a way to end the horse - trading that's been a part of pay raises for decades — in 1987, Mario Cuomo linked a salary increase to ethics reforms, and the 1998 pay hike was accompanied by the creation of the state's first charter schools, a bill pushed by dairy farmers, and an agreement to give the comptroller authority to withhold legislators» paychecks in years when budgets are late.

With little new education policy expected in the remainder of NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio's first term — and a quiet session on education concluding in Albany — the debate over traditional public schools versus charter schools has shifted to a new battleground: school safety.

The bill would also seek to expand access to the state's charter schools as well by raising the statewide cap on the schools by 100, from 460 to 560 — a proposal first backed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo at the start of the year.

Marking a significant shift in its lobbying strategy, the influential charter school advocacy group Families for Excellent Schools will not hold a political rally in Albany this legislative session for the first time since NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio took office.

Paul Massey, the Westchester Republican who remains the most well - funded challenger in sight to Democratic NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio, waded into the city's deeply polarized education politics for the first time today with a visit to a charter school in Brooklyn.

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio and Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña issued their first serious attack on charter sSchools Chancellor Carmen Fariña issued their first serious attack on charter schoolsschools.

The metaphors were clear and painful for Mayor Bill de Blasio's first budget war with Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a master of Albany's byzantine backrooms — Mr. Cuomo, a fellow Democrat, had schooled the upstart Mr. de Blasio this year, securing new and unprecedented protections for charter schools, denying Mr. de Blasio a tax hike to fund his universal prekindergarten expansion and swatting away a demand for a municipal minimum wage increase barely after the words had left the mayor's mouth at his maiden State of the City address.

The bills that were passed also failed to lift the cap on the number of charter schools in the state — but they did unlock a cash freeze that has prevented charters from getting their first increase in per - student funding since 2009.

The post, first reported by The New York Times, was taken down and Loeb issued an apology, saying, «I regret the language I used in expressing my passion for educational choice,» but that didn't stop Mayor Bill de Blasio and First Lady Chirlane McCray from calling for Loeb's resignation from Success, the city's largest and most controversial charter school chain, in separate tweets posted Frfirst reported by The New York Times, was taken down and Loeb issued an apology, saying, «I regret the language I used in expressing my passion for educational choice,» but that didn't stop Mayor Bill de Blasio and First Lady Chirlane McCray from calling for Loeb's resignation from Success, the city's largest and most controversial charter school chain, in separate tweets posted FrFirst Lady Chirlane McCray from calling for Loeb's resignation from Success, the city's largest and most controversial charter school chain, in separate tweets posted Friday.

O'Mara said the bill is a first step, and that after the changes have been implemented, lawmakers can look to expand them to private schools, charter schools and even daycare centers.

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Several priority bills for the Texas Charter Schools Association (TCSA) have already received a hearing in committee, one of the first steps that a bill must take before moving forward.

Weiner's bill requires charter schools be given first right of refusal over property that a district intends on selling or leasing, with some exceptions.

Conversely, the first vote on SB 2161 in the Senate would have allowed any student in the state to cross district lines and would have permitted charter schools to open in school districts rated «C.» The compromise bill that ultimately passed, SB 2161, allows students in school districts rated «C,» «D,» or «F» to cross district lines to attend a charter school.

Per you point about getting the «same» amount of money, first AF schools are not unionized and AF got a bill passed last year that allows charter schools to have up to 30 % of its teacher staff not certified — those two things raise the costs in district public schools.

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio and Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña issued their first serious attack on charter sSchools Chancellor Carmen Fariña issued their first serious attack on charter schoolsschools.

Despite his fraught political history with charter schools, on the first day of class today Mayor Bill de Blasio said he wants to see charter and traditional public schools sharing ideas with each other more often.

However, the candidate did note his support of public school choice (via charter schools): «As chair of the House Education Committee, David introduced an omnibus education bill that gave schools more authority and autonomy by emphasizing Children First.

If the Assembly bill were law today, about $ 587 million in state aid would be redirected to convert poorly performing public schools into charter schools, DPI policy adviser Jeff Pertl told lawmakers on the Assembly Education Committee on Wednesday during the first hearing on Thiesfeldt's bill.

For the first time, a public charter school facilities funding bill has passed one chamber of the Texas Legislature, the Senate, and is now in the House.

«This bill is a good first step toward amending the current charter school law to support the expansion of high - quality charter schools,» said Donna Siminski, the association's director of policy and advocacy.

Over the summer, the committee approved the first three bills in this series: the Setting New Priorities in Education Spending Act (H.R. 1891), the Empowering Parents through Quality Charter Schools Act (H.R. 2218), and the State and Local Funding Flexibility Act (H.R. 2445).

Considering the increase in funding for charter schools and the probable outcome of Malloy's «Commissioner's Network» program, Achievement First may very well be the entity that is the single biggest winner from Malloy's bill.

The coalition includes ConnCAN (the charter school advocacy group formed by Achievement First, the charter school management company that will end up the biggest winner under Malloy's bill), the Connecticut Business and Industry Association, the Connecticut Association of Schools, the Connecticut Council for Education Reform, the Connecticut Association of Public School Superintendents and the Connecticut Association of Boards of Educschool advocacy group formed by Achievement First, the charter school management company that will end up the biggest winner under Malloy's bill), the Connecticut Business and Industry Association, the Connecticut Association of Schools, the Connecticut Council for Education Reform, the Connecticut Association of Public School Superintendents and the Connecticut Association of Boards of Educschool management company that will end up the biggest winner under Malloy's bill), the Connecticut Business and Industry Association, the Connecticut Association of Schools, the Connecticut Council for Education Reform, the Connecticut Association of Public School Superintendents and the Connecticut Association of Boards of EducSchool Superintendents and the Connecticut Association of Boards of Education.

House Begins Consideration of First Education Reform Bill H.R. 2218 Will Expand Access to High - Quality Charter Schools

If Malloy's bill passes — the single biggest beneficiary of money will not be the school systems in Hartford or Bridgeport or New Haven or Waterbury or New Britain but it will be Achievement First, Inc. the charter school management company.

Jeff Klaus is connected to the CEO of Achievement First — the privately - run, for - profit charter school company which was slated to get $ 10 million of state money if Malloy's original bill was passed.

The concept was first introduced in Utah in 2013, when the Legislature passed a bill allowing school districts and charter schools to establish competency - based education programs and asked the State School Board to recommend a funding formula for such a prschool districts and charter schools to establish competency - based education programs and asked the State School Board to recommend a funding formula for such a prSchool Board to recommend a funding formula for such a program.

While Bill and Hillary Clinton have been charter supporters going back to his presidency in the 1990s (when the first schools opened), late last year Hillary Clinton recited some of the critic's points in a speech where she said too many charters «don't take the hardest - to - teach kids, or if they do, they don't keep them.»

On April 10, hundreds of people on both sides of the charter - school question gathered outside the second - floor committee room where the House Education Committee was set to vote on whether to send the Senate's charter - school bill to the House floor for debate and, ultimately, the first vote to ever take place on charter school legislation in the chamber.

Among the bundle of Republican education bills snaking its way through Lansing is a pair of measures that, at first glance, appears to capitalize on national bipartisan trends in education reform: two bills that would dramatically expand both charter schools and cyber schools in Michigan.

Malloy's bill provides these new charter schools with a $ 500,000 start - up grant, $ 3,000 per student grants and, for the first time in Connecticut, language limiting collective bargaining rights for teachers in these new charters.

But meanwhile, as a result of some «technical language» that was added to a 2010 education bill that passed and became law, the State Board of Education not only has the authority to allow Achievement First and a few other charter schools to expand BUT THEY MUST approve their immediate expansion plans.

With little new education policy expected in the remainder of Mayor Bill de Blasio's first term — and a quiet session on education concluding in Albany — the debate over traditional public schools versus charter schools has shifted to a new battleground: school safety.

Connecticut Coalition for Achievement Now (ConnCAN), the charter school lobby group formed by the board members of Achievement First, Inc. has spent more than any other organization lobbying for Malloy's Education Reform bills.

Marking a significant shift in its lobbying strategy, the influential charter school advocacy group Families for Excellent Schools will not hold a political rally in Albany this legislative session for the first time since Mayor Bill de Blasio took office, several sources confirmed.

The passage of that bill gives the Connecticut legislature, for the first time, the authority to approve the formal funding of any proposed charter schools.

Upon news of the bill's defeat, Achievement First's Co-CEO, Dacia Toll cheered on the legislators» decision to look the other way on real charter school accountability saying, «The moratorium on public charter schools would have been a huge step backward.»

ConnCAN and 50CAN coincidently also serves on the Board of Directors of the NewSchools Venture Fund, while the TFA Board includes such notables as one of Connecticut's other billionaires, Stephen Mandel, who not only donated more than $ 50 million to Teach for America and serves as the Treasurer of the TFA Board but is also a major donor to Achievement First Inc., ConnCAN and Excel Bridgeport, the pro-charter lobby group that has been working with Mayor Bill Finch to divert Bridgeport's public funds to Achievement First, Inc. — Bridgeport and other charter schools in that city.

The bill requires greater transparency for Connecticut's charter schools, something that Dacia Toll, the CEO of Achievement First, Inc., a large charter school chain with schools in Connecticut, New York and Rhode Island opposed, having told the Education Committee that it would be a «burden» for charter schools to have to be more transparent.

(Ark.) Charter schools will have first dibs on purchasing or leasing space in unused or underutilized public school facilities under a bill that is quickly moving through the Arkansas Legislature.

In order to lobby the Legislature to pass a «Race to the Top» bill that includes charter schools we have created a new organization called Kids First Washington.

A bill introduced in the state Assembly this week would create the first charter school in Wisconsin specifically for teens recovering from su...

After all, the former First Lady's husband, Bill Clinton, has been one of the foremost supporters of charters and other reforms during his tenure in the White House; this includes ushering in the federal Charter School Program, which provides $ 157 million a year to launch high - quality charters.

Last night, the CEO of ConnCAN, the advocacy organization that was formed by Achievement First (the large charter school management company with 20 schools in Connecticut and New York), was the loudest critic of the Education Committee's work to reduce some of the damage that would have been caused by Governor Malloy's «Education Reform» bill.