The state set up a rigorous screening
process for charter operators — in the first year, only six of 44 applicants were approved — then put strong monitoring and accountability in place.
These constraints bode well for Cerf's Machiavellian hypothesis, although the downside
for charter operators in these fiscally constrained times is that the new mayor will be even more tempted to charge them rent.
Though Proposition 39 compels districts to provide facilities for students within their boundaries who attend charter schools, districts can make the policy
inconvenient for charter operators by offering short - term leases and multiple, separate spaces for a single school.
In spite of the dismal performance of charters, over the last 10 years, the Texas Legislature has increased its
funding for charter operators from $ 200 million to over $ 2 billion.
Youngs said his district did not ever make a decision to begin screening bond underwriters, advisors or counsel to exclude those that
worked for charter operators.
«It becomes very
difficult for charter operators to become successful because they don't have buy - in from the community, enrollment plummets... and it just becomes this hostile takeover,» said Hoyt.
But turns out that new mayor Bill de Blasio (and fellow Democrat) along with his teacher union friends, have it in
for the charter operator.
Now, the only way that charter advocates can get the moratorium removed is
for charter operators to meet the NAACP's demands.