On Wednesday night, the Philadlphia School Reform Commission (which controls the city's schools in lieu of an elected school committee) voted to reject 34 of 39 applications to
open new charter schools in the city.
Authorizers that want to open
a new charter school in the city must be accredited, and failing charters can no longer shop for a new authorizer.
At the same time, his budget will spend $ 12.4 million to build two
new charter schools in cities that voted against them and add 700 new seats in existing charter schools.
The Fresno Regional Foundation recently made a $ 10,000 grant to support the development of
a new charter school in that city.