For the first time, the political arm of the California Charter Schools Association campaigned heavily against
a proposed school construction bond in a district that hadn't agreed to share the proceeds with charter schools.
A bipartisan bill, jointly
proposed by Rep. Nancy L. Johnson (R - Connecticut) and Rep. Charles B. Rangel (D - New York), modeled after President Bill Clinton's
school construction proposal, would lend $ 24.8 billion to states and
school districts with interest - free, 15 - year
bonds.