Sentences with phrase «school zoning exemptions»
The proposed legislation would explicitly allow county offices of education to approve charter school zoning exemptions, something that according to the judge is not currently legal.
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8/14/12 — Santa Clara County Board of Education attempts to vote on a Tamien Rocketship school zoning exemption without sufficient time for public comment.
Not exact matches
While districts can exercise zoning exemptions to re-classify commercial properties as schools, charters can not.
Allowing charter schools to access the zoning exemptions that districts use to turn commercial facilities into schools would also open up more options.
The California Charter School Association is attempting to lobby a new bill through the state legislature that would require school districts to approve charter zoning exemptions, even if the charter school was a danger to the environment or surrounding commSchool Association is attempting to lobby a new bill through the state legislature that would require school districts to approve charter zoning exemptions, even if the charter school was a danger to the environment or surrounding commschool districts to approve charter zoning exemptions, even if the charter school was a danger to the environment or surrounding commschool was a danger to the environment or surrounding community.
The judge ruled that local school districts (like San Jose Unified) and local municipalities have the right to provide a zoning exemption to charter schools, but county offices of education do not.
But most importantly, this bill could bankrupt local school districts that would be required to pay for the CEQA analysis, and face huge legal liabilities if they were sued under the CEQA act; the districts — not the charters — could be liable as the zoning exemption approval agency.
Rocketship lost a lawsuit contesting the County's zoning exemption of the Tamien site, and to make matters worse, four local school districts (including Alum Rock) filed suit against Rocketship's petition to open 20 new schools.