Most significantly, the legislation would require the city to find
space for charter schools inside public school buildings or pay much of the cost to house them in private space.
Not exact matches
Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott spoke publicly Monday about his support for a plan to have 15 charter schools share space inside public school bui
Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott spoke publicly Monday about his support
for a plan to have 15
charter schools share space inside public school bui
schools share
space inside public
school buildings.
Mr. de Blasio has pledged to charge rent to
charter schools, and he has said he will deny, at least temporarily, future requests to use
space inside public
school buildings — a lifeline
for many
charter schools given the high costs of real estate in the city.
He has promised to charge rent to well - financed
charter schools, which are privately run but publicly financed,
for using public
school buildings, and he has placed a moratorium on future requests
for classroom
space inside traditional district
schools.
The moment proved to be a turning point, laying the groundwork
for a deal reached last weekend that gave New York City
charter schools some of the most sweeping protections in the nation, including a right to
space inside public buildings.