State Sen. Dan Patrick (R) files charter school reform bill (SB 2)

[TexasTowelie]

AUSTIN — On Monday, State Sen. Dan Patrick (R-Houston) filed his charter school reform bill as Senate Bill 2.

"There is no one answer to transforming schools but lifting the cap to add high quality public charters will give Texas parents, including the nearly 100,000 currently on a charter school waiting list, more choices to find the best education for their child," said Senator Patrick.

SB 2 lifts the cap on charter schools, provides facility funding, strengthens the academic and financial accountability over charters, and creates an independent authorizer of charter schools.

Under the bill, an authorizing board will be allowed to grant an unlimited number of charters per fiscal year to charter holders located in Texas as well as successful charter holders outside of Texas. It also allows for the replication of highly successful campuses under a charter.

More at http://www.yourhoustonnews.com/cypresscreek/news/legislature-state-sen-dan-patrick-files-charter-school-reform-bill/article_45afa4be-7a03-11e2-a897-0019bb2963f4.html .

[font color=green]So much for public education.[/font]

[Downwinder]

1. Can an ISD morph to a Charter?

[Ilsa]

2. The path Texas is taking is so disturbing. nt

[okwmember]

3. But God forbid we actually fund public schools.

This is the same BS they're trying to push here in FL. In the next budget they're actually giving 65 million dollars for capital expenditures for the charter schools and nothing for the public schools.

[LeftInTX]

4. When I saw "reform" in the title, I was hopeful

but no

[mbperrin]

5. Keeping mind that re-form and de-form can be synonyms.

Sadly.

[LeftInTX]

6. You're so very right