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A new bill in Virginia proposes allowing universities to authorize charters. The bill would allow universities to establish charter or "laboratory" schools that would bypass local school boards. Across the country, university-run charter schools have an excellent track record, says Robin Lake of the National Charter School Research Project. Often, the decision to allow charter schools to bypass local school boards is the only way to lure that innovation, Lake says. "It's more common for school districts to see charter schools as competitors." In Virginia, school boards must approve charter schools, which officials say is the sticking point that has held up the current legislation. "Let's say that legislation passed: Under the local school board system, you're still going to have to deal with this issue," says charter supporter William Bosher, a professor at the VCU School of Education. "[The bill] is stalled over the constitutional issues."
Source: Richmond's Style Weekly
Date: 02/21/2007
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