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Three groups looking to open or expand charter schools in Nevada failed to gain approval from the state Board of Education last week. The authorization of new charter schools is an increasingly controversial issue for the state board, which placed a moratorium on approving new charter schools last year. In February, state board members and staff from the Department of Education told legislators that they have neither the staff nor the financial resources to deal with the growing number of charter schools across the state. This year, there are 22 charter schools operating in Nevada, serving about 6,000 students. "I think they owe the public an explanation on why they're saying no to things," said Gary Waters, a former Board of Education member and a developer of Insight School of Nevada, a proposed online program for at-risk students. Not all board members are opposed to expanding charters. State Board Member Barbara Myers along with four other board members supported the charter expansions. "The people who are opposed to this don't seem to move over, no matter how much support there is," Myers said.
Source: Las Vegas Review Journal
Date: 03/09/2008
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