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Delaware Governor Ruth Ann Minner has signed legislation allowing same-gender public charter schools. House Bill 285 explicitly permits single-gender public charter schools, which are permissible under federal law. That will allow Prestige Academy, a Wilmington all-boys public charter school geared toward at-risk youth, to open in the fall. An amendment tacked on to the bill requires that the next single-gender public charter school approved be for girls, marketed toward a similar demographic base and be "substantially equal" to Prestige Academy. State Representative Deborah Hudson and Senator Margaret Rose Henry co-sponsored the bill. They say the new public charter school will fill an urgent need to close the achievement gap, especially for black and Hispanic boys who live in the city.
Source: CBS3
Date: 04/22/2008
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