http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/30/mayor-again-calls-for-lifting-cap-on-charter-schools/
At a celebration for the 10th anniversary of Sisulu-Walker Charter School of Harlem, New York City's first public charter school, NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg said he would create 100 new public charter schools, doubling the current number of them. The mayor said the additional schools would mean that public charter school students could number 100,000 — 10 percent of all public school students in the city by 2013. Bloomberg also called for the state to give the city's schools chancellor the authority to approve new charter schools. Under the current system, the chancellor can give preliminary approval to new schools, but those schools must then be approved by the state's Board of Regents. Bloomberg also said that he would create a task force to find more space for charters and would seek to raise millions of dollars from private contributors to help pay for the schools, with an additional $200 million from the city. Lifting the public charter school cap would require the approval of the State Legislature. The mayor unsuccessfully lobbied for lifting the cap in 2005, and the cap only was raised to 200 schools.
Source: New York Times (free registration required)
Date: 09/30/2009
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