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School faculty and other charter school advocates met last week in Oklahoma City for the Oklahoma Charter School Association's first conference. "We know that charter schools aren't for everyone. But it gives students in an urban community a chance at experiencing the great things rural schools have to offer," said Freda Deskin, executive director of the Advanced Science and Technology Education Center Inc. Charter School. The Oklahoma Charter School Act, passed in 1999, allows only school boards and CareerTech boards to be charter school sponsors. Proposed legislation (House Bill 2578) would allow the state Education Department to sponsor them as well. It also would allow charter schools to be opened in any district with 5,000 students or more. The bill would make it easier for communities to start a charter school, Deskin said. More than 4,000 students are enrolled in charter schools in Oklahoma City and Tulsa counties.
Source: Daily Oklahoman
Date: 04/13/2006
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