I predicted this back when I testified on the need for accountability in HB 618 that eliminated the cap on charter schools. We needed this measure then and can not continue without it now!
Legislature asked to ban closed charter schools from reopening
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For additional information about Michigan Association of Public School Academies and the request to Legislature to prevent failing charter schools from reopening under new authorizers, please visit www.charterschools.org.
As dozens of charter school educators and parents came to Lansing for a Charter School Lobby Day Wednesday, Dec. 4, a state charter school association called on the Legislature to ban schools closed for “academic failings” from shopping for a new authorizer.
The the Michigan Association of Public School Academies announced it will ask the state Legislature to adopt new accountability standards; and one would impact traditional schools as well as the charter schools. .Current state law allows a charter school that has been closed by one authorizer for academic failings to seek a new authorizer.
The charter school association is asking for an amendment to a bill introduced Wednesday by Rep. David Knezek, D - Dearborn Heights that would prohibit “authorizer shopping” among charter schools.
Another amendment it is advocating for would change Michigan’s school accountability system to an easy-to-understand A-F letter-grading system for all schools and require the automatic closure of schools - charter and traditional - that chronically earn failing grades.
http://www.dailytribune.com/social-affairs/20141203/legislature-asked-to-ban-closed-charter-schools-from-reopening
