Comments on: Free-For-All Friday 10/12/12

By: smalltowngal

smalltowngal — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 01:41:57 +0000

Blurker!

By: Bin Birru

Bin Birru — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 00:36:06 +0000

I’m not trolling–just lurking and blurting things out. Sorry if tip jars are a scam, and you guys are right, workers should be paid better, but please, don’t tip if you don’t feel like it.

By: Cubalibre

Cubalibre — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 23:57:38 +0000

Yes, I DO see orange fonts. They’re everywhere. They don’t know they’re orange…

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 21:58:38 +0000

Until the court decision, a charter school could go for state approval only without the local board having any say-so, or could go for state approval after being turned down by the local board. After the ruling, such approval was not legal.
The amendment would put the bypass of of local boards back, so a state charter school could be placed in a local district and take money away from a local board since some their funding is allocated on a student population basis and the state charter school students would not be counted in those numbers.
Ironic that Republicans, who are all for local control of things, are advocating a proposition that removes local control, but it’s not the first time.
Here’s a take on the whole thing: http://blogs.ajc.com/jay-bookman-blog/2012/10/10/state-charter-school-advocates-try-to-squelch-dissent/

By: DEM

DEM — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 20:37:36 +0000

But the excerpt I cited suggests that under current law state and local board approval is required. Meaning that either has effective veot power, and if you don’t get approval from the local school board then BOE can’t overturn that under current law. Perhaps I am reading it wrong.