Board 'Inclined' to Relinquish Monitoring Role
The D.C. Board of Education is considering giving up authority over charter schools and transferring oversight of the 18 public charter schools it monitors, according to key members of the panel.
No decision has been finalized, and the proposal does not make clear whom the Board of Education would designate as the day-to-day manager of the charter schools. The board, which is dealing with a federal investigation of its charter school office, is expected to take action on the plan at its Nov. 13 meeting...
Some school board members said yesterday that it is time for them to focus on the city's 141 traditional schools. School advocates agreed that the board, which has been accused of lax charter school oversight, would be taking the right step.
"I think it would be a very good thing for the Board of Education to get out of the chartering business, because they've made a mess of it," said Robert Cane, executive director of Friends of Choice in Urban Schools, an advocacy group.
Nov. 13 Vote Set; Cafritz Says University or Nonprofit Group Might Be Asked to Take On Responsibilities
Washington Post Staff Writers
Sunday, October 29, 2006; C05
The D.C. Board of Education is considering giving up authority over charter schools and transferring oversight of the 18 public charter schools it monitors, according to key members of the panel.
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