An intensely debated effort to impose a two-year moratorium on new charter schools in California was scuttled on Wednesday at the state Capitol, with supporters of the legislation vowing to try again next year.
A nonpartisan statewide poll in April found a split decision on charter schools — 49% of adults supporting them, 46% opposed — but the survey suggested stronger approval among parents of public school students and significantly higher support when it came to ensuring low-income families have access to the nontraditional schools.
“Charter public school families’ voices were heard loud and clear by Sacramento politicians: We cannot and will not accept legislation that limits access to great public schools,” said Myrna Castrejón, president of the California Charter Schools Assn., in a written statement. Even so, a trio of Assembly bills remain poised to curb the growth and influence of charter schools. Two of those proposed laws — one to limit the establishment of charter schools outside their home school district, another to strengthen the hand of local school boards in rejecting charter applications — both passed the lower house earlier this month and are pending in the Senate.
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