Agenda of charter school advocates falls short in Florida legislature

Lawmakers turn aside request to give charters some of the construction funds targeted for district schools

From The Miami Herald: The charter school lobby approached the Florida legislative session this year with an ambitious agenda: Win a share of school districts’ construction dollars. Create a separate high school sports association. Empower parents to demand charter-school conversions. But they fell short on almost all counts.

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