Thread by @TinaForKentucky

🧵The Dept of Ed has proposed rules governing the federal Charter Schools Program grants.

Charter lobbyists & right-wing talking heads are declaring that they are trying to "regulate choices of parents."
@kyhousedems #kyga22 #teacherlegislator
#IsupportCSPreform

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What the regulations actually do is ensure that new charter schools receiving the grants are:

➡️ Racially and socio-economically diverse
➡️ Driven by the needs of the community
➡️ Fiscally responsible and transparent, especially regarding for-profit management organizations

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Grant applications will require a community impact analysis describing how student demographics are taken into account and ensuring that desegregation efforts would not be negatively impacted.

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The community impact analysis will also ensure that families play in active role in informing decision-making regarding the need for charter schools in a specific community.

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The regulation reiterates that charters that sweep 100% of all public funds into for-profit education management organizations are not eligible for CSP grants.

100% sweep contracts are allowed in the KY charter bill.

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Charters receiving CSP funds must post contracts with for-profit mgmt orgs, conflicts of interest, barriers to enrollment, and severability of such contracts on its website.

I had an amendment to HB9 requiring that contracts be posted; it wasn't heard.

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Charter schools were envisioned to create innovative approaches to teaching and learning.

Pushback from the charter lobby reaffirms that the goal of charters is to establish private businesses, not innovative schools. 🧵by @palan57

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https://twitter.com/palan57/status/1512419209493594114

The regulations are a good faith effort to clean up a program that has been riddled with waste, fraud and abuse, as explained by @DianeRavitch and @carolburris. @NPEaction

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dianeravitch.net/2022/04/07/car…

#IsupportCSPreform

I support CSP reform, and you can, too.

The comment period closes on April 13th. Let the Department of Education know your thoughts on the proposed regulations for charters receiving federal grants.

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regulations.gov/document/ED-20…