Legislation moving in the State Capitol has parent and teachers’ groups concerned about the potential for charter schools to gain new advantages over traditional public schools.
The bill deals with school districts’ ability to purchase and sell property and who gets to decide when a traditional public school is converted into a charter school.
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Under current law, parents along with school principals, teachers and the district school board all have the ability to weigh in on whether to convert a traditional public school into a charter school.
But State Representative Alex Andrade (R-Pensacola) believes parents should be the sole deciders…