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NY Gov. Kathy Hochul roasted for refusing to push charter school expansion

Gov. Cathy Hochul has declined to advocate for an increase in charter schools in her $252 billion budget proposal, but educational choice advocates say the budget will give powerful teachers unions a chance to up for re-election next year. They claim it is a concession. “Mr. Hochul blinked — it was a big deal, and […]

ICE Contractor Used Charter Bus to Smuggle Migrants, Says Prosecutor

Prosecutors with the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Texas allege that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement contractors used charter buses to move large groups of illegal immigrants north. The defendants allegedly claimed to be transporting unaccompanied minors at the request of her company. U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested 35-year-old Nancy Berenice Fernandez […]

Supreme Court asked to consider Oklahoma religious charter school's case

The Oklahoma Charter School Commission announced that it has asked the Supreme Court to reverse its ruling that the nation's first publicly funded religious charter school is unconstitutional. The board's petition asking the high court to take up the case could spark a major controversy over the separation of church and state. “Both questions posed […]

NYC can’t open any more charter schools, regulator complains

Gov. Kathy Hokul and the state Legislature will come under pressure next year to lift New York City’s charter school caps after New York state education officials on Wednesday allocated the last of 14 “zombie” slots that lawmakers reluctantly approved last year. The SUNY Charter Commission voted to allow the high-performing charter school networks of […]

Oklahoma Supreme Court Rules Against First Publicly-Funded Religious Charter School

The Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled that the charter of what would have been the nation’s first publicly funded religious school was unconstitutional, according to court records. Oklahoma’s Virtual Charter School Board voted to approve an application for a virtual religious charter school in June 2023, but Republican state Attorney General Gentner Drummond filed a lawsuit […]