A bill paving the way for investor-owned companies to run charter schools in Tennessee passed at the end of a nearly six-hour committee meeting Wednesday night. Weary members of the Senate Education panel voted six to three, sending the proposal on to the full Senate.
The Difference Between For-Profit Charter Schools And Schools Run By For-Profits
Supporters of for-profit charter schools are trying to avoid using those words. Debate in the state legislature has gotten hung up on semantics.
For-Profit Charter School Proposal Revived With Help From Memphis Democrat
A push to open Tennessee to for-profit charter school operators has been revived at the state capitol. Currently, only non-profit entities can get public money to run a charter.
For-Profit Charters Won’t Give Up
An effort to lift the ban on for-profit companies running charter schools in Tennessee has been resurrected in a legislative Hail Mary. The change in law has been tacked onto a bill of minor tweaks to charter school regulations.
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