NC general assembly bill would allow corporations to purchase spots at public charter schools

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And it's a two for one day because corporations could ALSO appoint members to the non-profit bards that govern charter schools. What could go wrong?

Charter school leaders decry “company” charter school bill, say it’s wrong for kids

A bill moving through the North Carolina legislature that would allow corporations to essentially buy spots at public charter schools for their employees’ children has a lot of folks upset—including some charter school leaders.

“It’s just not the right thing for kids,” said Stephen Gay, the superintendent at East Wake Preparatory Academy, a public charter school in Zebulon, about HB 800. “These are kids’ lives, and we need to be doing what’s right for them.”

Drawing an analogy to old mill towns, Gay is worried that if corporations that donate land or a building or make other investments in a public charter school are then repaid with access to a substantial supply of that charter school’s coveted seats, it could be the for-profit company that drives what happens at the school—not the school’s leaders or the nonprofit board tasked with overseeing them.

http://ajf.org/charter-school-leaders-decry-company-charter-school-bill-say-wrong-kids/?platform=hootsuite