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Bill requiring N.J. towns to approve charter schools get approved by state Assembly
The Assembly has passed a measure that would require local approval of charter schools, even after they’ve been given the green light by the state commissioner of education.
Under the bill (A1877), which last year passed the Assembly but never made it through the Senate, either a school district’s voters or the local board of school estimate – school boards that are appointed by a town’s governing body — would have to grant final approval to the school. (Friedman, The Star-Ledger)
