Texas charter schools seek building funds from state
12:03 AM CDT on Thursday, July 22, 2010
AUSTIN – Representatives for Texas' 460 independent charter schools asked the State Board of Education on Wednesday to tap into the state's education trust fund and for the first time provide them classrooms and facilities for their students.
The charter school operators also expressed support for board member David Bradley's proposal to take up to $100 million from the $22 billion Permanent School Fund and use it to purchase or build facilities that the board would lease to charter schools.
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Critics contend that the idea is too risky, and some board members were skeptical of the idea. But David Dunnof the Texas Charter Schools Association said the charter school movement is being hampered because the state doesn't provide aid for facilities.
He said that means most charter schools must set up in strip malls,
