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NYC Public School Parents: The tangled web of influence behind Klein's decision to allow the expansion of Girls Prep charter to go forward

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NYC Public School Parents: The tangled web of influence behind Klein's decision to allow the expansion of Girls Prep charter to go forward

The tangled web of influence behind Klein's decision to allow the expansion of Girls Prep charter to go forward

Last week, Joel Klein disclosed he would invoke “emergency powers” to enable Girls Prep Charter School to expand within PS 94, even as it pushes out a program for autistic kids, contrary to theruling of the NY State Education commissioner, David Steiner.

Steiner had held that Klein's actions violated state law, as Klein had refused to recognize that the autistic program was a school, any change to which required a public process occur beforehand,