Schools Matter: Indiana SBOE: Pushing the Privatization Fast Track

Schools Matter: Indiana SBOE: Pushing the Privatization Fast Track

Indiana SBOE: Pushing the Privatization Fast Track

by Kenneth Libby

From the Journal Gazette:

School takeover outline

In a breathtaking assault on local school control, the GOP-controlled State Board of Education is set to adopt rules the day after Election Day that could hand operation of struggling schools to for-profit companies. Local taxpayers who footed the bill could find their investments handed over to charter operators with none of the accountability required of locally elected school boards.

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The proposed rules formalize procedures, with a clear emphasis on turning operation of the struggling schools to an “outside manager.” The individual or organization selected by the State Board of Education would have the same authority and exemptions as a charter school. Indiana