Schools Matter: Rendell Mans Up to Charter School Real Estate Swindle

Schools Matter: Rendell Mans Up to Charter School Real Estate Swindle

Rendell Mans Up to Charter School Real Estate Swindle

by Jim Horn

A clip from the Philadelphia Inquirer on Gov. Rendell's courageous veto of education bill:

. . . .Charter schools are typically exempt from property taxes, although some districts have sought to tax them in recent years. The provision in question would have extended the exemption to their property owners, if the owners were nonprofits.

Rendell said it might spur for-profit landlords to convert to nonprofit foundations in order to exploit