Don’t mix private and public
Indiana House Speaker Brian Bosma’s proposed bill to expand charter schools (HB 1002) would allow three new groups to authorize public charter schools, one of which is private colleges and universities. That should not happen.
Private college boards are privately appointed, are not accountable to the public and should not be given authority to commit public tax dollars to K-12 public charter schools. Many private colleges are sectarian while charter schools are to be non-sectarian. Mixing
