Lobbyists Making the Rounds In Tallahassee for Bill Offering More in Corporate Welfare Check for Charters
From Miami Herald:
By Kathleen McGrory and Scott Hiaasen
shiaasen@miamiherald.comA legislative plan to give charter schools a cut of local school districts’ construction money would steer millions of additional dollars to large charter-school networks that are already sitting on tens of millions of dollars in cash, records show.
The charter-school industry is lobbying hard in the capital to gain a share of tax dollars raised by school districts to cover the construction and maintenance costs of traditional public schools — tax revenue that has dropped dramatically in recent years with plummeting real-estate values