Governor Jerry Brown Vetoes Bill to Establish Minimal Charter Accountability
I confess that I once believed that Governor Jerry Brown of California would be a great friend to public education.
I was wrong.
Jerry Brown is in the pockets of the powerful charter lobby.
He previously vetoed a bill to ban for-profit charters, soon after a series of investigative articles in the San Jose Mercury News showed that the for-profit online K12 Inc. schools were educationally disastrous bit highly profitable. From Governor Browm: let the profit-making continue!
This week, he vetoed SB 739, which would have established very modest regulation for charter schools that expand into other districts. Carol Burris explained it in this post:
“When the Van Zant story broke, the California Charter School Association agreed that the case raised legitimate concerns. However, legislation to address the problem of districts authorizing charters in other districts, and even other counties, was opposed by the California Charter School Association (CCSA) and vetoed by Gov. Jerry Brown in 2014. A present bill on the governor’s desk, SB 739, would put a small restriction on a district’s ability to open independent learning center charters in other districts by ensuring that the sponsoring district is fiscally solvent (does not have a negative certification), thus decreasing the profit generating motive.”
The California Charter School Association wants no restrictions, no limitations, no transparency, no accountability. They want for-profit schools, and they refuse to clean their dirty house.
And Governor a Jerry Brown dances to their tune. How sad. He doesn’t need their support. He doesn’t need their money. He won’t run for office again. Yet he has succumbed to the privatization movement, those who would destroy our communities and the public education systemGovernor Jerry Brown Vetoes Bill to Establish Minimal Charter Accountability | Diane Ravitch's blog:
Big Education Ape: The Fight to Bring Transparency to California’s Charter Schools | Alternet - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2016/09/the-fight-to-bring-transparency-to_13.html
Big Education Ape: “Does Governor Jerry Brown Want His Legacy to Be the Privatization of California’s Public Schools?” | Diane Ravitch's blog - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2016/09/does-governor-jerry-brown-want-his.html
