Another attempted cash grab by the corporate ed crowd in Washington State: House Bill 2788
The League has opposed charter schools because they don’t have boards elected by the voters but instead the corporation running the schools appoints the board.
Even though charter schools have been a big fail in Seattle, as we said they were in other states ten years ago, the corporate education advocates still want money for what has shown to be simply one big cash grab by taking away money from PUBLIC schools.
There is a bill, HB (House Bill) 2788, if approved, would allow charter schools to receive levy funding raised by the City of Seattle. This funding has been used previously for PUBLIC schools to supplement state funding.
State House Representative Eric Pettigrew, who has no problem selling his own people down the river, is the lead sponsor of this bill. For examples of his untiring bidding for the moneyed few, see Rainier Beach High Schools responds to the League of Education VOters Attack on its Shool and Community, Apartheid House Bill 1860: No one wants to split Seattle in two except for Reps. Santos, Pettigrew and oh yeah… Magendanz. Remember him?, and House Rep. Eric Pettigrew, House Bill 1497, mayoral control and the money.
Testimony will be heard in the House Appropriations Committee today at 3:30 PM.
Catherine Ahl, the Education Chair for the League of Women Voters of Washington, CONTINUE READING: Another attempted cash grab by the corporate ed crowd in Washington State: House Bill 2788 – Seattle Education