Committee asks BESE to study voting threshold for school-to-charter conversions
HR 251 requests the Department of Education (BESSIE) study and report on the voting threshold required for converting an existing public school to a charter. The measure followed testimony about Neville High School’s conversion process and questions over whether parent nonresponses should be counted as no votes.
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Representative Echols introduced HR 251, asking the Department of Education (BESSIE) to study the voting threshold required for parental approval in conversions of existing public schools to charter schools.
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