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Bill would authorize municipalities to pursue an all‑charter model; educators oppose sweeping change
Summary
Representative Place’s bill would authorize local municipalities to pursue an all‑charter school model, citing New Orleans as an example; the National Education Association of Rhode Island and the state teachers’ federation testified in strong opposition, calling the proposal vague and potentially harmful to public education.
Representative Place said the bill sets a path a municipality could use to pursue an all‑charter model and argued that post‑Katrina New Orleans showed measurable academic gains under a broad charter reform. "By 2015, the high school graduation rates had climbed 73%...Test scores have soared too," Place read from studies he cited and said the legislation merely provides an option for local communities.
Eric Hazelhurst of…
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