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House Education Committee advances bill to let states use charter grant funds for preplanning
Summary
The House Education and Workforce Committee approved H.R. 3453, the Empower Charter School Educators to Lead Act, after partisan debate over accountability, funding flexibility and virtual charter schools. The committee adopted an amendment in the nature of a substitute and reported the bill to the House, 20–15.
Representative Julia Letlow, sponsor of H.R. 3453, told the House Education and Workforce Committee the bill would let states receiving Charter Schools Program (CSP) funds use a modest portion of existing grant dollars to provide planning awards to prospective charter leaders.
Letlow said the measure "authorizes planning awards for educators with at least 4.5 years of school based experience" and increases the share of CSP funds that state…
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