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Committee approves bill to let charter schools apply for state facilities hardship relief
Summary
AB 23 16, sponsored by Assemblymember Hoover, would allow charter public schools to apply for financial hardship designations to lower the 50% local match required to access state school facilities bond funds. Supporters called it an equity fix; the committee moved the bill to appropriations and recorded favorable committee votes.
Assemblymember Hoover presented AB 23 16 to the Assembly Education Committee as a measure to allow charter public schools to apply for the same financial hardship relief that traditional school districts can seek when they cannot meet the 50% local match to access state facilities bond funding.
Carson Eads of the California Charter Schools Association, the bill’s sponsor, described the measure as "a simple fairness measure," saying charter schools often…
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