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Lynbrook board adopts resolution urging state to require local voter approval for new charter schools
Summary
The Lynbrook board unanimously adopted Resolution 2602G1 asking state legislators to seek laws requiring local voter approval before charter school applications proceed to state authorizers, citing concerns about funding diversion and local oversight.
The Lynbrook Union Free School District Board of Education voted to adopt Resolution 2602G1 asking state lawmakers to pursue legislation that would require local voter approval before charter-school applications are submitted to the state authorizing entity.
Board members who supported the resolution framed it as a measured request for increased local control rather than an endorsement or opposition to charter schools. The text read by the board argued that charter schools receive…
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