2017 Senate Bill 679

Mandate additional charter school restrictions, requirements and disclosures

Introduced in the Senate

Nov. 30, 2017

Introduced by Sen. Curtis Hertel (D-23)

To prohibit the entities that authorize charter schools (mostly state universities) from approving a contract between a school it charters and an education management company that operates any public school whose students’ performance on state tests is among the 5 percent lowest in the state.

Referred to the Committee on Education