tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post1209229505624410252..comments2024-03-29T04:34:05.185-04:00Comments on CURMUDGUCATION: DFER Tries To Swing A PrimaryPeter Greenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16511193640285760299noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-66051737487322736182019-05-15T07:51:23.441-04:002019-05-15T07:51:23.441-04:00Charter supporters have been successful in some st...Charter supporters have been successful in some states in convincing legislators to change the definition of "public." Doesn't matter. You can call a pig a cow, but when you butcher it, you'll still eat pork. Charter schools are not public schools. Peter Greenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16511193640285760299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-88079595302979931642019-05-14T15:48:54.567-04:002019-05-14T15:48:54.567-04:00You write: “If you are among the folks from Betsy ...You write: “If you are among the folks from Betsy DeVos to Governor DeSantis to charter fans on Twitter, at a minimum you ought to accept that the issue is not settled...”<br /><br />This, below, is unambiguous law here in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.<br /><br />"(c) A commonwealth charter school shall be a public school, operated under a charter granted by the board, which operates independently of a school committee and is managed by a board of trustees. The board of trustees of a commonwealth charter school, upon receiving a charter from the board, shall be deemed to be public agents authorized by the commonwealth to supervise and control the charter school.<br />[...]<br />"(u) Notwithstanding this section or any other general or special law to the contrary, for the purposes of chapter 268A: (i) a charter school shall be deemed to be a state agency; and (ii) the appointing official of a member of the board of trustees of a charter school shall be deemed to be the commissioner."<br />http://www.doe.mass.edu/lawsregs/ch71s89.html<br /><br />And our Mass. Supreme Judicial Court uses the phrase "public charter schools" nonchalantly, with nary a footnote devoted to the dissenting views of cranks and curmudgeons that are bolstered by dislocated snippets from inapposite decisions.<br /><br />Otherwise, not a bad piece, Peter.Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03647198428780707207noreply@blogger.com