{"id":1419825,"date":"2022-04-05T11:59:46","date_gmt":"2022-04-05T15:59:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1419825"},"modified":"2022-04-05T11:59:47","modified_gmt":"2022-04-05T15:59:47","slug":"biden-admin-quietly-pushes-anti-charter-school-policies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-quietly-pushes-anti-charter-school-policies\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Admin Quietly Pushes Anti-Charter School Policies"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-admin-quietly-pushes-anti-charter-school-policies%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1419825&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Amid nationwide calls for giving parents more choices in their children\u2019s education, the Biden administration has quietly proposed changes that critics say will make it harder for new public charter schools to open and for existing ones to survive.<\/p>\n<p>On March 14, the U.S. Department of Education released a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.federalregister.gov\/documents\/2022\/03\/14\/2022-05463\/proposed-priorities-requirements-definitions-and-selection-criteria-expanding-opportunity-through\">14-page regulatory proposal<\/a> regarding the priorities, requirements, and criteria that public charters should meet when they apply for federal funds.<\/p>\n<p>The department argued the changes are to \u201ccreate results-driven policies\u201d to help \u201cpromote promising practices and accountability,\u201d and are expected to serve as a model for state regulations.<\/p>\n<p>Under the proposed new rules, which have been given an unusually short\u00a0public comment\u00a0period of one month lasting until April 13, public charters would have to \u201ccollaborate with at least one traditional public school\u201d in order to be prioritized for federal funding. Specifically, a charter seeking federal money must provide a letter signed by the public school it collaborates with, as well as a plan detailing resources it is willing to contribute to the partnership, including curriculum materials, educator development opportunities, and transportation.<\/p>\n<p>Many commenters argue that forcing such collaborations as a contingency of funding potential will create unwarranted burden for charters, particularly those that are built in a way district school administrators oppose. Some noted that, given the history of traditional school antagonism towards charters, the inclusion of this priority is more likely to hinder than advance further <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-charter-school\">charter school<\/a> development.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, those who plan to open new charters must prepare a \u201ccommunity impact analysis\u201d that demonstrates their commitment to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-social-justice\">social justice<\/a>, especially in combating so-called re-segregation in public schools, which the progressives have been blaming on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-school-choice\">school choice<\/a> programs.<\/p>\n<p>According to the proposal, this analysis must include a proposed charter\u2019s demographic projections and a comparison with that of the community\u2019s public schools. It also needs to include a plan to make sure the proposed charter \u201cwould not hamper, delay, or in any manner negatively affect any desegregation efforts in the public school districts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In reality, many charters serve predominately black and Hispanic communities and don\u2019t prioritize racial diversity in their enrollment or hiring models. The proposal states that they still need to provide a community impact analysis when applying for federal grants.<\/p>\n<p>As for charter schools contracting for-profit education management organizations (EMOs) for services, the new rules would make them ineligible to apply for federal grant money, although it\u2019s not rare for public schools to contract basic services from for-profit EMOs.<\/p>\n<p>A total of 702 charter schools servicing nearly 450,000 students are operated by EMOs, according to pro-charter advocacy group National Alliance for Public Charter Schools.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBoth charter schools and traditional districts contract with EMOs,\u201d the Alliance <a href=\"https:\/\/data.publiccharters.org\/digest\/charter-school-data-digest\/who-manages-charter-schools\/\">says on its website<\/a>. \u201cMany EMOs serve as vendors for specific management-related services, such as back-office support, hosting web platforms, or staffing assistance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Charter school proponents see the new proposal as a political move to appease powerful teachers unions at the expense of families that could have benefited from more education options. The American Federation of Teachers and the National Education Association, the two largest teachers\u2019 unions, are traditionally considered bastions of Democrats and endorsed President Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s outrageous that Washington would target charter schools in this way\u2014particularly when more families than ever are turning to charter schools,\u201d the Alliance said in a statement. \u201cIt\u2019s not okay to play politics with our children or our schools. New policies should put kids first, not systems.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"author_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"one_author_block round\">\n<div class=\"top_row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/author-gq-pan\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Bill Pan is a reporter for The Epoch Times.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amid nationwide calls for giving parents more choices in their children\u2019s education, the Biden administration has quietly proposed changes that critics say will make it harder for new public charter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":498,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1419825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1419825","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/498"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1419825"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1419825\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1419825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1419825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1419825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}