Several Hundred Charter School Supporters to Demand Equitable Funding at LAUSD Bond...

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Thu Jul 31, 2008 11:03am EDT 

Several Hundred Charter School Supporters to Demand Equitable Funding at LAUSD Bond Measure Vote

    Concerned Supporters Seek to Ensure Dedicated Funds for Charter
                                Schools
--(Business Wire)--
The California Charter Schools Association:

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WHAT:  Several hundred charter school parents, teachers and supporters
       will line the steps of the Los Angeles Unified School District
       (LAUSD) headquarters to demand equal funding for charter
       schools. The gathering will coincide with a meeting of the
       LAUSD Board of Education, which is expected to vote on a $7
       billion dollar bond measure proposed for the November ballot
       and determine how much bond money will be allocated for
       charter schools.

WHEN:  Thursday, July 31, 2008, 1:30 p.m. (Board meeting starts at
       2:00 p.m.)

WHERE: Los Angeles Unified School District
       333 South Beaudry Avenue
       Los Angeles, CA 90017

WHO:   The event will feature several hundred parents and charter
       school supporters. Spokespersons will include Caprice Young,
       president and CEO of the California Charter Schools
       Association, among others.

WHY:   The Los Angeles Unified School District has been short changing
       charter schools on space to house their students. Charter
       schools already get about $3,000 less per student than the
       district receives in funding. Charter schools are demanding
       their fair share of the new $7 billion bond measure proposed
       for the November ballot. The California Charter Schools
       Association has pushed for stronger bond language on behalf of
       charter schools to ensure:
        --10 percent of the bond funds to be allocated to charter
          schools.
        --Smart financing which would include lease payments, matching
          funds and loan guarantees for charter schools.
        --Good governance policies to allow schools to build and equip
          their own campuses.
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   About the California Charter Schools Association

   The California Charter Schools Association is the membership and
professional organization serving 687 charter public schools that
serve an estimated 240,000 charter school students in the state of
California. The Association's mission is to improve student
achievement by supporting and expanding California's quality charter
public school movement. www.myschool.org.

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