Texas is being overrun by corporate charter chains aiming to grab market share. Charters can locate wherever they choose without regard to the views of local communities that want to protect their own public schools from rapacious charters. The Texas Senate Education Committee granted sole power to the State Commissioner to approve charter schools. He is not an educator. He is a software executive who served on the Dallas school board and advocated for charter schools. His decisions can be vetoed only by a supermajority of the State Board of Education. Local elected authorities—including mayors and school boards—are prohibited from blocking a charter school that wants to open in its jurisdiction. Charters can locate wherever they choose without regard to the views of local communities that want to protect their own public schools from rapacious charters.
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