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Shouldn’t All Children Be Safe In The Schools They Attend?
The California Charter School Association blocks a bill requiring private schools to follow the same environmental rules as public schools.
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5 min readSep 29, 2021
- Ron Reynolds, California Association of Private School Organizations
For obvious reasons, buildings that house public schools are subject to strict standards for health and safety. For example, the Field Act mandates “rigorous oversight of the construction of every public school” ensuring that California schools “are the safest buildings in the world” during an earthquake. When public school facilities are built “on land that was previously contaminated, state…