#AnotherDayAnotherCharterScandal

The Building Boom Continues Despite A Loss Of Students

Why isn’t the LAUSD performing its regulatory obligations as Charter schools continue to build in an area already saturated with classrooms?

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“The bill would authorize a chartering authority to deny renewal of a charter school upon a finding that the school is demonstrably unlikely to successfully implement the program set forth in the petition due to substantial fiscal or governance factors, or is not serving all pupils who wish to attend, as specified.”

– AB 1505

Decades of changing demographics have left public schools and charters competing for a share of the shrinking school-age population. This shift was predicted by the LAUSD years before it occurred and should have resulted in dramatic changes to how many new facilities the District planned to build. Instead, Monica Garcia led efforts to greatly expand the number of classrooms available in Los Angeles.