NC lawmakers debate charter schools’ share of local school dollars

Charter schools want a bigger slice of the money that traditional public schools receive. Their fight to get it has played out for years in legislative committee rooms and courtrooms.

The battle is now back in the legislature, where the House is considering whether it should go along with a Senate proposal to have local school districts send more money to charters

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Several legislators in a committee meeting Thursday did not get clear answers to their questions about what kinds of federal grants would have to be split with charter schools under the proposal. The committee spent more than an hour debating and listening to speakers, but took no action.

House Education Committee Chairman Jeffrey Elmore, a North Wilkesboro Republican, said legislators wanted the meeting for discussion and questions. He did not say what would happen next with the bill.

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