Advocacy takes persistence, so CPS was back at the statehouse on Monday, October 7, for a hearing before the Joint Committee on Education. It was standing room only at the committee’s public hearing on “Charter Schools and Miscellaneous topics,” so we waited for hours to speak. Executive Director Lisa Guisbond, Board Member Carol Savage and CPS member Christine Langhoff spoke in favor of three bills that would improve charter school accountability, transparency, and local democratic control: H.593, An Act to ensure charter school transparency and public accountability; S.314, An Act relative to local approval for charter schools; and S.298, An Act relative to the financial impact of charter schools.
To read the CPS testimony, click here.
We spoke against H.3853, An Act relative to the operation of charter schools in New Bedford, and H.496, An Act relative to establishing a private school tuition deduction task force. CPS Board member Ricardo Rosa submitted written testimony against H.3853 on behalf of the New Bedford Coalition to Save Our Schools.
To read the CPS testimony, click here.
To add your voice, send a message to the chairs of the Education Committee (Senator Jason Lewis and Rep. Alice Peisch) to let them know you stand behind CPS’s testimony on charter bills.
