Legislation on Charter Schools has been introduced by Lee Daniels (R-Elmhurst). Governor Jim Edgar, in his "State of the State Address" in January, praised Charter Schools as an innovation in education for Illinois that he would propose. Patrick O'Malley (R-Palos Park) has sponsored the Governor's Charter School legislation. The legislation is now pending in the Illinois General Assembly. Mayor Richard Daley of Chicago has made Charter Schools one of his goals for 1994. The Illinois State Board of Education is discussing "Principles for Evaluation of Legislative Proposals on Charter Schools." Seven principles intended to be safeguards in governing the formation of Charter Schools are under discussion. However, no agreement on the support of Charter Schools or the principles has been made at this time. The Illinois PTA convention recently adopted the "Illinois PTA position on Charter Schools."
Posted on March 3, 1995
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