Eighteen Republican governors slammed Monday the Biden administration’s effort to restrict federal grants to charter schools, accusing the administration of seeking to position itself as a “national charter school board.”
Led by Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee, the governors asked Education Secretary Miguel Cardona to remove the proposed “community impact analysis”; keep open the “unprecedentedly short” one-month comment period, and delay any changes until the next fiscal year.
“We oppose any attempts by the federal government to act as a national charter school board, impose a top-down and one-size-fits-all approach, and undermine the authority of parents to choose the educational option best for their child,” said the comment from the red-state governors.
