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Gov. Dunleavy wants his appointed State School Board to have charter “authorization” power. Could this let the State Board authorize current private or religious schools as ‘State Charter Schools’? That might let them get around the court’s unconstitutional determination or at least extend the “shadow” function until another lawsuit is resolved.
That's certainly the concern. Like he did with the voucher debate back in 2013/2014, the Dunleavy administration has been tight-lipped about what exactly they plan to do with the power. Very much a pass the policy so we can know what's in the policy sort of situation.
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could you provide a link the AG legal opinion referred to in your article? thanks!
Ack! Thanks for asking, I realized 2 minutes after sending it that I hadn't included a link to the briefing: https://thealaskacurrent.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/3AN-23-04309CI.pdf
ok, this is a link to the Superior Court ruling, what about the AG legal opinion (Cori Mill) ? is that opinion available?
Oh, geeze. I really shouldn't skip the coffee in the morning or else I get selective reading.
Here's the opinion: https://law.alaska.gov/pdf/opinions/opinions_2022/22-002_2021200228.pdf
Gov. Dunleavy wants his appointed State School Board to have charter “authorization” power. Could this let the State Board authorize current private or religious schools as ‘State Charter Schools’? That might let them get around the court’s unconstitutional determination or at least extend the “shadow” function until another lawsuit is resolved.
That's certainly the concern. Like he did with the voucher debate back in 2013/2014, the Dunleavy administration has been tight-lipped about what exactly they plan to do with the power. Very much a pass the policy so we can know what's in the policy sort of situation.
bingo!
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