INDIANAPOLIS — Legislation aimed at growing the number of Indiana charter schools — a key ingredient in Gov. Mitch Daniels' education reform agenda — received its first hearing Wednesday in the General Assembly.
The House Education Committee listened to more than four hours of testimony on House Bill 1002 and then scheduled a vote on it for next week.
The bill could authorize more mayors, some private colleges and universities, and a new state board to sponsor charter schools. Under current law, only school boards, the mayor of Indianapolis and public four-year universities are authorized as sponsors.
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