RALEIGH -- North Carolina legislators want to change how low-performing schools are transformed, after missing out on a big pot of federal money.
The House Education Committee approved legislation yesterday that adopts federal guidelines on reforming poorly performing schools by giving local school systems four options for revamping them, one of which allows a restart with a structure similar to a charter school. Charter schools are public schools allowed to operate with fewer rules.
The cap on the number of traditional charter schools -- those not controlled by local school systems -- would remain at 100 under the bill. The committee rejected a Republican amendment to raise the cap to 106.
Gov. Bev Perdue sought the changes to improve the state's chances after missing out in March on federal Race to the Top grants that are designated to be used for school reforms.
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