HB 1348 Clarifying Municipal Ordinances Regarding Open-Enrollment Charter Schools
Emily Sass
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Emily Sass is the policy director for the Texas Public Policy Foundation's Center for Innovation in Education.
Charter schools, established in Texas in 1995, compose a small but influential sector of Texas public education. Now in existence over 25 years, open-enrollment charter schools served approximately 336,900 students (or roughly 6% of Texas public education students) in 2019-20. Tens of thousands of students are on charter school waitlists across the state, according to early state reports.
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A Classical Education
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