(FOX NEWS) – The Department of Education is “waging war on charter schools” with recently proposed rules that would make it tougher for them to receive start-up grants, a school choice advocate told Fox News.
The rule would tighten requirements on charter schools seeking seed money, like proving that there’s a demand for a new school and showing how they would ensure diversity. There would also be restrictions on how much outside for-profit companies could manage operations.
“The Biden administration is essentially waging war on charter schools,” Corey DeAngelis, the American Federation for Children’s national director of research, told Fox News. “But more importantly, the administration, through these regulations, is waging war on families who want these schools for their kids and that’s absolutely atrocious.”