GOP Join President Obama in Support of Charter Schools
| Phil Berger
Republican Leader
North Carolina Senate
1026 Legislative Building
Raleigh, NC 27601 - (919) 733-5708 Philbe@ncleg.net | Paul Stam
Republican Leader
North Carolina House of Representatives
613 Legislative Office Building
Raleigh, NC 27603 - (919) 733-2962 Pauls@ncleg.net | | Senator Eddie Goodall, Republican Joint Caucus Leader 1414 Legislative Building – (919) 733-7659 – eddieg@ncleg.net | JOINT CAUCUS PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 17, 2009 Republicans Ask Democrats to Support President on Charter Schools President Obama Calls on States to Lift Caps Republican members of the NC Senate and House of Representatives cited President Obama’s enthusiastic support for charter schools and called on their Democratic colleagues to join them in eliminating the charter schools cap. Current NC law restricts the number of charter schools in our state to only 100. A number of bills to raise or eliminate the cap are pending in the General Assembly. In a speech to the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce last week, the President said, “I call on states to reform their charter rules and lift caps on the number of allowable charter schools, wherever such caps are in place.” The President further stated his opposition to caps, “That isn’t good for our children, our economy, or our country.” “We ask the Democrats to join with us in supporting President Obama’s call for an increased number of charter schools” said Republican House Leader Paul Stam (R-Wake) “It is time to lift the cap on charter schools in North Carolina for our children. This will also help the budgets of our county boards of education.” HB 125, Raise Cap on Charter Schools (Reps. Gulley, Avila, Killian) HB 126, Eliminate Cap on Charter Schools (Reps. Gulley, Avila, Killian, Dollar) HB 288, Remove Cap on the Number of Charter Schools (Rep. Allred) HB 427, Counties May Fund Charter Schools (Reps. Moore, Cleveland, Brown, Current) SB 172, Allow Charter Schools in 100 Counties (Sen. Goodall) SB 378, Counties May Fund Charter Schools (Sen Goodall) SB 379, Remove Cap on the Number of Charter Schools (Sen. Goodall) SB 397, Increase Cap on Charter Schools (Sen. Clary) SB 573, Modify Charter School Law (Sen. Goodall)
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