Distraction

The League of Women Voters of Pullman opposes 1- 1240, which would establish up to 40 Charter Schools because: Charter Schools are not accountable to voters or elected officials. An appointed state commission is created to authorize and oversee charter schools not the constitutionally mandated, publicly elected, Superintendent of Public Instruction. Private boards rather than publicly elected school boards govern charter schools.

An existing public school could be converted to a charter school by a petition of a majority of teachers or of parents. The school district would lose the state fundi...