The Orange County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday voted to approve a resolution opposing a N.C. Senate bill under consideration that would lift the cap on the number of charter schools.
The bill proposes no cap on the number of charter schools in the state and removes the minimum number of students necessary to form a charter school. The bill would entitle charter schools to a portion of all funds that flow through local public school system accounts, including donations from private entities; reimbursement of expenses, such as activity bus fees and gym rental fees; grants for programs that charter schools do not offer, such as Head Start, More-at-Four and Free and Reduced Lunch; fund balances; and child-nutrition funds, which include fees paid by parents and governmental subsidies.
Both the Chapel Hill-Carrboro and Orange County boards of education have adopted similar resolutions.