California Legislature Mulls Bills Pressuring Charter Schools To Boost Test Scores

The Fresno Bee (7/27, Gibbons) reports that the California legislature is considering a pair of bills to "put more pressure on charter schools to scrap their alternative curriculums and improve standardized test scores. The proposals also would shift some of the power to shut down failing charters from school districts to the state." The Bee notes that in the past, then-Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) had vetoed bills to tighten regulation of charter schools, but "With Jerry Brown in office, regulation proposals are re-emerging."