Delaware State Rep. Kim Williams just presented House Bill 186 to the full Delaware House of Representatives, and it passed the House in a 23-17-1 vote. Every single Delaware House Republican voted no on the bill, along with Earl Jaques.
Rep. Daniel Short brought Academy of Dover’s independent auditor Ms. Baker to testify against the bill, but she gave no compelling reason why the bill shouldn’t pass. When Rep. Williams asked her how long she has audited Academy of Dover, she couldn’t answer. Williams asked: one, two, three years? She still couldn’t answer.
After some back and forth about “interrogating” the witness, backed up by Speaker Pete Schwartzkopf, the bill went to a roll call. All the Republicans voted no, along with Democrats Earl Jaques and Schwartzkopf. The bill still has to go through the Senate Education Committee, unless the rules are suspended, and it is allowed to go to a vote with the Senate tonight. The Senate has yet to put their agenda up for tonight’s last day in this legislative session…
I guess Republicans are dead set against charter schools being held accountable. Not sure why they are on the side of the Delaware Charter Schools Network. This will be very interesting going forward…
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