Biden Admin Quietly Pushing Anti-Charter Policies, School Choice Advocates Warn

Biden Admin Quietly Pushing Anti-Charter Policies, School Choice Advocates Warn
U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona delivers remarks in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 27, 2022. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
Bill Pan
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Amid nationwide calls for giving parents more choices in their children’s education, the Biden administration has quietly proposed changes that critics say will make it harder for new public charter schools to open and for existing ones to survive.

On March 14, the U.S. Department of Education released a 14-page regulatory proposal regarding the priorities, requirements, and criteria that public charters should meet when they apply for federal funds.