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• Position: STATELINE - Legislature redefined charter schools - Brief article

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Under a new law in Washington, lottery sales, rather than the state's general fund, will be used to pay for charter schools. The state Supreme Court found a law adopted by voters in 2012 to be unconstitutional because the schools' unelected boards were making decisions about how to spend public money. In the new law, the Legislature redefined charter schools--they are no longer "common schools" like the state's...