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U.S. Representative John Boehner
Charter Schools
Work
Did you know that, right now, the waiting list to get into charter
schools has about a million names on it?
I’m not surprised at all – charter schools work.
In our area, it’s the parents and educators at charter schools like
Richard Allen Academy and Springfield Academy of Excellence who work
tirelessly to make sure every one of our kids has a fair shot at a good
education – which is critical to building a stronger economy.
And they need our support.
If the Washington, D.C.-based education establishment would get out of
our way and let us replicate the successful charter schools programs in
this country, we could get kids off of waiting lists and into
classrooms. In the U.S. House, we recently passed the Success and
Opportunity through Quality Charter Schools Act – a bipartisan bill
that will help.
The Success and Opportunity through Quality Charter Schools Act puts
more tools and resources into the hands of our parents and
teachers. I’ve heard from a number of our local charter schools
on this, and they are rallying support for the bill’s key legislative
improvements that would make it easier for successful charter schools
to serve more students and expand to new communities.
These are good reforms that passed the House with strong, bipartisan
support, and I hope the Senate will take it up and send it to the
president’s desk as soon as possible.
As I’ve long said, providing all students – regardless of where they
come from – access to a quality education is not just a moral
obligation, it’s an economic imperative. You can’t have a strong
economy without preparing the next generation to fill the jobs and
drive the innovations that will keep America competitive.
Charter schools are a critical part of that effort, providing parents
and students more choices and more opportunities to escape
underperforming schools.
We’re doing our part to expand choice in private schools, and we ought
to be doing the same in public schools.
To learn more about the Success and Opportunity through Quality Charter
Schools Act, I encourage you to visit boehner.house.gov.
Boehner represents Ohio’s 8th District, which includes all of Butler,
Clark, Darke, Miami, and Preble counties, and the southernmost part of
Mercer County. He was first elected to Congress in 1990.
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