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Paterson, lawmakers agree to more charter schools
Posted: 01.15.2010 at 4:27 PM
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ALBANY (AP) -- Legislative leaders and Gov. David Paterson have agreed to raise the cap on charter schools as part of steps to meet a federal deadline for getting up to $700 million in additional aid to schools.

They made the announcement in a hastily called leaders meeting after closed-door negotiations that appeared stalled Friday. The grant deadline is Tuesday.

At issue was boosting the maximum number of charter schools in New York from the current cap of 200. Paterson had said the federal program required eliminating the cap, but now says federal officials tell him a maximum of 454 would make New York well qualified.

That would mean one potential charter school for every 10 traditional public schools in the state.

There are just six available charters left.

(Copyright ©2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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