LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Board of Education has voted to adopt a resolution that could turn a third of the schools in the nation's second-largest school district over to private operators.
The proposal was approved Tuesday on a 6-1 vote after a contentious three and a-half hour public hearing and board debate.
Superintendent Ramon Cortines now has 60 days to develop a plan.
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Proposals will be accepted from private charter school operators, local communities and the mayor's office for the operation of 50 new schools that will open over the next four years, as well as 200 existing schools that are chronic underperformers.