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Bible, no. DC charter law from 1996, yes. The only way a charter school can give [u]address[/u] preference is for it to be a conversion of a DCPS. (The first charter school in the city was a DCPS conversion.)

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But who makes that law? The Council. Who has expressed interest in doing things differently? A couple of council-members. Hmm, how might that work...  Maybe the councilmembers could [i]change the law[/i] ?

Naw, crazy talk.[/quote]

Yes, it is crazy talk.  Change the law for one school and you change it for all of them.  This means that some of the more desirable charter schools in more expensive neighborhoods could effectively screen out poorer applicants, who would also be disproportionately AA.  For example, Washington Latin would become even more wealthy and white relative to its peers.  This is not going to happen.

[/quote]Agreed. What change the law PP doesn't seem to realize is that it would be political suicide to change charter law in any way to make it [i]more[/i] like DCPS, i.e. boundary preference. It flies in the face of the spirit and the letter of the law to give preferences by address. It would also give even more incentive for address fraud. You'd have better luck shutting down the OOB lottery than changing what is widely viewed as one of the most charter friendly laws in the country.  [/quote]

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