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[quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DCI lost out because a ruling was made that the grant money it was going to get could not legally be spent on it.  That's legal inflexibility, not mayoral impropriety.[/quote]

That's bullshit.  How is funding a public school for DC children NOT legal?  Charter or not.  Charters are entitled to public funds, they are public schools.

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Yes, the law can be BS and yet somehow remain the law.[/quote]

No, the interpretation of the law is what's at issue.  BS interpretation is BS interpretation.[/quote]

There is nothing new about this interpretation is there? As far as I know, every charter school has been responsible for its own capital fund. I don't think any of them have received public money for their buildings.
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This is the reasoning, explained from tweets by Grosso's staff:

We have the opinion from OAG/CFO on why the proposed DC International Charter School is not eligible for capital funds from DC gov.
The $6 million grant for DC International would be derived from proceeds of a future Income Tax Secured Bond (ITSB) issue.
Under law, DC may only fund District government capital projects with the proceeds of District ITSBs.
And since charters are technically not part of District gov, the District can't use ITSB bonds on their capital projects.
 ?@Team_Grosso  Feb 19

It's because of the source of the funds, not the use.  [/quote]

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