Florida legislators say charters need more scrutiny

Florida's 358 charter schools need greater academic scrutiny and tighter fiscal supervision, according to recommendations by a state Senate committee. The report takes aim at the large numbers of charters that do not receive annual state grades handed out to public schools. Lack of a grade, a state decision often resulting from a charter's small classes or large populations of special-education students, leaves the public unaware of how well students are learning.

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