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ARIZONA CAPITOL TIMES CONTRIBUTING STORY
BY CHUCK ESSIGS
All public schools should be owned by the public
Arizona needs to take action to ensure that all charter
schools return to the purpose for which they were legally When tax dollars pay for the
established more than 20 years ago, to expand choice for
parents and students, not to expand the bank accounts building of a public highway, a
of private investors. Today, of the 1,900 public schools
in our state, 500 are charter schools. All of them provide state building, a city or county
educational services tuition free to students and both school
districts and charter schools receive funding from the state, building, or buildings in a
but a major difference exists between the two: The land and
buildings in traditional school districts are owned by the traditional school district, the
public school district, more specifically the taxpayers who
live in the district. Land and buildings owned by a charter property belongs to the public, not
school are not owned by the public; they are owned by the
owner of the charter school.
a private individual or company.
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