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OCR Page 1 of 68FROM SCHOOL IMP PROGRAM
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UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
NEWS
UNITED STATES of THE
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 10 a.m. EST
Contact: Melinda Kitchell Malico
October 3, 1996
(202) 401-1008
RILEY ANNOUNCES $17 MILLION IN SUPPORT FOR CHARTER SCHOOLS
U.S. Secretary of Education Richard W. Riley today announced the award of $17 million
in grants to help meet the growing demand for starting public charter schools.
Nineteen states, Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia are receiving grants to support
start-up and development of hundreds of additional charter schools.
Charter schools are public schools under contract or charter -- from a public agency to
groups of parents, teachers, school administrators or others who want to create alternatives and
choice within the public school system. The schools are free, open to all, and designed to be
publicly accountable, as well as creative, flexible and responsive to student and parent needs.
"As the fastest growing public school choice movement of the 1990s, charter schools
provide a good way for communities to roll up their sleeves and move forward -- with charter in
hand -- to strengthen options within public schools and encourage effective innovation coupled
with public accountability," Riley said.
Congress acted on President Clinton's request to increase funding for the Charter Schools
Program in Fiscal Year 1997 by appropriating $51 million, Riley said. The added funds will
help the department support even more charter schools next year, an important piece of the $3.5
billion increase for improving education to be signed into law this week, Riley added.
Alaska, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, Kansas, a New Mexico school, New
Jersey, North Carolina, Wisconsin, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico are receiving new
grants totaling nearly $8.8 million. Arizona, California, Colorado, Georgia, Louisiana,
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