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Word of the Minnesota legislation began to get around the country. In California, Eric Premack, a Minneapolis native and an intern with the Citizens League in 1986-87, was working for the California Legislature in 1992. He began spreading the word there. That spring, when I was in California, Eric arranged meetings with key people. State Sen. Gary Hart authored a bill and got it through on the last night of the session.
California's action put the idea of chartering schools into play nationally. In 1993, six
in start up grants for charter schools, a cumulative total of about $1.9 billion over the last 14 years. |