Privately run taxpayer-funded Texas schools often withhold information

2013-12-16T14:27:22-06:00

By Morgan Smith The Texas Tribune Originally published Dec. 16, 2013 On a recently approved Texas charter school application, blacked-out paragraphs appear on almost 100 of its 393 pages. Redactions on the publicly available online version of the application often extend for pages at a time. They include sections on the school’s plan to support students’ academic success, its extracurricular activities and the “extent to which any private entity, including any management company” will be involved in the school’s operation. The “shaded material,” according to footnotes, is confidential proprietary or financial information. The school, part of an Arizona-based charter school network [...]