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Washington voters reject charter school measure.

Publication: Knight-Ridder Tribune Business News
Publication Date: 03-NOV-04 		Format: Online - approximately 487 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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Byline: Linda Shaw

Nov. 3--For the third time in eight years, Washington voters rejected an effort to allow charter schools in the state.

Opponents of charter schools put Referendum 55 on the ballot in an effort to repeal a bill that Gov. Gary Locke signed into law last spring.

That law would allow as many as 45 new charter schools to open in the next six years, run by nonprofit organizations under...

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