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California bill to extend school choice law faces allegations of inequity
The “district of choice” law currently allows about 10,000 students across the state to enroll in 47 participating school districts without seeking the permission of their home districts, which are often loath to let them — and the funding attached to them — go. By Anna M. Phillips, Los Angeles Times

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