After all, in December, only about half of district seniors were on track to graduate.
It called on donors to contribute $490 million to move at least half of district students into charters in eight years.
A confidential draft of the charter proposal, obtained by the Los Angeles Times, called for half of district students to enroll in charters over the next eight years.
A draft of that proposal, which was initially spearheaded by philanthropist Eli Broad, called for moving half of district students into charters.
That trend would accelerate sharply under a plan, spearheaded by philanthropist Eli Broad, to move half of district students into charters over the next eight years.
One measure would put L.A. Unified on record against an outside, foundation-backed plan to move half of district students into charter schools over the next eight years.
Latinos make up about half of district voters and African Americans about a quarter, according to the nonpartisan California Target Book, which tracks races for the House and Legislaturee.
The tension between charters, which are run outside of the district's control, and traditional schools, was underscored over the summer, when the Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation circulated a draft proposal to pull half of district students into charters.
When asked about an outside proposal to enroll half of district students in charter schools — a plan that some experts say could push the district into insolvency — King avoided taking sides.
That draft, which was not intended for public release, harshly criticized L.A. Unified and identified charter schools as the path forward, with the goal of moving half of district students into charters over eight years.
