Dear John,

California is in the midst of several multi-million dollar charter school scandals that are defrauding the public and abusing taxpayer funds.

For example, in 2019 A3 Charter School operators stole $400 million of public school dollars. Just this year, operators of Elite Charter Schools in San Diego and Highlands Charter Academy in Sacramento have abused the public coffers to the tune of more than $180 million combined.

CFT is working to solve this crisis, and we need your help. Please take a moment and send a letter to your state assembly member and your state senator, urging them to vote YES on AB 84 and NO on SB 414.

AB 84 provides crucial oversight for charter schools by increasing audit reports, a change in policy that is the recommended best practice of multiple government agencies.

SB 414 does very little to create accountability and, in fact, gives charter schools immunity from most lawsuits, like the ones that Elite and Highlands are correctly facing.

Please send a message to your legislators – urge them to vote YES on AB 84 and vote NO on SB 414 to stand with public schools and to protect the public school dollars that they depend on.

In Unity,

Jeff Freitas
CFT President

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