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A state Assembly bill that is meant to prevent the abuses and close legal loopholes exposed in the A3 charter school scandal is facing fierce opposition from charter school leaders.
The bill, AB 1316, is a sweeping reform measure meant to fix weaknesses in state law that allowed executives from the statewide A3 charter school network to pocket more than $50 million of public funds funneled from charter schools.
In February A3 executives Sean McManus of Australia and Jason Schrock of Long Beach pleaded guilty to conspiracy to steal public dollars and agreed to cooperate with authorities to recover the stolen money.