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Governor Quinn Signs Bill to Expand Charter Schools in Illinois

CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–July 30, 2009. Governor Pat Quinn today signed a law that doubles the number of charter schools allowed in Illinois from 60 schools to 120 schools. The law increases the number of single-campus charter schools allowed in Chicago from 30 to 70 and in the rest of the state from 30 to 45 schools, and adds five additional charter schools in Chicago devoted exclusively for high school dropouts.

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