Validating charter schools

PACOIMA - In what supporters of charter schools hailed as validation of their efforts, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Friday announced $463 million in state funds will be made available for construction and modernization projects. Daily News.

The funding from Proposition 1D will help 29 charter schools throughout the state.

"This is exactly what the voters had in mind when they passed $10.4 billion for schools," Schwarzenegger said at an event at the Vaughn Next Century Learning Center in Pacoima.