LAUSD approves reform proposal

The Los Angeles Board of Education approved a plan Tuesday that would allow outside groups to run up to a third of all district campuses, including 50 new multimillion dollar campuses coming on line and more than 200 underperforming schools. Conniei Llanos in the Daily News.

Facing a sharply divided crowd of hundreds of parents, teachers and school workers, the school board held a lengthy and at times heated debate before voting 6 to 1 to approve the proposal that takes effect in fall of 2010.