New rules for charters

Following allegations of mishandling of funds at two San Fernando Valley charter schools, the Los Angeles Unified school board Tuesday passed a set of new rules intended to tighten district oversight of the independent campuses. Connie Llanos in the Daily News.

The board unanimously approved regulations that will dictate how charter schools are approved and renewed - or shut down if they miss academic benchmarks or fraud and mishandling of funds are discovered.

"Before there were no clear procedures or guidelines. ... Now we will be better able to support quality and hold schools accountable that are not performing or where we find egregious issues," said Jose Cole Gutierrez, LAUSD's executive director in charge of charter schools.