The proposal would permit Rutgers University to approvecharterschools, in addition to the Department of Education. It also would end deadlines for organizers to apply forcharters, allowing applications to be filed at any time and requiring decisions on them within five months.

The proposal also would expand the types ofcharterschools allowed in New Jersey, allowing virtual or e-charter schools; charterschools with students of only one gender; andcharterschools catering to students with behavioral needs or disorders, such as autism.

The legislation is sponsored by five Democrats but seems likely to receive a warm welcome from Gov. Chris Christie, a pro-charter Republican, and his education commissioner, Bret Schundler, who helped found a Jersey Citycharterschool in the 1990s.

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The proposal would permit Rutgers University to approve charter schools, in addition to the Department of Education.

It also ends deadlines for organizers to apply for charters, allowing applications to be filed at any time and requiring decisions on them within five months.

The proposal would also expand the types of charter schools allowed in New Jersey, allowing virtual or e-charter schools, charter schools with students of only one gender and charter schools catering to students with behavioral needs or disorders, such as autism.

For the rest of the article, go to Bill fosters charter school growth