By KRWG News
New Mexico – Twenty-one charter schools are making their cases for establishment before the New Mexico Public Education Commission.
KRQE-TV reports (http://bit.ly/ngYghW) that applicants are slated Thursday to give presentations before a review panel.
Out of the 21 applicants, 10 are in Albuquerque and at least two in Las Cruces and two others in Santa Fe.
Some are centered around providing education to at-risk students from various ethnic backgrounds to concentrating on math and science. All of the charter school applicants must establish their curriculums and how the school will sustain itself financially.
According to the state in 2008 and 2009, out of all the charter school applicants at least half were approved.
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Information from: KRQE-TV, http://www.krqe.com
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