This morning, the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools (NAPCS) led charter advocates from across the country in testifying at an Internal Revenue Service (I.R.S.) public hearing against proposed regulations that likely would force states to prohibit public charter school educators from participating in state retirement plans. The proposed regulations, released in November 2011 and titled “Determination of Government Plan Status,” would affect an estimated 95,000 public charter school employees nationwide – potentially forcing more than 93 percent of the nation’s charter school workforce to either leave their public charter schools or lose their state pensions. Those testifying against the proposed regulations on behalf of the NAPCS includes: Renita Thukral, Senior Director, Legal Affairs, NAPCS; David Dunn, Executive Director, Texas Charter Schools Association; and Jill Gottfred, Policy Manager, Illinois Network of Charter Schools. You can learn more about the issue on our website and press release.
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