Deal struck to press school reform

Associated Press

CLEVELAND

Gov. John Kasich and top legislative leaders endorsed a compromise Cleveland school improvement bill on Friday to help the city’s struggling public schools and high-performing charter schools co-exist.

The deal outlined at a City Hall news conference by the governor, Mayor Frank Jackson and a bipartisan group of lawmakers would create a coordinating panel to sanction new and renewing charters in the district. The panel would be appointed by the mayor and would include school officials, parents, and community groups.

Charter schools would choose from a list of sponsors cleared by the panel.