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In her March 17 guest commentary, Stephanie Hancock claims that House Bill 1363 is a “brazen” and “mean-spirited” effort to harm charter schools. As a former lawmaker and public school teacher, I would argue the bill is a common-sense effort to place the same accountability and transparency requirements on charter schools that are demanded of traditional public schools.