by Jason Method
TRENTON — A proposed law that would allow for private-public schools to be built and operated is awaiting action at this hour in the Assembly Budget Committee.
A leading advocate for low-income students threatened a lawsuit over the bill.
The bill, called the Urban Hope Act, would allow for the privately operated public schools to be authorized and built in Newark, Jersey City and Camden.
South Jersey Democratic leader George E. Norcross has been pushing for the bill, particularly because he wants to see a new private-public school in the Lanning Square section in the center of Camden. Gov. Chris Christie had indicated he would support it.
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