The East Baton Rouge Parish School Board has been taking its time to update its rules when it comes to charter schools, rebuffing a recent attempt to force changes to happen right away.

The dustup is occurring in the middle of the period when interested groups can apply to open charter schools within the boundaries of the school district. That application period began Sept. 8 and ends Oct. 20. The board has scheduled its next board meeting for Oct. 16, four days prior to the deadline.

A 104-page charter school policy document was placed on the agenda for the Aug. 7 meeting, but was pulled at the request of Superintendent LaMont Cole for further review. It has yet to reappear on subsequent agendas.

The proposed updates incorporate a number of changes in state law enacted since the pol

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