In a reversal vote, Loudoun Co. school board will allow charter schools to ask for funding to cover facility upgrades

Charter schools in Loudoun County, Virginia, will be able to keep asking for funding for classroom upgrades and other infrastructure improvements as part of an updated policy the school board approved last week.

The policy pertains to the establishment of charter schools. As part of an amendment to the proposed policy , charter schools are eligible to ask for funding for infrastructure needs, and those needs could be included in the Capital Improvement Program if the school board deems it necessary.

The Capital Improvement Program is the school division’s long-term plan for acquiring property and renovating and maintaining existing public school facilities. The proposed update passed, 7-2.

The approved policy update put an end to community fears that Loudoun County’s two charter sch