File - In this Aug. 28, 2018 file photo, State Sen. Connie Leyva, D-Chino, watches as votes are displayed at the State Capitol in Sacramento, Calif. California's 1,300 charter schools will soon face stricter transparency requirements under legislation pushed by Gov. Gavin Newsom. State lawmakers sent Newsom the bill Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019, on the sixth day of a teachers strike in Oakland, the second major teachers strike in California this year. Leyva, the bill's author, said will provide communities and parents "fair and open access to participate in the decisions and collective missions of their charter schools." (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)
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