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Mary Landrieu: “But you don't need to build equity. If you have a charter with 200 children and you have got $400,000 a year guaranteed…”

On the recordMay 4, 2004
But you don't need to build equity. If you have a charter with 200 children and you have got $400,000 a year guaranteed to come in, what is preventing a bank or an entity from loaning you money to buy or lease or renovate a building?
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Mary Landrieu
Democratic · Louisiana
Source
congress.gov
May 4, 2004

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Senator Landrieu questions barriers to financing for charter schools.

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