The Washington charter school bill passed the House of Representatives today 51-46. The latter link is not yet updated for the final roll call. In the meantime, I'm told that the vote count was 18 D and 33 R in favor with 33 D and 13 R opposed. Only one of the many amendments was approved. Kudos to Reps. Quall, Talcott, Rockefeller, Hunter, Anderson and Tom who led the debate in favor.

Next stop for the bill is the Republican-controlled Senate, which has until tomorrow evening to vote. My own Senator, Pat Thibaudeau is opposed to the bill on the specious grounds that "it would drain resources from public schools" and that "there is already enough flexibility in the system".