On average, the funding gap between charter schools and traditional schools is 22 percent, or $1,800 per pupil. The average charter school ends up with a total funding shortfall of nearly half a million dollars.
Source: Charter School Funding: Inequity’s Next Frontier
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Illinois Study Finds Charter Schools Do Not Strain District Resources
Charter schools in Illinois do not drain the budgets of districts that host them, according to a study released by the Civic Foundation. The report found a positive relationship between a charter school and its district's bottom line. It also found that the state's Transition Impact Aid was an effective mechanism for assisting districts during a charter school's initial years when revenue losses are first felt. "Districts that moved to open charter schools were not hindered in their management of resources," said Civic Federation president Laurence Msall.
Source: The State Journal-Register, (07/23/2007)
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Detroit Mayor Puts Charter Expansion Plan on Hold
Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick has announced his plan to open as many as 25 charter schools is on hold while he explores alternatives with union leaders, community activists, and the system's new superintendent. Kilpatrick said the group would announce a plan in late summer to address achievement, security, and other issues. "I've been asked to wait on (the charter plan), but it's not thrown away," Kilpatrick said. "I want to work within this group to make it happen ... but if we can't make it happen here locally, then I, as mayor, have to do something."
Source: Detroit News, (07/21/2007)
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New Study Finds Public Charter Schools Have Positive Financial Impact for Communities
A new report from researchers at Public Impact finds that public charter schools’ positive financial impact on communities more than offsets districts’ short-term revenue losses. The authors found that charter schools generate new streams of revenue and increase the total spent on public education in a community. The study, funded by the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, notes the high number of disadvantaged children enrolled in charters -- students who are typically the most difficult and expensive to educate. "Nationally, charter schools enroll higher proportions of minority students, low-income students and students limited in their English proficiency...." the authors report. "Any discussion of a particular charter school's fiscal impact, therefore, needs to consider the students the charter school is likely to enroll."
Source: The Evening Bulletin, (07/20/2007)
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Arizona Charter School Students Make Gains on State Assessments
Elementary students in Arizona's charter schools are making significant academic progress and now have achievement scores that nearly match their peers in district public schools, according to state AIMS test results. Performance in charter high schools, however, continues to lag, though scores are steadily increasing. Charter advocates say charter high schools serve the poorest students and those who have struggled academically in district high schools. Tom Horne, Arizona superintendent of public instruction, said he wants charter and district schools to work together to improve student achievement. "One of my themes is to get charter schools and district schools to stop seeing each other as competitors and to see each other as engaged in the same enterprise," he said.
Source: The Arizona Republic, (07/19/2007)
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L.A. Charter Schools' Lawsuits Over Facilities Ordered to Arbitration
Two charter school organizations, Green Dot Public Schools and PUC Schools, had sued the L.A. Unified district under Proposition 39, which requires that school districts provide facilities for charter students. Only a handful of start-up charter schools, however, have been allowed to use classrooms at either an existing Los Angeles school or one of the dozens of new ones built in recent years. The dispute has been ordered to arbitration and district attorneys declared the ruling “a victory." Charter advocates, however, see the potential for the final act to turn in their favor. "This is an opportunity for charters to make our case to a decision-maker," said Caprice Young, head of the California Charter Schools Association.
Source: LA Times (free registration required), (07/18/2007)
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Policymakers' Confusion Leads to Freezing of Charters' Funds in New Hampshire
Last month, New Hampshire policymakers crafted an 11th-hour budget deal that imposed a moratorium on new charter schools for two years, while giving three financially struggling charter schools $800,000. The schools are confused, however, on how to split those funds and have put a freeze on their distribution until a meeting later this month, which could impact the schools' ability to prepare for the upcoming school year. Rep. Ken Weyler, who pressed hard to get the funding for the charter schools, stated, "It was determined the distribution would be on a per-pupil basis. These funds would give each school approximately another $4,000 per pupil in addition to the adequacy grant." Unfortunately, that language never made it into the bill, leaving the charters in limbo.
Source: Sea Coast Online, (07/16/2006)
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