http://www.nhregister.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=18070876&BRD=1281&PAG=461&dept_id=590581&rfi=6
Last week, charter school advocates warned Connecticut legislators that inadequate state funding is preventing the creation of high-quality charter schools in the state. Dacia Toll, president of Achievement First which operates the highly successful Amistad Academy and Elm City charter schools, said her organization recently opened four schools in New York City because they get financial support equal to that given public schools. Her schools spend about $11,000 per student, but only get $8,000 per student from the state of Connecticut. Toll told members of the legislature's Education Committee that New York's policy is "to have the money follow the child," whether to a district school or a charter school, and that Connecticut should follow suit. "We are from Connecticut and want to open more schools here," said Toll. "We can make Connecticut an attractive place … for entrepreneurs to come and open high-quality schools."
Source: New Haven Register
Date: 03/13/2007
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