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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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Arizona Judge Initially Rules Against Charter Schools in State Curriculum Mandate Suit

http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/0808chartercase0808.html

A county superior court judge has refused to block the Arizona Board of Education from requiring charter schools to teach certain social studies courses in specific grades. The schools in the suit are high performing and wanted to teach history topics on a different schedule. The ruling does not resolve the dispute. Still, charters will have to rearrange their history classes in Grades 7-8 to adhere to the state-mandated schedule until there can be a full trial on the issue later this year. "I think the Education Department has temporarily dodged a bullet," said attorney Clint Bolick. "The schools did not receive the injunction (based) on some procedural issues, and we definitely plan to fight this regulatory incursion."

Source: The Arizona Republic
Date: 08/08/2007
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