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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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Families Push for More Charter Schools, but Officials in Nevada Not Ready to Lift Moratorium

http://www.lvrj.com/news/15870577.html

Families in Nevada are eager for more public school choice, including more charter schools, but the state is not yet ready to raise the moratorium on charter school development. State Board of Education President Marcia Washington said staff is overwhelmed by monitoring responsibilities that charter schools add to their regular workload. Members of the Legislative Committee on Education met February 21 at Andre Agassi College Preparatory Academy and discussed the possibility of creating a new entity to oversee charter school authorization.

Source: Las Vegas Review Journal
Date: 02/22/2008
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