http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08156/887164-298.stm
A group of state representatives in Pennsylvania wants to reduce payments to cyber public charter schools to $7,020 per pupil, down from the average of roughly $9,000 per pupil. Currently, cyber public charter payments are based on a complicated formula that translates into about 70 percent of each sending district's per-pupil spending. Bill sponsor State Rep. Karen Beyer said she believes the lower funding amount is adequate. "Any parochial school will tell you they can more than educate a child for $7,000," she said. Cyber public charter school operators said, if Beyer's bill passes, they will have to cut back on technology services and some schools might be forced to close. "This bill will take away valuable resources from children who find that public cyber charter schools are the best educational option for them," said Andrew Oberg, assistant director for the Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School. Tim Daniels of the Pennsylvania Coalition of Charter Schools said Beyer's bill is "really limiting the choice of Pennsylvania families and students."
Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Date: 06/04/2008
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