http://www.columbusdispatch.com/news-story.php?story=dispatch/2006/04/27/20060427-A1-03.html
School district officials around the country often blame charter schools for some of their financial difficulties. In Ohio, however, a new analysis shows some districts actually have more money now despite losing thousands of students to charter schools. According to the Columbus Dispatch, the Columbus school district spent 22 percent more on each student ($11,145) than it did in 1999, when it spent $9,078. More than 7,000 district students have switched to charter schools. "In one sense, they're losing money because they're not getting as much money as they were getting," said Mike Antonucci, who directs the California-based Education Intelligence Agency, which conducts research on public education. "But they're teaching fewer pupils. The numbers don't lie." Cleveland, which also has lost a significant number of students to charters, receives nearly $67 million more than it got from the state in 1998-99, when charters began there.
Source: The Columbus Dispatch
Date: 04/27/2006
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