Abstract: This outline, one of a series of documents produced for the Charter School Leadership Council as part of its effort to document the various policy challenges and solutions, examines the complexity of state charter school funding systems. The authors find that states have a "crazy quilt" of financing arrangements, some which work well for charter schools and some which do not. They predict that opponents, unable to stop charter schooling altogether, will seek to staunch the outflow of funds to charter schools. They suggest that as many low-wealth school districts have challenged state school finance systems on equity grounds, charter schools in states where charter school funding is below district levels may be able to make similar claims.
Resource Type: Paper Presented at Conference Resource Format: Online Document, Conference Material Target Audience: Authorizers, Founders, Administrators, Policy Makers, Researchers Resource Topic: Budget & Finance
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