The Detroit metropolitan area has the highest average public school teacher pay among metropolitan areas for which data are available, at $ 47.28 per hour, followed by the San Francisco metropolitan area at $ 46.70 per hour, and the New York metropolitan area at $ 45.79 per hour. (californiapolicycenter.org)
Rep. Ken Weyler sponsored a bill (now sent to a study committee) to fund the regular public charter schools at 50 % of average public school spending (he later proposed 47.5 %). (jbartlett.org)
Average public school expenditures per pupil for the same years were $ 5,900. (religion-online.org)