These are complicated financially because Albany does not give charters money for buildings and construction. (news.wbfo.org)
Indiana's entry into the charter movement was nearly arrested in early 2002 when Suellen Reid, the Republican state superintendent of public instruction, balked at giving Indiana's new charters any money during their first semester, basing her opinion on legal advice from members of her staff. (educationnext.org)
The added charter money results from a requirement in the new law that charters receive at least 97 percent of a calculated per pupil spending level, known as a «per capita tuition charge.» (chicagotribune.com)