This report establishes the «
actual cost per student» for each tuition category.
(c) The receiving district board of education shall obtain certification of its «
actual cost per student» for each tuition category for a given year from the Commissioner based upon either:
If half the kids leave a public school system and half the money leaves too (actually, voucher money never equals
the actual cost per student), there is still the same amount of money per student left in the public schools.
Not exact matches
Although the historical record indicates that Uncle Sam once committed to cover the extra
cost (estimated at an additional 40 percent of regular
per - pupil funding
per disabled
student), except for a brief windfall in 2009, the
actual federal appropriation has been more like 17 or 18 percent.
The
per - meal rate for free lunches (currently, $ 2.24) can be higher than the
actual cost, so there may be some advantage to schools with many poor
students, although this improvement is usually offset by inefficiencies of older buildings with outdated kitchen equipment.
To show how much this drop would harm a local school district, and to keep the math simple, we will assume we have a School District with one school and 100
students and assume that the
actual cost is $ 10,000
per student per year (we know from 2012 study that
actual cost is between 15,000 to 20,000 but we will use 10K to keep the math simple).
For non-voucher
students, the school charges tuition of $ 2,600
per 10 - month school year, an amount that doesn't come close to covering
actual costs, currently at more than $ 8,000
per student, Tia Sierra said.