Enrollment numbers have decreased in both smaller districts in recent years and yet they continue to spend more on
administrative costs per student than others.
Table 1 shows those AFRs which demonstrated the highest
administrative cost per student.
Not exact matches
Coupled with the
administrative efficiencies and related
cost savings, the school has seen a tremendous increase in those
students accessing FSM, from 50
per cent to 95
per cent uptake, as they no longer feel stigmatised.
Coupled with the
administrative efficiencies and related
cost savings, the school has seen a tremendous increase in those
students accessing FSM, (from 50
per cent to 95
per cent uptake) as they no longer feel stigmatised.
The Commission will examine factors that impact spending in education, including: school funding and distribution of State Aid; efficiency and utilization of education spending at the district level; the percentage of
per - pupil funding that goes to the classroom as compared to
administrative overhead and benefits; approaches to improving special education programs and outcomes while also reducing
costs; identifying ways to reduce transportation
costs; identifying strategies to create significant savings and long - term efficiencies; and analysis of district - by - district returns on educational investment and educational productivity to identify districts that have higher
student outcomes
per dollar spent, and those that do not.
OFM estimates the charter school bill would add $ 8.4 million to overall state spending over the next four years: $ 7.4 million in
per - pupil allocations because the schools would attract some private - school and home - schooled
students not currently covered in the state budget, and $ 1 million in new
administrative costs incurred by state agencies.
Resources dedicated to teaching and learning Ultimate
administrative and budget targets should include
student loads that promote personalization, substantial time for collective planning by teachers, competitive salaries for staff, and an ultimate
per - pupil
cost not to exceed that at traditional schools by more than 10 percent.
For example, if 100
students leave a district - run school at a
cost of $ 8,596
per head (the district's
per - pupil expenditure minus certain
administrative costs), that school's
cost for paying teachers, staff and building expenses doesn't actually decline by that amount.
According to the consolidated BASIS Audit report from June, 2014, BASIS collected $ 1,936,877 from parents, just over $ 200
per student, to augment teacher salaries, while BASIS expended $ 14 million dollars more in
administrative costs than traditional public districts.
The $ 775
per student administrative cost gap partially results from the smaller size of charters.
$ 14,183 —
Cost per student in the Milwaukee Public Schools, which is higher than voucher schools partly because they serve more
students with disabilities and
administrative costs are higher.