Sentences with phrase «average per pupil»

Under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), which provides the major source of federal funding to help school districts fund educational services to students with disabilities, the federal share of funding that Congress initially promised in 1975 is up to 40 percent of the average per pupil expenditure.

According to Quality Counts, average per pupil spending in California was $ 8,341 in 2010 - 11 — $ 3,523 below the average spending nationwide of $ 11,864.

Annually, the average per pupil cost for public school is higher than the cost of most private schools.

Nationwide, charter schools are funded at approximately 64 percent of their district counterparts, averaging $ 7,131 per pupil compared to the average per pupil expenditure of $ 11,184 in traditional public schools.

Scholarship amounts can not exceed the lesser of either the school's tuition and mandatory fees or 80 % of the state average per pupil funding for elementary and middle school students (approximately $ 4,200) and 90 % of the state average per pupil funding for high school students (approximately $ 4,700).

at approximately 64 percent of their district counterparts, averaging $ 7,131 per pupil compared to the average per pupil expenditure of $ 11,184 in traditional public schools.

This, and very high levels of parental satisfaction, com [ing] at an average per pupil cost of around $ 7,000.

DCPS average per pupil spending is $ 19,847.

In Mississippi, average per pupil spending in 2013 was $ 8,932, which includes local, state, and federal dollars.

With IDEA, the federal government committed to pay 40 percent of the average per pupil expenditure for special education.

Angela Burns AM, the Welsh Conservatives» shadow education minister, added: «In 2011, average per pupil funding in Wales was # 600 less than in England, equating to hundreds of thousands of pounds less for Welsh secondary schools.

Within Oakland and across the state, there are many examples of small public schools that are financially viable on the average per pupil funding levels.

Following that question, teachers were asked to estimate average per pupil spending across the country.

The skill and persistence of its teachers are another reason why, from the classroom up, Whitney seems to have cracked the code: a diverse, comprehensive high school in a modest facility and below average per pupil allocation that not only works, but excels.

For example, if a state's average per pupil spending exceeds the adequacy measure, but some of its districts do not, the estimated fiscal gap of zero for that state assumes it will redistribute some of its spending.

That figure still falls below the national average, but almost 29 percent of students in the state attend schools in districts that spend at least the national average per pupil.

In Washington State and New Mexico, districts with student enrollments between 100 and 1,200 spend $ 104 million and $ 69 million more, respectively, in total public funds than if they were spending the statewide average per pupil in these districts.

Cuomo during an appearance on «The Brian Lehrer Show» on WNYC public radio said the state spends the most in the country on school funding and twice the national average per pupil.

Not exact matches

New York, New Jersey, and Massachusetts average around $ 20,000 per pupil per academic year, and no one can possibly think they get their money's worth.

Average public school expenditures per pupil for the same years were $ 5,900.

«I'm guaranteeing for the next three years - and I've agreed this with the chancellor of the exchequer - that funding per - pupil will keep rising for every school - in fact, it will rise on average by more than 2 %, that's more than cost pressures.»

New York's public schools spent $ 21,206 per pupil in the 2014 - 15 school year, topping all states and exceeding the national average by 86 percent, according to U.S. Census Bureau data released today.

The Southern Tier grows by $ 211 per pupil, nearly double the statewide average, while the Capital region grows by $ 142.

On average, 82 per cent of pupils achieve five or more GCSEs at grade A * to C, including English and mathematics.

«New York public schools now spend more per pupil than any other state and 87 percent above the national average.»

New York schools already spend more per pupil than any state in the nation, at an average of $ 19,818, almost double the national average of $ 10,700.

New York spent $ 21,206 per pupil compared to a national average of $ 11,392 in school year 2014 - 2015.38 Better targeting spending to the highest needs districts would contain costs while ensuring that all students have access to a sound basic education.39 The State wastes $ 1.2 billion annually on property tax rebates and allocates $ 4 billion annually on economic development spending with a sparse record of results.40 Curtailing spending in these areas would reduce pressure to increase taxes and lessen the tax differential with other states.

Public elementary and secondary school spending in New York reached an all - time high of $ 20,600 per - pupil in 2013 - 14 school year, topping all states and exceeding the $ 11,009 per - pupil national average by 87 percent, according to new U.S. Census Bureau data.

Over half (51 %) are now paying between # 2 and # 4, compared to 44 % in 2013, when the average cost per pupil for meals was between # 1 and # 3;

[Cuomo said the latest lawsuit challenging the way New York allocates education dollars is flawed because the state spends more money per pupil — on average — than any other state and doesn't get top results.]

«The facts are that education funding is at an all - time high, (we) have increased 32 percent during this administration and per - pupil spending is 87 percent above the national average,» he added.

An analysis by AQE found Cuomo's proposed cuts in operating aid average $ 773 per pupil in the 30 urban and suburban school districts classified as «high - need» by the State Education Department that have the greatest concentration of black and Hispanic students.

Cuomo recently released a report showing that New York City has 91 failing schools and Syracuse has 18 despite significant aid increases in recent years and per pupil spending way above the national average.

«Governor Cuomo, when he's speaking about education funding, he always talks about the average spending per pupil in New York State being the highest of anywhere in the country.

Each schools spends about $ 19,000 annually per pupil, almost double the national average.

New York State currently spends more per pupil than any state in the nation, at an average of $ 19,818, almost double the national average of $ 10,700.

About a 30 % increase in average expenditure per pupil (over four years, between age seven and 11) is expected to produce an increase in achievement of a level equivalent to 25 - 30 points on the PISA scale.

Now a primary school with fewer than 60 per cent of pupils achieving the basic standard of level 4 in reading, writing and maths (that increases to 65 per cent next year), and fewer pupils than average making the expected levels of progress between KS1 and KS2 will be taken over.

«New York today spends more per pupil than any other state in the nation — $ 19,552 — nearly double the national average of $ 10,608 per pupil.

More to the point, says the Empire Center, «School spending in New York [state] was driven primarily by instructional salaries and benefits — which, at $ 14,769 per pupil, were 114 percent above the national average of $ 6,903, the census data show.»

Rosemary Serra, president of the Nassau County Federation of Republican Women, said New York invested more money per pupil in education than most states, but still had a below average graduation rate.

Here's the latest news, courtesy of the US Census Bureau and the Empire Center for Public Policy's E.J. McMahon: Per - pupil public - school spending in 2014 - 15 exceeded the national average by a breathtaking 86 percent.

In 18 of them, the increase in the size of the pupils was pronounced — an average change of 23 per cent after half an hour — compared with a «minimal» 5 per cent in a group of 32 healthy elderly people.

Despite this, the Selective report shows that the average proportion of disadvantaged pupils in the best schools is up to 9.4 per cent from 7.6 per cent in 2013.

It estimates that expenditures average $ 6,680 per pupil, hardly more than 50 percent of the average actual expenditure level of $ 12,637 per pupil in the districts where respondents live.

With the average amongst the EU member states standing at 12.9 pupils aged 14 - 16 per teacher, the UK has 26.1 - according to Eurostat.

Even though the UK fares better in the bracket of lower secondary education (aged 10 - 13) its 14.3 pupils per teacher is only lower than the Netherlands (16.0) and France (15.1) in the EU, with the average being 12.6.

In fact, the average payment structure for U.S. sponsors falls in the range of 3 percent to 5 percent of a school's per - pupil allotment.

The latest NCEA data show the mean tuition and per - pupil cost for Catholic elementary schools to be $ 2,607 and $ 4,268, and for high schools, $ 5,870 and $ 7,200, all below average public - school per - pupil expenditures.

If you attend Incline High School in the upscale town of Incline Village, for instance, you in effect «receive» more than $ 13,248 in public funds — that is, the per - pupil expenditure in that community, which is far above the state average of $ 8,274 per pupil.