Sentences with phrase «average voucher amount»

How states accrued the savings depended on the average voucher amounts compared with the average per - pupil variable spending in public schools, according to Spalding.

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However, Greene and Buck find that vouchers are unlikely to increase the burden on districts: Special education voucher laws typically stipulate that the voucher amount should reflect the severity of the disability and that the cost to the district may not exceed the average cost the state pays for the education of children with similar conditions.

In Cleveland, Ohio, because of how the voucher program is funded, on average, students only receive $ 3,200 per year, 29 % of the average amount spent in Ohio.

The amount of state money dedicated to each school voucher increased from $ 6,442 in the 2010 - 11 school year to $ 7,214 for students in grades K - 8 and $ 7,860 for high school students this past school year — an increase of about 14 percent when using a weighted average of the K - 8 and high school payments, according to the memo.

Funded by appropriation, each student's voucher is funded at the statewide average of the per - pupil expenditures by all local education agencies for the current school year, up to but not exceeding the amount of tuition at the private school.

On funding, the voucher amount is equivalent to the average amount of state spending per student, not the average amount of state spending per student with special needs.

3,990 — amount in dollars of the average voucher provided to students in proposal from Rep. Paul Stam according to fiscal research staff of General Assembly (Ibid)

The amount of each voucher varies per student, but the average is $ 4,258.

This enables scholarship organizations to work with families and schools to determine the amount necessary to finance a child's education, an amount usually far lower than government per - pupil spending or even many set voucher amounts; the average tuition at private schools is about half what is spent per pupil in the public system.

Some programs offer as little as $ 2,500 for a year of tuition and other programs offer close to $ 30,000.29 The average tuition of private schools across the country is $ 10,740, which does not include any additional services.30 For nonreligious schools, that number is much higher — $ 21,810.31 In most cases, parents are responsible for paying the difference between the tuition costs and the amount provided by the voucher.