Sentences with phrase «dollars per pupil»

In 23 states, students in the poorest districts receive fewer dollars per pupil than students in wealthier districts.

A 2012 study by the state's Legislative Analyst's Office and 2010 study by Ball State concluded that California charters got fewer dollars per pupil than traditional public schools.

Typically, public charter schools receive only a portion of local tax dollars per pupil and do not receive facilities dollars.

Based on original research in four districts, we show that teacher cost averaging drives significant amounts of money (several hundred dollars per pupil in many cases) out of schools serving poorer students and toward better - off schools.

Donors can't be expected to provide thousands of dollars per pupil for millions of students every year.

In other states they are rising far more dramatically than the nation as a whole, from a few hundred dollars per pupil to over $ 2,000, as in Pennsylvania and Connecticut.

Not exact matches

[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.]

Legislative leaders initially touted a $ 101 dollar increase in per - pupil spending, calling it «unprecedented.»

Districts are reimbursed through another funding stream for students who have left traditional district schools for charters: 100 percent of per - pupil in the first year, 25 percent for the next five years, as well as an annual per - pupil facilities cost of approximately $ 900 dollars.

Additional charts illustrate changes in state per - pupil spending from 1969 - 70 to 2009 - 10 in inflation - adjusted dollars.

Measured in constant 2007 dollars, the expenditure per pupil in the United States more than doubled, from $ 4,060 in 1970 to $ 9,266 in 2008.

(Readers should keep in mind that these figures are in 2006 dollars and the actual per - pupil dollar amounts in 2020 would be higher.)

Expenditures per pupil (in constant dollars) slid to $ 11,012 in 2011 — 12, the latest school year for which data are available, a 4.5 percent decline.

As a result, total per - pupil expenditures on education reached a near all - time high in the recession school year of 2009 — 10, climbing (in constant dollars) to $ 13,154 from a $ 12,520 level in 2005 — 06.

In Philadelphia, for example, revenue per pupil (in constant dollars) dropped from more than $ 15,400 at the height of the stimulus package to just $ 13,660 in 2013, a free fall of 12 percent, which forced deficit financing, personnel cuts, and shortened school years (see «The Philadelphia School District's Ongoing Financial Crisis,» features, Fall 2014).

Wyoming plaintiffs have returned to court six times and have so far doubled Wyoming's per - pupil spending, elevating it from $ 5,971 in 1996 — 97 to an estimated $ 12,422 for 2006 — 07 Beginning teacher salaries, for those with master's degrees, rose in constant dollars from $ 24,402 in 1997 to $ 32,451 in 2004, a 33 percent increase.

After three generations of steady growth in per pupil spending, education is going to have to face its day of reckoning and schools are going to have to start spending dollars smarter.

We adjust for inflation by converting all per - pupil funding figures to constant 2007 dollars.

Indeed, the city's fiscal disadvantage in 1993 was clear to everyone: its schoolchildren received some 12 percent fewer dollars than their counterparts elsewhere in the state; 11.8 percent of the city's teachers were uncertified, compared with 7.3 percent statewide; the city's students had 1 computer for every 19 students, compared with 1 for every 13 students statewide; there was 1 guidance counselor for every 700 city students, compared with 1 per 350 students in the rest of the state; there were 16.5 library books per pupil in the state, but only 10.4 in the city.

While Iowa lawmakers raised per - pupil funding for schools, widespread declines in enrollment mean that most of the Hawkeye State's school districts will receive few of those new dollars.

Between 1960 and 1975, the amount (in inflation - adjusted dollars) spent nationwide on K — 12 education per pupil nearly doubled, rising from $ 3,300 to just short of $ 6,100.

As for the latter, states must to find ways to get charter schools to a decent level of per - pupil funding, plus facilities funding, if not in comparison to traditional public schools then at least in terms of real dollars.

They can either share 95 percent of the money with charter schools on a per - pupil basis or they can develop a plan by July 1, 2018, for equitably distributing the MLO dollars across schools based on student or program needs but without regard to the type of school receiving the funds.

In 2003 the Boston school district spent $ 10,057 per pupil, similar to what Weston spent in 1999 in real dollars.

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.

Even though Catholic schools set their tuition rates well below per - pupil costs (to remain accessible), a few thousand dollars a year was still prohibitively expensive for many inner - city families.

On top of that, districts also receive 20 percent more in «supplemental» per - pupil dollars based on the number of students identified as disadvantaged.

In the end, she suggests that the best way to restore the comparability guidelines of Title I to their original intent is by requiring school districts to equalize per - pupil dollar expenditures before accepting federal funds.

On top of basic per - pupil money, the new formula provides extra dollars for poor districts based on how many disadvantaged students they have, and encourages local decision - making and experimentation on how to reach and teach kids.

This year brought several changes to public schools in California, beginning with a robust economy that added billions of dollars to boost K - 12 per - pupil spending.

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The statute allows parents to apply nearly every dollar the state typically spends per pupil, almost $ 6,000 in most areas, to virtual charter schools, as long as they are authorized by the state.

Breaking Down School Budgets: Following the Dollars into the Classroom This analysis by Marguerite Roza published by Education Next in summer 2009 examines ways in which per - pupil spending in high schools varies by subject and course level, and demonstrates how isolating spending on discrete services can 1) identify the relationships...

When federal stimulus dollars were added, overall real spending per pupil still declined in 23 states.

Under a state «equalization formula,» Colorado school districts are guaranteed a level of support at a fixed dollar amount per pupil, based on average daily attendance.

States must ensure that Title I schools receive comparable resources — including good teachers and real per - pupil dollars — as non-Title I schools.

Between 1960 and 1995, per - pupil spending in the United States (in constant 1996 — 97 dollars) grew dramatically, from $ 2,122 to $ 6,434, a threefold increase.

Since 1960, the per - pupil cost of public schooling has risen by 3 1/2 times in real - dollar terms.

According to the most recent data from the National Center for Education Statistics, the average total cost per pupil was $ 13,692 in the 2009 - 10 school year, adjusted to 2012 dollars.

[vii] The SIG grants in California averaged approximately $ 1,500 per pupil, so the program was costly, but the benefits were greater than other popular approaches, such as class size reduction, even on a per - dollar basis.

Given that Michigan spends over $ 10,000 per pupil each year, if even two - third of those students were retained, it would cost hundreds of millions of dollars.

For each elementary student enrolled, a District charter school receives $ 11,879 in tax dollars, including $ 8,770 to match per - pupil academic spending in the regular public schools and a $ 3,109 facility allotment to help pay for buildings.

If we compare this year's numbers to three years ago, we see an enrollment increase of 0.5 percent, a teacher reduction of 0.4 percent, and an increase in per - pupil spending of 6 percent (1.5 % in constant dollars).

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«Our per - pupil spending is up 10 percent in the state of Arizona, and the amount of dollars available for teacher pay — that's both raises and new teachers — is plus - 9 percent since 2015.»

State funding per pupil varies by thousands of dollars a year depending on location.

Evidence offered: «Per - pupil spending in IPS has grown 61 percent in inflation - adjusted dollars since 1988.

In 2014, parents of students at Horace Mann Elementary School in Northwest Washington, D.C., spent over $ 470,000 of their own money to support the school's programs.1 With just under 290 students enrolled for the 2013 - 14 school year, this means that, in addition to public funding, Horace Mann spent about an extra $ 1,600 for each student.2 Those dollars — equivalent to 9 percent of the District of Columbia's average per - pupil spending3 — paid for new art and music teachers and classroom aides to allow for small group instruction.4 During the same school year, the parent - teacher association, or PTA, raised another $ 100,000 in parent donations and collected over $ 200,000 in membership dues, which it used for similar initiatives in future years.5 Not surprisingly, Horace Mann is one of the most affluent schools in the city, with only 6 percent of students coming from low - income families.6

By removing real estate as an obstacle, charters were able to focus on curriculum, students and school culture — especially important because New York charter students receive several thousand dollars less per pupil than children in district schools.

This equals $ 200 per pupil and is no where near the thousands of dollars many districts are receiving in the LCFF.