Not exact matches
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.
Riverside, which had been losing
enrollment as its surrounding community aged, has seen a modest rise to about 42,200
students, and with that, an increase in its
per - pupil - based state
funding.
When
enrollments are rising, however, the dilemma faced by state governments is even more difficult, as maintaining the same level of
funding per student necessitates either raising taxes or reducing other types of expenditures.
[vii] Meanwhile, Cristo Rey Schools and
enrollments have grown nationally, in part because they are partially supported by the
funding from
students who earn
funds by working one day
per school week — and perhaps because of their programs and philosophy.
No additional
funds are promised to institutions, raising the likelihood that
per -
student resources will fall as
enrollments increase.
FTE
enrollments used in the computation contain all
student types (full - time, part - time, postgraduate, undergraduate, UK, EU, overseas);
funding per head is for all
students and comprises teaching grants and tuition fees.
[13] First, complete reliance on public
funding meant universities were under constant pressure to limit
enrollments, reduce
per -
student expenditures, or both (with higher - achieving
students, and more elite institutions, typically most insulated from these consequences).
Zimmer identified three factors pushing the district toward the financial abyss: the federal government's reneging on promises of more money for special education
students, creating a $ 200 million shortfall for the district; the state's «extremely low»
per - pupil
funding level and the district's steady decline in
enrollment.
Meanwhile, schools are basically
funded by bands of
enrollment; a school with, say, 401
students will get more than a school for 399, but the school with 401 will get the same amount as one with 499 (though schools can get more
per student for different reasons).
The proposed modification to Measure N allocation policy would allow these schools to receive a portion of the
per pupil Measure N
funding for
students who arrive after the
enrollment window closes.
The recommended budget from the Public Education Appropriations Committee included $ 25 million for the technology program, with additional revenue being gobbled up by a $ 40 million boost to charter school
funding, $ 90 million for
enrollment growth and a 2.5 percent increase, or $ 70 million, to the weighted pupil unit, a metric used for
per -
student -
funding calculations.
«In the case of Iowa, they have created a financial incentive, in that high schools receive added
student weight on their
per - pupil
funding formula for
students taking dual -
enrollment coursework,» Lowe says.