Sentences with phrase «equal funding per student»

My take on this is that most people I know would trade local control of funding for a statewide funding system that supplied equal funding per student, provided there was in place a credible performance based cost system.

Not exact matches

Therefore, even when states provide equal per - pupil funding for all students, low - income children and communities remain disadvantaged.

Through this plan, any student who had been enrolled in district schools for at least one year could apply for a voucher of approximately $ 4,600, equal to 75 percent of state per - pupil funding, to attend a «partner» private school, with the school district keeping the other 25 percent.

Even though charter schools and district schools receive equal funding from the state, charters generally receive less funding per student.

Concentration funding is equal to a hefty 50 percent of basic per - student base grants.

The voucher is equal to the lesser of 90 percent of the total state and local funding per student in the student's home school district or the tuition charged by the private school.

The original New Jersey charter public school law mandated per pupil funding for each charter public school student equal to 90 percent of the amount allocated for a child in a traditional district school in the same school district.

It doesn't stand to «make money» off of Malloy's reforms; in fact, Malloy's reforms will raise the per - pupil state funding amount for charter school students so that it will be equal with the per - pupil state funding amount for traditional public school students.

Brown had initially proposed a formula in which districts would receive an equal, per - student base grant amount, as well as supplementary funds for every disadvantaged child - English learners, low - income students and foster children.

However, we must acknowledge that a few steps must be taken before this possible solution would even be able to occur, and that even if per - pupil funding were to occur, it would not guarantee all students an equal quality education, due to the many factors that constitute school quality.