Support new public funding to provide what is needed to build and maintain adequate and
equitable school facilities.
«The current system of facilities funding leaves school districts unprepared to provide adequate and
equitable school facilities... In total, the nation is underspending by $ 46 billion — an annual shortfall of 32 %,» the report states.
Not exact matches
While my efforts to persuade the Board of Selectmen, the town manager, and the Rec Department director to allocate permits in a more
equitable fashion, and to use their power to make sure that the programs using town - owned
facilities met minimum standards for inclusiveness and safety, fell on deaf ears (we ended up being forced to use for our home games a dusty field the high
school had essentially abandoned), I returned to a discussion of the «power of the venue permit» 10 years later in my 2006 book, Home Team Advantage: The Critical Role of Mothers in Youth Sports, where I suggested that one of the best ways for youth sports parents to improve the safety of privately - run sports programs in their communities was to lobby their elected officials to utilize that power to «reform youth sports by exercising public oversight over the use of taxpayer - funded fields, diamonds, tracks, pools, and courts, [and] deny permits to programs that fail to abide by a [youth sports] charter» covering such topics as background checks, and codes of conduct for coaches, players, and parents.
Lastly, we continue to advocate for
equitable distribution of state
facilities aid for all public
schools.
The federal government has a critical investment role to play in 1) supporting the replication and scale - up of the best providers through its grant programs; 2) improving access to low - cost public
facilities for charter
schools through its own funds and by leveraging existing public -
school space; 3) pushing states and local districts toward more
equitable funding systems for all public
school students, including those in charter
schools; and 4) supporting efforts to create early - stage, innovative, and scalable models that incorporate greater uses of learning technology.
The state's charter law must support new and high - performing operators; the state's
school finance system must provide
equitable, student - based funding;
facilities must be made available to new and growing
schools; educator certification rules must fit the needs of successful
schools; and so on.
The long - term funding solution is twofold:
equitable funding and access to publicly financed
school facilities.
They should continue to support funding for the replication and expansion of high - quality charter
schools, and they should make new investments in research and support for parent information,
equitable funding and
facilities, and innovative, low - regulation approaches to equity and effectiveness in
schools of choice.
Rural charter
schools do not have
equitable access to funding, transportation, and
facilities.
Quality
school facilities contribute significantly to an
equitable education.
Securing
equitable facilities is one of the biggest challenges faced by charter
schools.
Hard data is much more effective than anecdotal data when it comes to convincing law makers to provide charter
schools with
equitable access to
facilities.
Through case studies of five states with varying
facilities policies, Dr. Rivera's study examines the factors contributing to expanded state investment in
equitable public
school facilities and how those factors can be leveraged to encourage states that make minimal investments to expand their support for
facilities funding.
Thus, all
schools — district
schools and charter
schools — should receive an
equitable allocation of resources, including operating funds and
facilities.
In order to meet this parental demand for choice and the public's desire for more high quality public educational options for families, three key things must be addressed in California: the funding inequity which results in charter
school students being funded at lower levels than their traditional public
school counterparts, the lack of
equitable facilities for charter
school students, and restrictive and hostile authorizing environments such as LAUSD Board Member Steve Zimmer's recent resolution limiting parent choice.
When voters approved Proposition 39 in 2000, they intended for districts to provide charter
schools with
equitable access to space and
facilities, and to be treated fairly as part of the public
school system.»
Texas must provide
equitable access to funding for
school facilities so that all districts have equal access to
facilities revenue for equal tax effort.
This week, several stories were profiled in the media highlighting one of our top priorities,
equitable facilities for charter
schools.
While we understand the District has voiced concerns about how the ruling may create compliance challenges, our goal is to ensure that all public
school students in Los Angeles, including those who attend charter
schools, have
equitable access to safe and adequate
facilities.
Speaking of
facilities, Bullis Charter and the Los Altos
School District are still negotiating for
equitable facilities following a CA Supreme Court Decision a few months ago.
Director, Bay Area
Facilities 510-344-7263
[email protected] Aron leads CCSA's
facilities policy and advocacy work in the San Francisco Bay Area, providing support and assistance to charter
schools seeking high quality public and private
facilities options, and working to secure
equitable facilities funding for Bay Area charter
schools.
Read the article in La Opinión (Spanish), which details the plight of one
school, and the importance of securing
facilities that are
equitable and fair to all students.
Funding, staffing and other resources for equity - based excellence that are manifested in the existence of equitably assigned qualified staff, appropriate
facilities, other environmental learning spaces, instructional hardware and software, instructional materials and equipment, and all other instructional supports, are distributed in an
equitable and fair manner such that the notion that all diverse learners must achieve high academic standards and other
school outcomes become possible.
Learn about how this
school used collaboration as the foundation for their success in securing an
equitable Prop. 39
facility and funds to achieve their community relations goals
It was through this collaboration over the bond process that families, faculty, and the
school district developed positive relationships, came to an understanding of what Sherwood was going through and truly needed, and ultimately helped move the district to find Sherwood an
equitable Prop. 39
facility that met their academic and family needs.
They are ready to advocate on behalf of their
schools to make sure their children get
equitable funding and access to
facilities funding.
And just this month in the general election, San Diego passed a first - of - its - kind $ 2.8 billion
school bond that earmarked «an
equitable, pro rata share for charter
schools» amounting to $ 350 million for charter
facilities in the district.
Charter
schools do not have
equitable access to
facilities or
facilities funding, and often must pay for
facilities out of their general operating funds.
Additionally, charter
schools do not have access to
equitable facilities funding or recurring and reliable state building aid for capital construction and renovation.
Can you imagine how great the
school would do if it received
facilities aid or more
equitable funding for its students?
These inequities are often more significant than reported, because charter
schools do not have
equitable access to
facilities or
facilities funding, and often must pay for
facilities out of their general operating funds.
Once we * do * address poverty (with more than selfishness, denial and resignation), the next steps to excellent education for all (that is, great public
schools) are also obvious and proven (over and over and over): 1) Sufficient &
equitable funding 2) Decent
facilities 3) Strong teacher training 4) An end to reliance on high - stakes assessments that narrow the curriculum & reduce instruction to drill - and - test tedium
That's because the same district had denied
equitable facilities to dozens of charter
schools, leaving many to pursue other options, including building or renting their own space.