Already this year, we have been successful in maintaining growth funding - the continuation of new school grant supplement for charter schools, increasing funding
for the Charter School Facility Grant Program (SB 740 Program) and ensuring equitable charter school inclusion in any new revenues generated by revisions to the state's redevelopment system.
Under Proposition Z, charters and San Diego Unified School District committed to provide $ 350 million in funding
for charter school facilities projects such as technology upgrades and planning and project grants.
Two bills — House Bill 2337 from Rep. Harold V. Dutton, D - Houston, and Senate Bill 457 from Sen. Donna Campbell, R - New Braunfels — would give about $ 411 million
for charter school facilities over the next two years.
The nonprofit analogue, which Paul Hill of the University of Washington has proposed as a solution to the facilities challenges of all public schools, would aggregate
financing for charter school facilities and develop sites for a «portfolio» of schools.
Provides $ 500 million, an increase of $ 160 million or nearly 50 percent, to strengthen state and local efforts to start new charter schools or expand and replicate existing high performing charter schools, including by providing up to $ 100 million to meet the growing
demand for charter school facilities.
As part of the $ 2.8 billion school facilities bond for San Diego Unified School District, Proposition Z, the district will be allocating $ 350 million of funds
specifically for charter school facilities projects.
SB 457 provides $ 50 million
for charter school facilities funding and an equal amount to property poor school districts.
In California, the $ 13 billion school bond issue approved in November included up to $ 100 million
for charter school facilities; the $ 3.3 billion bond issue approved on the same day in the Los Angeles district was the first in California to include funds for expanding charter school facilities — $ 50 million.
The analysis recommended that New Jersey consider ways to provide better facilities for charter schools, such as a per - pupil facilities allowance, state grant or loan programs
for charter school facilities, equal access to facility funding programs available to traditional public schools and equal access to bonding authority.
Most notably, Chairman Taylor introduced SB 2 during the Special Session which included a provision of $ 60 million
for charter school facilities funding.