To Governor Abbott, Lieutenant Governor Patrick, Speaker Straus, and the entire Texas Legislature, on behalf of the students, parents, and more than 600 public charter school campuses in Texas, we implore you to say public charter school students are not worth less by passing legislation that closes the funding
gap for public charter school students.
Renaissance Academy Charter School of the Arts Chief Educational Officer Donna Marie Cozine, said, «The inequitable funding
for public charter school students communicates to our children and families that they aren't entitled the same resources as public district schools.
Hartford, Connecticut — Yesterday, Governor Dannel P. Malloy signed into law Connecticut's biennial state budget (Public Act 13 - 247), capping off a very successful legislative
session for public charter school students.
Former Texas Solicitor General James Ho made the case for equitable
funding for public charter school students and TCSA General Counsel Denise Pierce drove the point home at the school finance trial before the Supreme Court of -LSB-...]
The education reform bill, passed last year by the state legislature with overwhelming support and signed by Governor Dannel P. Malloy, grows high - performing public school options, provides fairer funding
for public charter school students, and creates a Commissioner's Network to turnaround our state's chronically failing schools.
The budget maintains key measures outlined in Gov. Malloy's original proposal — including fairer per - pupil funding
for public charter school students ($ 10.5 K / pupil in FY14 and $ 11K / pupil in FY15) and money for more new charter schools (four new state charters and four new local charters).
With a funding bill in each chamber of the Texas Capitol, the momentum continues to grow to end the wait list as well as provide equal funding
for public charter school students.
Former Texas Solicitor General James Ho made the case for equitable funding
for public charter school students and TCSA General Counsel Denise Pierce drove the point home at the school finance trial before the Supreme Court of Texas on Tuesday.