Sentences with phrase «frozen per pupil funding»

Instead, budgets were being cut in real terms as the government had frozen per pupil funding and loaded on extra costs such as higher pension contributions, the statement added.

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The freeze on charters» per - pupil funding won't officially end for another year, but these innovative public schools will get direct state grants to reduce the gap this year — and also get markedly more facilities funding.

While the plan called for a cut of 5.5 percent to education, dropping per - pupil funding by $ 550, funding limits could be offset at the district level by increased employee contributions to health care and pension programs, and by giving local school districts other tools such as wage freezes and adjustments in salary schedules.

This year's focus on public schools, which includes $ 649 million in new per - pupil funding, comes after three budgets that cut or froze public school spending, and expanded the number of families who could enroll children in private schools through taxpayer - funded vouchers.

Among other priorities for teachers at the capitol is a call for legislators to commit to a freeze on corporate tax breaks «until school funding is restored or until per - pupil funding reaches the national average.»

Since the study's data were collected, charter schools» per - pupil funding has been frozen even as district spending continues to rise and by substantial amounts.

According to the Institute for Fiscal Studies (ISF), schools face average cuts of 6.5 per cent over the course of this parliament as a result of rising cost pressures and frozen per - pupil funding.

For example, if per pupil funding is frozen in cash terms, as it is now, and the minimum funding guarantee of -1.5 per cent remains in place, almost all schools will reach their formula level of funding by 2029 - 30.

School funding per pupil has been frozen since 2015/2016.