Children will receive the best
education if the
public invests in better
public school safety, curriculum, support services, and teachers.
If one assumes that charter schools get their fair share of Title II funds as per the underlying ESSA statue, 39 with 5 percent of the nation's students, 40 they stand to lose $ 115 million per year under the Trump - Devos budget41 — close to one - third of the amount the federal government
invested in the Charter Schools Grants program
in FY 2017.42
Education Week reports that Eagle Academy
Public Charter School
in Washington, D.C., for example, receives roughly $ 82,000
in Title II funding annually.43 Joe Smith, the school's chief financial officer, states, «
If this was taken away from us, that would hurt.